Assume nothing

An excerpt from a book written by Coach Bill Parcells-

Assume nothing.

Coaches can't ever be afraid to repeat the most elementary fundamentals. As Tom Cahill used to tell my high school football team, " First who, then how. If you don't know who to hit , what am I teaching you how to hit him for ? " Coach Cahill would get very dramatic at our first sign of confusion, He'd stop practice and point at each lineman, one at a time: "You have him, you have him, you have him.... You're running the ball here- now does everyone have it ?" And then he'd go down the line again, repeating the matchups, and finally he'd say, "Now, goddamn it , get 'em ! "

Coach Cahill was adamant about the basics; they say you are a product of your environment, and there I am.I emphasize all the time, especially with a younger team, because it's the obvious things that beat you if they're not taken care of. There are coaches that hold their players responsible for the entire playbook, for knowing what to do even if the play had'nt been run all season. In my view, that's a good way to lose on principle. I'll go over things in practice that we ran last week; the players may groan, but they'll have no excuse for messing up.


You can apply the same idea and methods to your buisness .

Be a Teacher, Not a Drill Sergeant