I was watching my son’s high school team practice the other day and his coach asked me if I would speak to the team. His team is off to a great start and playing very well so I wanted to make sure I kept the theme of keeping this “team first” attitude going into the last third of the season and into the play-offs.
I mentioned a term we use with our guys that we got from the New England Patriots. I told them that many teams have players that do their jobs from time to time but the most successful teams have players that “do their job completely.”
This may sound simple, but when you think about it, it’s very difficult not just for high school players but also for college and pro players.
Doing your job completely means:
- thoroughly knowing what your job (role) is
- understanding everything that needs to be done on that job
- accepting your job (role) unconditionally
- doing your job every second, every minute, every quarter, every half, every game — all season long — the way it needs to be done
We don’t want every one of our guys just doing his job. We want every one of them to DO HIS JOB COMPLETELY! If every player does his job completely, we feel that we will have every weapon we need every night to be successful. Our staff and each player can trust that everyone will attempt to do his job completely on every possession he is in the game. We understand it may not be done perfectly, but if a player attempts to do the job completely every time that job is required, we will take our chances with that type of team!
