Published March 23, 2024 7:14pm
Updated March 23, 2024 7:14pm
After a disastrous Game 2 loss, Colegio de San Juan de Letran knew that greater than making ready bodily, they needed to gear up mentally in opposition to a valiant University of Perpetual Help System DALTA facet.
The Squires had the earlier sport of their management after main by as a lot as 18, however a second half collapse noticed the Junior Altas carving out a good 91-90 victory to drive a sudden dying.
Letran head coach Allen Ricardo mentioned he put premium on their psychological well being, which he mentioned was the important thing issue of their championship-clinching 93-76 Game 3 win to finish a uncommon back-to-back titles feat.
“Talagang ‘yung talo namin sa Game 2 ay ‘di ako mapalagay as a coach eh, as a leader,” Ricardo shared on Saturday.
“So talagang I make sure na kinabukasan, kinausap ko ‘yung life coach namin na kailangan meron kaming session para maibalik ‘yung sigla, ‘yun kasi ang importante, ‘yung morale kailangan ibalik mo bago tayo bumalik doon sa technical aspects of the game.”
“Nu’ng Thursday and Friday talagang maganda ‘yung morale ng mga bata, high spirit.”
(I was uneasy after our Game 2 loss as a coach, as a leader. So I made sure that the day after, I told our life coach to conduct a session with them so the energy is back. That’s important. The morale needed to come back before we took on the technical aspects of the game. Last Thursday and Friday, the morale was high, they were in high spirits.)
Syrex Silorio echoed Ricardo, saying their session with life coach Gi Semilla helped them regroup and move on from the previous loss, which saw him miss two crucial free throws down the stretch.
Down by one point in the final seconds in Game 2, Silorio was fouled by JD Pagulayan that earned him a trip to the charity stripe. But he went wide on both free freebies, which could have tied things up or even won it all for the Muralla crew.
“Actually pagka-umaga no’n hindi bagsak ‘yung morale namin and sabi ko babawi ako sa Game 3 kaya ayon,” Silorio mentioned.
“Nagtatanong ako sa mga coaches at nagpapa-motivate ako. Salamat kay Coach Gi dahil tinulungan niya kami para maibalik ‘yung morale namin and paano bumawi.”
(In the morning after, the morale was not down and I instructed them we’ll bounce again in Game 3. I requested the coaches and I need to be motivated. Thank you to Coach Gi as a result of that helped to deliver our morale again and bounce again.)
—JKC, GMA Integrated News
Source: www.gmanetwork.com
