How Do You Motivate Athletes Under This Circumstance??

So here it was, the final tune up practice my 1994 Girls ODP team before we head to the region 1 tournament next weekend.

We had 13 girls at training, out of a possible 17.. For WV this isn't to bad at all. However you could tell from the onset that this was going to be a struggle to keep them focused and motivated.

Off those 13 girls, 7 play on the same club team. A club team with a very loud, hard, demanding coach. I am on the absolutely opposite end of the spectrum when it comes to a coach. I am way laid back, as some will tell you, almost to a fault... but that is who I am.. I really have to work hard to develop good relationships with the girls so that they feel a level of personal hurt when they let me down, as opposed to motivating the girls out of fear.

But with this group, they are clearly the top 7 players on the team.. I only see them but once a month.. and they know they will play.. So my questions is how do you motivate a group of kids on a day like yesterday when they were tired, whiney and just being 14 year old girls. They have no fear of being cut or of losing playing time..What would you as a coach do??