User blog comment:Mineko Charat Lucky/Don't Play to Win, Ever/@comment-79.159.63.39-20130113044739

From this:

-"but you'll be watching the goal (which is to win) much more than yourself and your teammates"

-""Playing to improve" has the same advantage as "playing to win", except that it also allows you have a better mindset, you are NOT that tryharding for a victory, you would sit down, calm down, and think over where went wrong."

-""Playing to win" mindset is different, it's much less efficient and has a more emotional impact to you if you can't control it"

I think you are calling playing without thinking, planning, or caring "playing to win". Not sure why.