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Imagine that you are the captain of your school Kabaddi team. Your final match is against a very strong team. Your team members are sure that you will lose. How will you boost their morale? Work in groups and prepare a shortlist of what can encourage the team.
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Solution
I will encourage them in the following way.
- I will tell them that even if the opponent is an elephant, a small ant can defeat it.
- I will tell them our strong points.
- We will try to figure out the opponent's weak points.
- I will tell them no matter how strong the opponent is, we will do our best and we will win.
- I will tell them most of the time, we were going to lose yet we won.
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