National Women's head coach Allison McNeill and assistant coach Mike McNeill are in town to lead a few practices at the National Elite Development Academy. While I was up to my eyeballs in the technical details that these two were imparting to our players, I was more impacted by a different kind of observation Allison shared with the group. After we had finished a random drill, she called the group in and summed up the situation perfectly.
"You aren't finishing drills right now."
"It's great that you guys are in here practicing every day, getting your work done in the weight room, and all of that," she said "but everybody is doing that."
"If you don't approach every drill like it's the last possession of a game, you aren't going to improve."
Simple feedback that in all reality, is going to determine whether or not these 12 girls will ever be players. Every single one of them has the physical tools to be all-whatever.
Just being at practice means nothing. Performing every drill means nothing. If you don't have the attitude that every repetition you perform is life or death, this game won't take you very far. It's not about doing it as hard as the coach wants, or doing it hard enough to win, it's about doing it the right way every time.
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