Game of Averages

In athletics, there are averages. In health, there are averages. In fitness, there are averages. And, they are all different.

Getting into athletics even deeper. Usually, when a team demonstrates that they can score a lot of points on average and give up less points, then that team will have a near undefeated record or a very good one. Usually, when a team demonstrates that they can score a lot of points on average and give up as many points as the total score in a high school girl's basketball game, then that team... has issues. Sometimes, they can get away with an undefeated record.

However, in the case, and the reason this message spawned, we take a brief look at my beloved Washington Redskins.

See, we have to go back in history a little bit. Our offense has been horrendous the past...decade, if you will. Our defense has been stellar enough that we generated pro bowlers and, if I stand corrected, scored more points in a game at one point then the entire offense. Or, that might have been the place kicker who had more points in a game then the entire offense.

Point taken? Point for you.

Now, we have a good offense. One capable of scoring a lot of points. We have a bad defense. One capable of giving up a lot of points. If I had to choose between the two of them, then a good defense would receive my vote. When there is a flip-flop between the skill and outcomes of offense and defense, then a team or individual usually falls closer, if not all the way back, to square one...record-wise. However, the team atmosphere offers some reprieve because different players have different roles and can make different plays at different points of different games to make...a difference.

You still there?

We can just watch how closely related athletics is to our daily lives. No one is exempt because both athletics, health, and fitness are all a part of real life. Athletes perform on average. The public performs on average. Both can perform above average or below. But, when the focus is on achieving above average status, the competition heats up. We can all agree on that.

Progressing,
Derek