Getting Ready for a Match - Focus Circle

Have the girls sit down in a circle before the match and hold hands (if this is a problem for them point out the NFL defensive players hold hands in their huddles between plays). Tell them to think of something the person to their right needs to focus on in the match to come to be successful-give them a minute or so to think of something. Then pick someone to start and have him or her turn to the person to their right and tell them what they want them to focus on in the match (hopefully it'll be something you have been trying to get this girl to do). Tell them it must be something specific. They then proceed around the circle until they are finished. When the last person finishes have them finish with your team cheer-or some other cheer you want them to do. Then during the match when things get shaky remind them to focus on what their teammate asked them to do-this can be between plays or during a time-out. At some time you may want to throw in that if they don't do as they are asked they are putting themselves before the team-thus being selfish. People do not want to think of themselves as being "selfish".