Pep Talk

Study across sports and domains. Great coaches understand offensive and defensive principles across sports. Common threads dominate. 

One of my favorite sports books is "Game Changer" by Dr. Fergus Connolly. It emphasizes organization of play and maximizing human performance. 

• Spacing
• Player and ball movement (to create advantage)
• Executing the 'scoring moment'

Coach Joe Mazzulla got input from Pep Guardiola. Two heads are better than one. 

Sport has symmetry. For example in basketball:

An imperfect analogy works for volleyball, finding ways to score and to keep others from scoring. Strategy works only with requisite skill, physicality, and resilience. 

This isn't unique to sports. 

Simplify. Read, decide, execute. 

Lagniappe. 

Lagniappe 2. Henry explains Pep Guardiola coaching. Stick to the plan.