Tuesday, September 28, 2021

Program Construction

Another coach referred to Melrose as a legacy program. What key elements build  execution?

  • Personnel 
  • Strategy 
  • Operations

Personnel

  • Coaching - "the only shortcut to excellence is mentoring"
  • Players - "you can't coach size and it's hard to create athletic explosion"
  • "Every day is player development day." Build skill. 
Strategy
  • "Be good at what you do a lot."
  • "Do more of what works and less of what doesn't." (Edit!)
  • Emphasize clarity and mature simplicity
Operations
  • Top teams play better schedules. Beating weak teams is fool's gold.
  • Off-season development is critical to foster competitive players. Unrequired work separates the best
  • Constantly focus on adding value and promoting competition

Dartmouth (southeastern Massachusetts) is one of the Maxpreps.com MIAA 2 top 5 ranked teams. Their Maxpreps page shows highlights. They don't have elite size but have excellent team coordination. 

Melrose notes: Melrose hosts Wilmington tomorrow (Wednesday). Wilmington took a set from Woburn recently. 















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