What Nick Saban Teaches About Winning! Morning Minute 1.20.26


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How championship teams understand winning in ways that others don't!

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Morning Minute – 1.20.26

“What Nick Saban Teaches About Winning!” Championships aren’t won on game day: they’re built long before the first whistle!

In studying why winners win, and why some dominate year after year, one coach stands out:

Nick Saban.

Saban explains that championship teams aren’t built on talent alone. They are built through a deliberate process that consistently overwhelms opponents.

His approach comes down to two principles:
First: you train your team to dominate.
Second: you force your opponents to react to you instead of you reacting to them.

Let’s look at how that works.

Domination: Saban often compares elite football programs to military bootcamps…and for good reason.

Sports teams go to training camps. The purpose is to discover player’s limits and then push beyond them.

Coaches observe the physical and mental endurance of their players. That requires pushing individuals to the point of exhaustion; that moment when quitting becomes tempting. Everyone has a breaking point. Once leaders identify it, their objective is simple: extend their breaking point.

Through conditioning, repetition, and relentless practice, teams increase stamina, toughness, and confidence. Physical limits are expanded. Mental resilience is strengthened. Players learn their roles so well that execution becomes instinctive.

Saban shares that domination starts long before game day. It’s earned through the preparation that makes your team physically and mentally stronger than your opponent.

Forcing Reactions: Domination creates something even more valuable…control.

By studying opponents in detail, championship coaches design game plans that disrupt opponent’s strengths. When opponents are forced to abandon what they do best in order to react, they lose their advantage. Saban taught that once your opponent is reacting, you’re winning. They’re no longer dictating the game…you are.

Champions understand these 2 truths:
1) When you dominate preparation, you dominate performance. You will never play better than you practice
2) When opponents react to you, they surrender control,

That’s the process Saban used to build championship programs at Alabama and at LSU. And. it’s a lesson that applies far beyond football.

That is today’s Morning Minute.

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Please message me at lab@larryonlearning.com to share how you used this to improve your team!

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May God bless you, your family and your team!

Larry A. Bonorato lab@larryonlearning.com 864-630-2625

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Larry A. Bonorato

Author of the leadership and team-building book: "WORK WITH ME NOT FOR ME," and the twice weekly newsletter: “LarryonLearning's Morning Minutes.” I coach business owners and managers in how to profitably run their businesses by managing the 4 Ps: People, Processes, Products/Services, and Promotions. Using real life scenarios and step-by-step action plans, students gain the skills necessary to build strong teams and businesses. 864-630-2625

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