There was one year when our school's basketball girls met a powerhouse. They completely dominated us. During timeouts, their girls were still up and ready.
Some of our girls had collapsed on the floor in exhaustion. They massacred us by 90 points.
I made the mistake of inviting a friend (non-teacher) to come and watch. At one point, he laughed and said, "Is this serious?"
One of my school's girls went to talk to the girl from the other side. Later, I asked her what she said to the opponent. My student said, "I asked her how tall she is." The opponent completely ignored her. She was focused on winning. My student was focused on talking!
The next year we met them again. My coach decided to use delay tactics and slowed down the ball movement by constantly passing to each other.
I was puzzled. What about the shot clock? The coach told me that there is no shot clock in the first round of NSG.
That year, we lost by 70 points.