Michael Clarke and Brad Haddin have counselled Australia against excessive sledging in the forthcoming Test series against South Africa, querying whether recent efforts to puff chests out detracted more from the teams performances than having any impact on the opposition.The Australia ODI team engaged in numerous verbal battles with South Africa over the course of a 5-0 series defeat on their recent tour, which followed captain Steven Smiths assertion that a quiet team needed to show more energy in the field. While Clarke and Haddin were both known for numerous verbal stoushes over their careers, they agreed that forcing the issue verbally would do more harm than good.Im probably contradicting the way I captained, because I loved that aggressive approach and while there was a line, I always liked the team I captained to head-butt that line, not overstep it but head-butt it. Thats how I thought we played our best cricket, Clarke told ESPNcricinfo. But the more I experienced got I believed it wasnt what you said it was what you did, so your performance wasnt dictated by your mouth.Im probably contradicting myself and my captaincy style because there were a couple of occasions where I did open my big mouth. The reason I did that with James Anderson was to stick up for George Bailey and the Dale Steyn one was sticking up for James Pattinson as well. But I shouldnt have said a word, in both situations there was no need for me to say anything.Clarke noted that numerous players from past eras were particularly talkative on the field because it is what worked for them, not because they felt compelled to do so out of some idealised image of the Australian cricketer. I think you need to do whats comfortable to you, he said. The team I grew up playing in that Australian team, they had Steve Waugh, Matthew Hayden, Shane Warne, these guys liked and enjoyed that verbal competition.That helped them perform. So if that helps you, as long as you dont overstep that mark, then go for your life. Theres a number of players around the world that enjoy that. I remember Kevin Pietersen loved that challenge against Mitchell Johnson or Shane Warne, whomever it was.So if it helps your game, do it, but I dont think you should force it. I think thatd be like me trying to bat like Ricky Ponting. The guys have got to work out what they feel is best for them individually and as a team and go for it. But if it doesnt suit your personality then I wouldnt try to be someone Im not. Haddin expressed the view that teams could make life uncomfortable for opponents without resorting to verbal abuse. Areas like aggressive fielding, running between the wickets and banter among team-mates - sometimes referred to as talking across the batsmen - could have the same effect without becoming a distraction from the primary goal - to win the game.I dont think its about what you say on the field, Haddin said. The best Australian teams Ive been a part of have been able to create an uncomfortable environment for the opposition with your body language, your movements around the game, and creating an atmosphere with each other where the opposition feels like theyre the only two people out there, or he [the batsman] feels like hes stuck out there by himself.Its the environment youre trying to create with your presence. That can be having the most athletic fielding team so the opposition feels uncomfortable there. Its about creating the environment to make the opposition feel they cant play their best. The best way you can do that is to create an environment where the opposition try to do something they dont normally do.Sometimes the best form of that is not to say anything - you wouldnt say anything to a Kevin Pietersen for example because hed dig his heels in and start taking it personally to hit us all around the park. One of the best things for him was to stay away from him.Conversely, Haddin felt that talking too much to opponents invariably led to a change in the power dynamic, as the sledgers revealed more about their own discomfort than those they were targeting. Talking too much to the opposition ... youve got to earn the right to play the way you want to play, Haddin said.Sometimes if youre just focusing on talking and trying to get a reaction it can have a negative effect on your team. The reason you create that uncomfortable environment there is to make the opposition do something they dont want to do. If it starts detracting from what youre trying to do then thats a problem.Asked to provide an example of a player who struck the right balance, Haddin mentioned Andrew Symonds. Andrew was one of the best team men I ever played with, he said. 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For four seasons, the 31-year-old Weber and the 26-year-old Josi, a Swiss national, formed an unlikely but potent partnership for the Nashville Predators.Their NHL relationship will change this season after the summers blockbuster trade of Weber to the Montreal Canadiens for P.K. Subban. Because Weber was scratched for Canadas preliminary-round game against Europe, Tuesday will be a preview of sorts, marking the first time theyve skated against each other in a competitive game.Its going to be different playing against him, and not with him, Josi said after his team dispatched Sweden during its near-miraculous run to the World Cup of Hockeys last round. I think for us its going to be a lot of fun playing against Canada in Toronto in the finals. Theres not many better things than that. Im just going to try to enjoy it.Weber agreed. Its going to be fun, he said. Im looking forward to it. Hes a great player. Im proud of him and how far hes come in his development. 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Josi took exception, skating back and giving Thornton a lunging crosscheck that didnt leave much of a mark.Weber finished the job with a whack across the back that dropped Thornton.Now Thornton and Weber are Canadian teammates (Its a heavy stick, Thornton said, remembering their time in opposition), and Weber will be facing Josi. Whenever the speedy Swiss joins the rush, Weber will be waiting for him with what he promises will be his usual ferocity, despite their friendship.Hockey players are the type of guys, it doesnt matter if youre friends off the ice, Weber said. On the ice, its a common goal. Youre trying to win. It might be a weird thing to some people, but theres a lot of pride and commitment in the goal that youre trying to accomplish. I think that brings out the best in both. Youre still going to continue to be friends off the ice. 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