The reason they did is important to us, because, I think that it takes the same things that got guys on the Colts and the Saints teams to the Superbowl for us to see our groups achieve a bigger "win" this year.
I've come up with 12 keys that I believe were the deciding factors in giving both of these teams an opportunity to play in yesterdays game. I shared the first 8 keys in the last two posts (bel0w).
Today I'll show the final 4 keys and end with what I think is THE key why the Saints won yesterday...
9. Strategy - Each of these teams made it this far, because of the effective strategies that their coaches imployed. This is the 9th key.
What's the difference in a plan and a strategy?
A strategy is the big picture. It's the overview of how something will be achieved.
A plan is the close up view. It's the details of how it will be achieved.
A strategy might link together multiple plans.
A plan is only contained within one strategy.
Ex. A strategy could be to keep a team from completing passes.
The plan could be to do this by blitzing repetitively for a series of plays.
You probably have goals for yourself and your group.
You hopefully have plans to achieve them.
- But what is your overall strategy for you to become all you need to be?
- But what is your overall strategy for your group to become all it is supposed to be?
10. Application - Without these teams applying all of their knowledge and practice to the real games, then there would be no wins. That's why application is the 10th key.
Application was needed on both an individual level (each player applying what they have learned) and on a corporate level (whole team).
Only application of truth/knowledge = results. Application of the training, practicing and planning helps teams improve and win.
What truth/knowledge have you applied in your life and your ministry?
What truth/knowledge have you not applied?
11. Determination - To make it to the Superbowl takes all of the previous keys, but without this one you'll fall short when the journey is tough or long. Determination is the 11th key. It keeps you going, trying, pushing on when other people just want to give up.
Successful people in sports - or any arena - have reached their success because they didn't give up. They were determined to succeed.
How about you? How determined are you to win in your walk with the Lord? Will a period of doubt cause you to give up? Will a trial or stress cause you to quite youth pastoring?
If you are going to succeed at being a youth pastor/leader, then you're going to have keep going, trying and pushing through the hard times. That's the only way to win.
*12. Spontaneous Implementation And Improvisation - The key that I've saved to mention last is what I think is THE key that caused the Saints to win the Superbowl.
It's what I call "Spontaneous implementation and improvisationan".
It's implementing all of the other keys correctly IN THE MOMENT.
It's knowing when to drop one plan and go with another based on what the other team does first. It's using a certain skill you gained over the years of practice and training at the exact moment it's needed.
This spontaneous implementation improvisation comes in two ways:
I. From the coach - This happens when the coach sees, that based on what the other team has done or is doing, the plan needs to be altered. And because of this, they throw in a new play based on a new plan.
II. From the players themselves - the player is running a play but sees an opening or weakness and alters the plan on the spot. (ex. the great interception by the Saints that turned around everything for them.)
Many of the teams that played this season had many of these keys, but it was the Saints who had and used this 12th key correctly.
- How are you at calling an "audible" and varying from your plans when the results don't go the way you planned?
- Can you see areas of opportunity in what you're doing now that you need to take action on?
- Can you see areas of weakness where you need to tweak your plan?
- Do you have someone (or others) who can advise you on what ways to tweak your current plans based on how things have been going, so you can achieve your goals and ultimately achieve your dream/vision?
I would like to offer a way for you to have more of these 12 key things applied in your ministry, so that you can have bigger wins and go farther in 2010 than you have in years past.
HERE'S MY IDEA OF HOW I CAN HELP YOU APPLY THESE 12 KEYS IN YOUR STUDENT MINISTRY:
- I want to help you to come up with your own vision and dream for your group.
- I want to help encourage you to believe God for big things in and through your life and your group.
- I want to help you achieve the goals you have by helping you come up with the best plans you can use in your unique situation.
- I want to do this by gathering together a whole team of other youth pastors to be on the same team with you. They'll be trying to attain the same goal as you - to take their groups to a new level in 2010. You'll all work together and share your "best plays" with each other. You'll share insights with each other and brainstorm solutions together.
- I'll help by overseeing the team. I'll work with you to train you in different areas: outreach, inreach, leadership training, discipleship, and more.
- I want to help you develop or hone your overall strategy through my input and the input of your teammates.
- I want to help you determine what areas you need to apply what you know and are learning so that you see real results and change.
- We, as a team, will encourage each other so that will all keep pressing on together to see the results that only come from determined effort.
- I will give an outside perspective from the sidelines of what I see could be the greatest opportunities you're not seeing.
- I'll coach you on some ways you might be able to spontaneously implement a new play or improvise in the situation that's come at you.
- We'll meet together once a month for 90-minutes for 6 months.
- No one will have to to travel anywhere to meet. We'll meet in online a virtual classroom. (Think of it as a virtual locker room. :) )
- The 90 minutes will consist of training/teaching, Q&A, brainstorming sessions, check in/check ups on how everyone is doing applying what we've talked about, etc.
- This won't take up a lot of your time but it will take some time (some months we'll all be reading the same book and discussing it as part of our monthly time together).
- It will take your commitment to "meet" with team for these 6 times. (One absence will be understood, but more than one will harm your progress and what you bring to the team.)
- We'll also have a way for teammates, who want to, to connect and interact with each other online - in-between our monthly times. This is voluntary and will allow our team to build relationships, with each other, ask each other questions. give encouragement, just say "wasssup!", etc.
- The team will be limited to 12 people - besides me.
- It will cost money. Why? Because of the time it will take me to prepare and participate for these sessions. Also, it will cost money because of the fact that I want each team member to value and be committed to these times. And I know that we don't value or feel any real commitment to things that don't cost us anything.
But I want YOUR INPUT...
- How much do you think is fair to charge a month?
- How much do you think is too much?
- What do you think about what I have planned?
- What would you add?
- Is there anything you'd take out?
- Do you have any other ideas to make it even better?
Please comment below to give your input.
One Wednesday, February 10th, I'll tell you about a FREE introductory session I'll be offering for any of you who are interested. It will be limited to 60 people - max.
First priority will go to anyone who comments.
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