"You can't just defend! Be aggressive and push to score a goal..." I told my 6 year old while playing air hockey on the tab...
She refused to change the strategy and kept blocking. I kept hitting hard trying to show her how it's done by using power at different angles and she kept defending...
In no time she was 4-1 up... most of my high power hits were actually rebounding back with the same pace and ended up breaching my defense, as I was in the middle of the field after my power hit and had kept my corner open and vulnerable to the rebound hits...
Lessons learnt :
1. Aggression doesn't always work.
2. Infact it has a high chance of damaging your own goal if not directed well or if one doesn't know how to handle the backlash that could result due to aggression (so often one exhibits aggression while trying to exercise assertion).
3. Age and experience dont always beat the young and inexperienced.
4. Don't advocate your strategy to others unless you are very sure it is the right one for the person, situation and time.
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