Oregon Ducks Softball Coach Melyssa Lombardi Discusses Jane Sanders Classic

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00:00out there and they have something they can do

00:04that can remind them of that moment.

00:05I just think the connection,

00:06I think it just brings us closer together

00:09when we have things that we're doing

00:11that we have a good time with, you know,

00:12and can go back to.

00:14Like it just started off as a joke

00:15and then just kind of, they got on fire with it

00:18and it's hilarious.

00:20I think they laugh more at pictures of themselves doing that

00:23than anything else.

00:25So I think it's good.

00:26I think it's a good connection piece.

00:28I think the most important thing for this team

00:30is that we are enjoying what we're doing.

00:33We are having a good time.

00:36In knowing that we're in the heat of the battle, right?

00:39And I think this group does a really nice job with that.

00:42How do you balance that?

00:43Or how do you, you know, as a coach,

00:44what do you tell the players like to balance that

00:46between having fun,

00:47but also being able to keep the intensity up

00:49during your game?

00:50I think just through all of our practices,

00:52our talks, our retreats,

00:54we, you know, are able to kind of create like a blueprint

00:58of expectations and how we want to go about things.

01:01And, you know, you can get caught up

01:03in all the stuff that you want to do.

01:04And then you're so worried about doing it

01:06that you're not enjoying it.

01:07And so we talk a lot about enjoying the moment,

01:10you know, not being too caught up with it,

01:13where it passes us by.

01:14And so I think that's just a part of enjoying the moment.

01:19This time last year,

01:19Mother Nature wasn't exactly compliant

01:21for the Jane Sanders Classic, but.