Dear isabelle:

It was a pleasurable moment of victory for you: “ouch your ballerina got you badly this time, where is the tough soldier now?”, but for him, it turns out to be a long-term displeasure.

It may be that this comment you made, in addition to your superior performance during the practice, activated a feeling of inferiority that he had from before, and added to his pandemic related distress.

If I was you, I would apologize to him, sincerely and in a serious tone, for the comment you made and for expressing pleasure about his defeat. Tell him that you forgot that you and him are a Team, and that when you hurt him, you hurt the team. And that you will not repeat that behavior again.

What do you think?

anita