Borrow from other domains. Michelin 3-star chef Thomas Keller explains how all cooking is about "time and temperature." How does that apply to sport, school, business, and so on?
The success equation: ACHIEVEMENT = TIME x PERFORMANCE
What coach might know something about success? Former Alabama football coach Nick Saban. He asks, "are you investing your time or spending it?
Flanking the top of the "Pyramid of Success," are faith (belief) and patience (time).
Whether we believe in Gladwell's "10,000 hours," mastery takes time. The pathway from high school to completing medical training (med school, residency, fellowship) was fourteen years. Gladwell wrote, "This is the scholarly tradition I was referring to in my book “Outliers,” when I wrote about the “ten-thousand-hour rule.” No one succeeds at a high level without innate talent, I wrote: “achievement is talent plus preparation.” But the ten-thousand-hour research reminds us that "the closer psychologists look at the careers of the gifted, the smaller the role innate talent seems to play and the bigger the role preparation seems to play."
What about temperature? Temperature is intensity.
Anson Dorrance wrote about former player Mia Hamm's intensity as she trained alone, unseen in a park he randomly passed by.
In Legacy, James Kerr wrote, "champions do extra."
Kevin Eastman speaks about doing the 'unrequired work."
How does this apply to the coach-player relationship? Coaches have favorites, players and teams doing the work:
- Early is on time.
- Offseason work reflects time.
- Hard work is intensity.
- Focus and coachability link time and work.
- Strength, conditioning, and skills grow with time and intensity.
Lagniappe. Be addicted to the details.
There are tons of things - both good and bad, that one can become addicted to. If growth is the goal & you enjoy winning, you must first become addicted to the details. Our habits and the details make all the difference. pic.twitter.com/I9W79KEbV2
— Coach Ray Ostrowski (@CoachRayO3313) September 17, 2024