Quote:I think that the fans support during games is rather important, but I would hope that it isn't.


A very successful High School football coach went and <a class="bbc_url" href='http://coachvint.blogspot.com/2013/02/building-championship-culture.html'>defined Mental Toughness</a> to his team. He defined it as "The ability to face adversity, failure, and negative events, without a loss of effort, attitude, and enthusiasm."


To me, if a team or even just a player let's up in his performance simply because someone watching him was displeased, then that shows a lack of toughness. Are the fans and their yelling and screaming important? I think so. Should they be critical to the team's success? I really hope that's not the case.