I Got An E-mail

I got an e-mail that I like to share with all of you, jai-alai fans. The message comes from a former jai-alai star that truly loves the game. He dedicates his thoughts to those young players that play in the Florida frontons, especially to those who get there for first time and start their jai-alai career. An find out that once the initial excitement is gone only the risk of routine remains.
"How can a young player that makes his debut motivates himself? That`s the issue. We all know that greay records are beaten in front of big crowds. When time goes by and the previous dream come true of the young pelotari is gone, so the excitement of his debut, then he realizes that he has to play daily in an empty fronton. Now is the moment to seek for real reasons in order to motivate himself!
Play as if you were playing in front of 10.000 people. Put yourself a meta goal, seek and find the excellence of jai-alai, there's always something to learn about, ways to improve your play.
Set yourself principles. When wearing a jai-alai uniform you have to give a hundred percent. It wont matter if fifty people instead of a thousand bet on you. It has to be the same. The audience deserves a respect. People out there and those that follow you through the internet have to enjoy with your play because they are true fans.
When you are the favorite, fine, that's an extra motivation, but when nobody bets on you, not even a single tourist, then you have to clench your teeth and say: ´now I'm going to show you`.
Have a respect to the great super stars that played in the same fronton.
Out there in the audience there`s a guy that you don't see but you know that he is there. He is like your conscience. He is watching you, the one that forces you to play same way as if you would in front of 10.000 people.
All of these details and some more will make you play better. And above all, they will make you be abetter person. It's worth to try.