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is the most difficult to obtain, and re¬
quires constant and untiring practice.
The captain should be just as careful
not to underwork his men as not to over¬
work them. If an individual is over¬
trained or off his feed, give him rest; but
for the team, hard work, and plenty of it,
should be the rule. There is nothing
that helps a man or a team more in the
hour of supreme test or conflict than the
consciousness of having done his or its
work faithfully and well. " I deserve to
win," "The gods are on my side," "I
must and shall win." If each individual
feels this by force of hard work, the whole
eleven begins to feel, " We can't lose."
3. Moral Training. — From what has
been said of physical training, it can be
immediately seen that football is not a
lazy man's game. It is needless to say
that it is not a coward's game. If a man
is afraid of overexertion or getting hurt,
he had better play marbles. Football is