Originally Posted by San Diego Flyer
Umm, who wouldn't be?
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"I'd never advocate losing as a teaching tool. But truthfully the kids learn more after a loss. They listen to the coach. After a blow out win they are hard to reach for a spell." -SDF
What they learn after a loss is how to lose. What they learn after a near miss is an
equal training tool, gained in a better fashion than after a loss. So I'm saying there is nothing to be gained from losing except learning how to lose.
So I would rank the usefulness of each outcome like this:
1. Winning in a near miss
2. Winning by a comfortable margin
3. Winning in a blowout
Not ranked: losing in any fashion, which teaches little of positive value (they DO NOT "learn more after a loss" except how to lose), and what is learned of positive value is overwhelmed by the negatives.
