The New England Patriots began their training camp today, beginning what every team hopes will be a six-month journey to the Super Bowl. I’ve always found the strategy and intricacies of football interesting; players and coaches literally spend 60 to 80 hours per week preparing for every game, evaluating their own team and other teams, installing new schemes and so on. But what do these professionals do for the first couple of weeks at camp? Practice the basics! That’s right–even though most players were on the team a year ago, even though they’ve been playing football for the past...
