商业团队6大样板盘点

    阿尔巴尼分校曲棍球队的汤普森三兄弟“心有灵犀”，在场上配合甚至不需要说话。

    有些队友经常见面或在一起训练，最后培养成了某种神奇的心电感应。纽约州立大学阿尔巴尼分校（University at Albany）的曲棍球球星迈尔斯•汤普森、莱尔•汤普森和泰•汤普森就是活生生的例子。这所学校的男子曲棍球教练斯科特•马尔说：“他们有时甚至根本不用沟通，只需要点点头、用球棍做个假动作，或者耸耸肩，另一个人就能明白，并且找到对方。这种东西靠正常训练是练不出来的。”

    不过三个汤普森本身就是一家人。迈尔斯是哥哥，莱尔是弟弟，泰是他们的表哥。（三人都是印第安人，迈尔斯和莱尔属于奥内达加部落，而泰是莫霍克族。他们出生于纽约州北部的印第安人保留地。三人都是进攻手。）迈尔斯表示，他们三人之间的化学反应要追溯到小时候。他们还是孩子的时候，就在一起玩室内曲棍网球，也就是曲棍球的室内版。迈尔斯说：“一起长大、一起玩耍，使我们在球场上也配合得很好，因为我们知道对方的趋向，也知道对方的优势。”泰补充道：“我们的曲棍球智商非常高，因为我们在刚刚会走路的时候就在一起玩了。”

    那么对手面对汤普森兄弟，或者其他天生的神配合时，应该怎样防守呢？有些对手们采用夹击战术对付莱尔和迈尔斯，防止他们触球——有时倒也奏效。（阿尔巴尼分校的纪录是5：5，去年它的成绩是13：5。）但是即便阿尔巴尼分校输球了，汤普森兄弟的表现依然非常惊人。马尔称看他们打球是一件“美好的事”。有时，对付一个卓越团队最好的方法就是观察和学习他们。（财富中文网）

    译者：朴成奎

    The Thompsons of the University at Albany are so in sync they don't need words to communicate.

    Some teammates meet or practice so frequently that they develop a sort of magical rapport. University at Albany lacrosse stars Miles, Lyle, and Ty Thompson take this transcendent rhythm to another level. "They almost don't even have to communicate sometimes -- they can make things happen by a head nod or a stick fake or just a shoulder shrug that tips the other guy, and they're able to find each other," says Albany men's lacrosse head coach Scott Marr. "This is stuff you can't get from normal practice."

    It may help that the Thompsons are family. Miles, a senior, and Lyle, a junior, are brothers; Ty, a senior, is their cousin. (The brothers are members of the Onondaga tribe, while Ty is Mohawk. They grew up on Native American reservations in upstate New York; all three are "attack," or strictly offense, players.) Miles traces their on-field chemistry to playing box lacrosse, an indoor version of the sport, together since they were children. "Growing up, playing with each other, it carries out on the field really well because we know each other's tendencies and know each other's strengths," says Miles. Ty adds, "Our lacrosse IQ is so high because we've been playing since we could walk."

    So how to compete against the Thompsons, or any set of teammates that exhibits a similar brand of innate collaboration? Rivals have responded by double-teaming Lyle and Miles or trying to deny them the ball -- with some success. (Albany's record is 5-5; last year it finished 13-5.) But even when Albany loses, the Thompsons' play is thrilling -- "a thing of beauty," Marr notes. Sometimes the best way to deal with a transcendent team is simply to watch and learn. --Daniel Roberts