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.