What is something you have learned lately? Last week I had a really hard time in an eskupilota match with my son. I accompanied my son to the match, as usual. This was a hand- in-hand pelota match and they started playing. My son started failing and the scoreboard was rising in favor of the other one. Suddenly, my 11-year-old son started crying and he couldn’t stop, he got completely stacked and wasn’t able to do anything properly. He shouted: ‘I can’t, I can’t!!’. To be honest, I didn’t know how to help him or what to tell him, but I realized that what he really feared was not to mark. I asked him about it and he confirmed my thoughts. Although I tried to convinced him of doing his best and not noticing the scoreboard, it was in vain. He continued with the same behavior until the end of the match and he marked once because his rival failed on purpose. It took me a while to console him, since he continued crying inconsolably even after the match. He felt angry, despaired, embarrassed and he wished he could go back. I told him that we can learn a lot with a failure and it had already happened what he most feared and he survived, so now on he won’t be afraid of it any more. I told him what I really believe, that the earlier you experience failure the better, providing that you have someone who supports around. Not only has this experience been a lesson to my son but it has also been a learning to me. This match has been a turning point for me. Before, I used to get really nervous in my children’s matches but after that match I realized what our due in the matches is: whether they win or they lose is not up to us, in no way, so the only thing we can do is support them emotionally and to be always there. Since then, I don’t look at the score board and don’t get as nervous as I used to.