The Auburn football team runs a fast paced offense especially when they are making 8, 10, 15 yards on a play. They just keep getting faster and faster.
Forget a huddle, they just run back to the line after each play, the quarterback takes a cursive look at the defense and the center snaps the ball when the quarterback gives the signal.
But every once in awhile, the quarterback doesn't like what the way the defense is lining up or the plays called in aren't working or there is confusion at the line so he calls a time out. Or the coach sees all this from the sideline and calls a time out and every player comes over to the sideline for a 30 second or 60 second time out. They stand huddled around the coach, drink water and listen. He has their undivided attention. They want to know what he thinks...and then they go back on the field and do whatever he tells them to do.
Big difference in that and a touch and go where a plane is practicing take offs and landings from an airfield. It lands on a runway and takes off again without coming to a full stop. It touches down long enough for it to "count" and then takes off again.
Big difference in "hey" and a wave and walking into someone's arms and standing still ....even for 30 seconds. Thirty seconds is time enough to take a deep breath, reset and refocus, to listen to the Coach.... for a believer or a football team.
What does your time out look like?
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