Great Not Good Season

I tell my teams we’re going to have a great season. Not a good season but a great season.  There is a difference. 

Good is actually not good.  When a team thinks they are good or pretty good they stop trying to improve. But when they pledge to be great they will always need to improve or fall behind.

I tell my team that at this moment all our competitors are in their gym improving.  We need to keep improving simply to keep up.  It doesn't have to be a huge improvement, one more serve over the net, one more attack in bound or one more perfect pass to the setter. All these small improvements add up. 

Pledge to be a great team this year not a good team.