Repeat, Repeat, Repeat

We worked hard on fundamentals in practice.  It was where we set our standards.  We repeated things until they became habits.  I believed that once we introduced something new, we should cover it in practice for several days to make sure the players got it. 

We hammered it home: repeat, repeat, repeat until we got it right.  We didn't make our drills competitive until they were learned.  The players would have concentrated on winning instead of learning.  Once drills were learned, we made them competitive.

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