To me, the big thing in being a successful team is repetition of what you're doing, either by word of mouth, blackboard, or specifically by work on the field. You repeat, repeat, repeat as a unit.

Offensively, you do what you do best and you do it again and again. Defensively, you attack your opponent's strength.

Regardless of what you do put in, every game boils down to doing the things you do best and doing them over and over again.

I hold it more important to hold the player's confidence than their affection.