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He,who hesitates ~ loses the initiative. and in a game of two - initiative counts, if not decide.

Its a tough topic to handle, but I'll do my best. lets starts with an example.. you indulge into a conversation (with the person sitting next to you, at any alien location), which becomes a debate. then fight of ego, then a Punch!!

There's tons of possibility that people around will stop you two from getting anymore physical. It happens all the time. but the one of you who swung first punch ~ went off with the advantage. He'll always feel proud of himself, whereas other one will disgrace the moment.

Equal are cricket matches, or in any game of two, as I said earlier. The one's who really dare to win, no matter what it costs ~ throw the first punch. OUR topic today explores just one more advantage you gain by throwing/swinging punches very early (first) into the match. n catching initiative.

Give it a thought--

Home Crowd (people in stadium supporting local team) are known for their buzz. They'll clap thrice more for a local boy stunt than for a doubly superb drive from young opponent. Its basic human nature. Demand is quite obvious ~ they want to see home team win. no matter how much they understand the game, they'll appreciate later, but when in stadium - home team is what they wanna see.

Now as the outsider - you're not only battling the player in against, but also 50 thousand others not playing. Probably I'll write something someday on why exactly does a CLAP turns a human being ON, but it does for sure. Sticking to our topic, I've a method for all visiting teams ~ from Caribbean team of decade 70s that dominated cricket ~ to help them play away matches with more ease. West Indian mantra was - shut the home crowd out of the game, by catching that initiative. They focused on netting first Goal, or taking 2-3 wickets early into the match, or tried hitting few lusty fours in the very first over while batting. Ever wondered why pole positions are decided a day before the actual Formula1 race? 'Initiative' was what they were looking for..

Once, as outsiders, you are ahead (with initiative)~ you can dictate rest of the match, while home team starts chasing the game n home crowd praying for equal blow from their team. not to mention they'll keep quite.

Intense battle will continue from then on, but at least you'll compete against players only.. not the ones packing the seats. So, the art of sending home crowd out of the game, is to win the initiative.

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