Ultiworld Interview: Dartmouth Pain Train
The Dartmouth Pain Train discusses their thrilling win over TUS in the back door game to secure a bid to Madison and the D1 College Championships. The team's captains, Cecil Chu, Ian Herrick, and Dan Rosenard, share insights on managing momentum swings and maintaining a winning mindset throughout the intense match. They reveal that their system, built on relentless positivity and player buy-in, contributed to their success against New England opponents in the regular season. The Pain Train's mental preparation for upcoming games is also a key topic of discussion, with coach Dan Rosenard addressing concerns about pulling starters and the importance of staying present in the moment. The team's focus on individual relationships and energy management helped them overcome adversity and secure a crucial win. Watch as Dartmouth's Pain Train shares their strategies for success and mental toughness in high-pressure competition.
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Hi, Charlie Eisenhood here with Ulti World and I'm here with three captains of Dartmouth Paint Train who just finished a thrilling win over Tus in the back door game to grab a bid to Madison and the D1 College Championships. We're with Cecil Chu, uh Ian Herrick, and Dan Rosenard. And guys, this was a uh a really back and forth uh crazy game, I thought. I think momentum swings for both teams in both the first and second half. How do you manage sort of the highs and lows of a game like this? Especially with the pressure obviously in I mean we just try to get out of our heads and play the game that we know how to play. We have a system that we run and we trust our players to win that system does well against Yeah. The theme for us is kind of all about us. You know, try not to focus on the other team, not to focus on the score. Just keep relentless positivity on our team all the way through the game and keep the energy up. Yeah. We're just loving each other all the time and that takes us to the high level. And you guys have had a lot of success against the New England teams this year. Obviously, no losses in the regular season to a New England team. Um then you came out today, the finals against Harvard, got down early and had to pull all your starters basically to try to worry about the upcoming game. Um you know, mentally, how do you deal with that situation and sort of just standing around on the sideline waiting for the next game that you know is the one that counts? I mean, first of all, we have to have our players buy into that decision. I think some people were initially upset about that, but you know, that's the call we went with and that's what we have to stick to. Um, and you know, we don't count on, you know, we we don't think too much about the upcoming game. We just know that uh we might have an advantage. We can't count on that and just uh keep guys who are in the game supported and uh do our job. Yeah. Yeah. And I mean, obviously, we pulled our starters, but we weren't giving...
