When a group jells it becomes a powerful force. A bigger force than an individual on their own.
Honking an airhorn, repeatedly. Over and over. Is not creating team spirit. There is no cheering, there are no ‘come on Jake’ (or whomever ) there is not clapping loudly, and seemingly no high-fives. Those things are team spirit. Not honking an airhorn.
Honking a horn is just annoying. Not team spirit-like. Just a small boy, just gleefully annoying everyone. Obviously given permission by their coach. Oddly the coach is standing close by?! They clearly have no hearing left.
Please. Stop.
The World Cup in South Africa was destroyed by constant horn blowing in 2009
I competed in the 1988 Olympics in Seoul representing Canada and coached in the 2000 and 2004 Olympics for Great Britain. I have a degree in History and a minor degree in Psychology from University of Calgary. I have travelled extensively and have been very lucky to see so much of the world while representing Canada and Great Britain at swimming competitions. I am very proud of the fact that I coached a swimmer to become number one in the world in the fastest swimming race in 2002. I pride myself in my ability to find new and interesting ways to teach swimming. I am an accomplished artist specialising in sculpture, I have another blog called 'swimmingart' where I publish some of my swimming drawings. I have three young children; all boys. I have recently taken up painting and yoga....but not at the same time.
All of my writing is AI free. I make my own errors and am happy to do that. I am not perfect because being human is not perfect.
You can see my carving work at:
https://wwwoodart.wordpress.com/2024/03/18/wood-spirit-walking-stick/
And my paintings and drawings at:
https://swimmingart.wordpress.com
I competed in the 1988 Olympics in Seoul representing Canada and coached in the 2000 and 2004 Olympics for Great Britain. I have a degree in History and a minor degree in Psychology from University of Calgary. I have travelled extensively and have been very lucky to see so much of the world while representing Canada and Great Britain at swimming competitions. I am very proud of the fact that I coached a swimmer to become number one in the world in the fastest swimming race in 2002. I pride myself in my ability to find new and interesting ways to teach swimming. I am an accomplished artist specialising in sculpture, I have another blog called 'swimmingart' where I publish some of my swimming drawings. I have three young children; all boys. I have recently taken up painting and yoga....but not at the same time.
All of my writing is AI free. I make my own errors and am happy to do that. I am not perfect because being human is not perfect.
You can see my carving work at:
https://wwwoodart.wordpress.com/2024/03/18/wood-spirit-walking-stick/
And my paintings and drawings at:
https://swimmingart.wordpress.com
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