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I choose not to use either term when speaking with athletes. The words are too easily interpreted in such a way as to encourage tension and anxiety-in the athlete-and in the coach. The constancy of purpose coaches should want from their athletes is to perform with a relaxed, intense, directed focus. The point has been made many times: the focus should be directed toward the task at hand rather than the result. The athlete should perform aggressively, with his muscles relaxed. Unfortunately, the term “urgency”-now a very popular and frequently used word – sends messages to the athlete that inhibits the kind of performance both he and the coach are looking for. The sense of urgency placed on a particular game or play can distract the athlete from the immediate task and cause him to think of the importance of outcome. Nothing good comes from such thoughts. Lest the reader think that urgency is never interpreted in such a way, let me refer to the American Heritage Dictionary. The word is pressure. Definition #6 states: “urgent claim or demand.” The words urgent and pressure can have a negative relationship. The athlete should not become part of a triangle with those terms and meanings. What coaches mean when they use the term urgent is that a game or moment has the weight of importance to the extent that it is a “must-win game.” Or a play that “has to be made.” Essentially, the idea is correct. But invoking such language before the athletes approach the task at hand is to take the risk of having them internalize a point of view that tightens their muscles, focuses their minds on consequences rather than approach, and may get in the way of the very result the coach (and athlete) wishes to achieve. The real intention behind the coach’s use of “urgency” is to get everyone connected with the team to pay attention, to appreciate, for example, how important a game is. Should they pay more attention to this game that they have been to past competitions? If the answer is “yes” then the “constancy of purpose” has not been developed within the framework of the team’s mental approach. The goal is always to focus with intensity on the moment. On the present. On the immediate function. On the proper approach. To point out the urgency of a game is to make a distinction. “This game really matters” is what’s being conveyed. But every game should matter, every pitch, every shot, every stroke. There may be special significance to an event, but the special athlete brings his consistent approach to the arena. The coach should remind the team to take care of business the way they’re always supposed to compete: intelligently and aggressively approaching the execution of the task in from of them. … Quite often, the coach who talks about urgency is talking about his own need and anxieties. He would serve them better by asking the athletes for energy, intensity, zeal – and a sense of purpose. Always! H. A. 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