University of Santa Clara - Redwood Yearbook (Santa Clara, CA)

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kv.. 'Q The Study Game 23

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As Time goes on, d ployer develops his skills. He develops Timing dnd rhyThm. The billidrd pldyer, if he is To be good, musT hove o smooTh even sTroke, for dll The cdlculus ond physics he knows ond uses To seT up d shoT won'T help wiThouT o smooTh sTroke. A sTudenT musT dlso hove Timingg he musT know when To sTudy ond when To ploy. And he musT hove rhyfhmg he musT know The difference befween sTudy ond ploy. The well skilled sTudenT dlso redlizes The need To relox, for one con overploy o shoT by spending Too much Time lining up ond Then Tense up ond choke. Finols con hove The some effecT5 you con sTudy ond sTudy unTil, wiTh The TesT in fronT of you, The moTeriol is jusT o medningless blur of words, numbers, ond didgroms. BuT you ledrn from The losses os well os The vicTories. 22 The Sfudy G-ome BuT hopefully There comes d poinT where confidence ond experience Tdkes The pldce of luck, ond The gdme becomes more fun. AT This poinT, The bdsics hove become second ndTure ond The finer poinfs of The gdme moy be refined: wiTh The diplomo in sighf, The Toil seems profifdble. The gdme is enjoyoble noT for whdT iT promises To be buT for whoT iT is: The chdllenge of The gdme becomes enjoyoble, insfedd of frusTroTing. This is when pldyers develop Their mosT voluoble ossefs - ThoT one Trick shoT They dlwoys like To use, The one They depend on. lnsfedd of dwelling on your wedknesses, you Tdke ddvonfoge of your sfrong poinTs. VicTory becomes eosier, ond The compeTiTion norrows. Sure, you sTill lose somefimes buT you ore growing, redching your poTenTiol. The gdme is beginning To poy off.

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241 The STudy Game IT Takes a IoT of work, buT finally you reach a poinT of excellence. The player aT This poinT seTs up his shoTs, noT only one, buT Two or Three in advance: he mighT learn To make his ball hop or use spin To conTrol The balls more accuraTely. STudenTs aT This sTage look beyond nexT auarTer, planning for Their fuTure careers. Company inTerviews Take precedence over homework, alThough They can'T forgeT abouT iT compleTely. Now The key is To apply The years of learning To someThing new: a new game musT be masTered, a bigger game. Like The oTher games in one's life, school and learning will conTinue Through a lifeTime, for even Though The baby grows up inTo an adulT, iT will remain a baby in The eyes of iTs parenTs.