Re: RC: RE: Endurance as a team sport

[Teddy Lancaster <Teddy@runningbear.com>]

Sbeseda@aol.com wrote:

> Susie you wrote:
>
> >There's a lot of strategy that goes into determining which riders should
> >compose a team.  Teddy's referred to "rabbits", who are not chosen as team
> >riders but whose job is to "lure" riders from other squads/teams into going
> >faster than they should.
>
> Interesting. But, if I knew that the rabbits were not part of a team and
> could not hurt
> my teams standing if they finished ahead of me why would I be lured into
> following? It would be a waste of my resources to compete with them.
> Only those riders who are part of another team are worth the effort.
> Individual riders
> are riding in a different race.
>
> >It was noted in France that perhaps the USA has been too "individualistic"
> >in their medal expectations the past few years... perhaps it's time to
> >refine our team strategy!
>
> I agree, but teams are not part of Endurance Riding today. I do not see how
> we can refine our team strategy without practice. Maybe instead of selecting
> individuals for a one time WEC team we could find a way to start several teams
> at the beginning of a season and select one team for WEC competition. I
> understand
> the French had been competing as a team before WEC.
>
> Scott
>
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It does not take practice...just coaching and cooperation.....


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