I have been playing indoor netball for a couple of months now and my team is plagued with loser syndrome.

We, quite literally, cannot win a single game.

Sometimes, we win the first quarter or half a game and freak ourselves out to the point we start making stupid mistakes to ensure we lose the full game.

We’re not any worse than any other team, we’re actually a LOT better than we used to be, but you’d never guess it from our scores.

I find it fascinating how much psychology has to do with sports. Because the ONLY thing that lets us down is our heads. Because we BELIEVE we are losers, we behave like losers, so we lose.

Which makes you realise that if you believe you are going to win you’re halfway there already, which makes being successful that much easier.