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Originally Published in: Game Ready - 52 Takeaways for Winning You have probably heard people say, 'Less is better than more.' That can seem a little backward when you're young, and even as you get older. I know less money isn't as good as more money. I know less time isn't as good as more time. I know less fun isn't as good as more fun. We could play this game all day, so what does less is better than more really mean? Well, I guess less is better than more really depends upon what you're doing? I'm going to take this from a football coach's perspective and you take it from yours. I'll bet we both get it. As a football coach, you need your team to be as prepared as possible, and with today's technology that includes computer analysis of opposing teams' offenses, defenses, kicking game and anything else you want. Plus, you need to implement your system of plays, but also be ready to start changing things around to try and get the perfect plays to win the game. That's all great if your team can actually absorb and execute all the information you give them. It's not great if they can't. There is this phrase, paralysis by analysis. It shows up when you are so overloaded with facts, figures, and data that you can't do anything. This is something that a lot of football coaches are guilty of doing to their teams, especially in high school. The coaches overload their team with so much information that the players can't read and react in the game. In other words, the players start thinking instead of doing. The flat fact of the matter is: it doesn't matter how much information you and your coaches know; it matters how much information your players know and can execute. In other words, there comes a time when less is more. Hey, you need to cut down on the data and focus on execution. It really doesn't matter if you have a lot of plays if you can't execute them. Don't go to your next coaching clinic and be the dumbest, smart guy in the room. (In other words, you were dumb by trying to make your team so smart that they couldn't execute.) It's really pretty simple. Information and knowledge are powerful tools. Learn to use those tools to your advantage. Don't try to be so smart that you wind up being dumb. You, and the team, will be a lot better off when you learn that sometimes less is better than more, really! |
Less Is Better Than More – Really
