The Flow

by Joyce Miller - March 1999

(A poem inspired by I Barely Made The Team )

Train when you train, take a lesson or two.

It will help the sport be better for you.

Put your training INSIDE, when your keeping score.

Have fun, enjoy the game, and do nothing more.

You can be sure, it won't feel the same,

when you try to train during a game.

A single thing, you will NOT learn,

not strokes, or spins, or how to turn.

When all you think about is doing what's right,

and that you better get busy and put on a good fight.

When you go over all the errors that you make,

while checking every step you take.

Then you will notice all that's wrong

that's not really playing Ping Pong.

Neither Lily or me, learn what we need to know

But then when we play, We Must Let It Flow.

The Flow what learning is all about

Joyce Miller