Sometimes the only way forward is go backwards.

I chose this topic carefully to explain how I'm currently feeling. I had to make a decision to step back from the team as the head coach in hopes that a better coach would bring better success.

Oh, if you are getting confused, I am the head coach of my departmental team, or at least I was until yesterday after we suffered an humiliating defeat in a competition. The failure of a team is the coach's responsibility and not the players, the boys played really well but the other side were better. It was not a happy day for me.

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Back in my high school days, I was feared as one of the dangerous defenders the school had to offer, I was given the power to choose my defensive team and groom them to my taste so that they can perform at maximum level, we went a maximum of 9 matches without concerning any goals because of this and now I shall return to play for the team as a defender.

Even better, the new head coach has decided to implement the same tactic that gave me the power to manage the defensive part of the game and I'm really looking forward to whoop those lazy boys back to shape.

The title of the article is both metaphorical and literal in the sense that I'm actually going "back" to play as a defender for the team to succeed.

Now, this might just be a game if football to you but it's more than that, it applies to real life too. I mentioned yesterday how a plan is only as good as it gets until the game begins, remember? There is no amount of practice that could ever prepare us for this game called life, what works for A might not work for B.

There is so much emphasis on individuality and the need to be independent that we forget that living and surviving in this world is not a one man's game, there are other people involved who will carry out specific roles during the course of your life. The goal of every game is to win, same with living. We all want to be successful in our endeavours that we are willing to put in the time, work and effort to see this plan fall through, just like any game, they will be mistakes that would need correcting, plans that would fail and lessons to be learned, but that's just life.

You won't win all the time and that's okay, as long as you don't give up, pick up the pieces and fix them, the road to success involves a lot of consistency.

I'm not sure if this article is just another therapy session after what happened yesterday, but whatever reason it is, the fact that I'm admitting this mistake and willing to work on it is progress to me, I suppose.

We have one more shot at this trophy and I'm determined, we are determined to claim this victory, perhaps we should have done this years back but I don't think it's too late, we need to put up a better fight next time.

It's not all bad news, the girls might just redeem us if they win the trophy, we are counting on them, as I write this article, we are all going to the field to support our ladies, they make us proud each day. I bet it's going to be a really good game, I only feel bad for whichever team they play.

I guess whatever a boy can do, girls can do better.

Speaking of consistency, I've been working on that too after my long break (4 days) of not writing a single article. I wasn't out of topics, just too tired to put them down due to other "engagement", lectures are on a pause for now due to strike, I know I should work on my projects and books while I have this time and I will but I need this week to rest a little.

A little rest never kills anyone - said the boy who has a lot to do with limited time to do it.

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