Pune Warriors had two awful IPL seasons, finishing second last in 2011 then topping it with the wooden spoon in 2012.

There has been much discussion in Pune around the reasons (and excuses), but whatever the details, there are a few principles you can pick up for your own team.

Here's how to make sure you don't emulate Pune Warriors double IPL failure.

Review with facts

As humans our judgement is easy to skew. We tend to think that examples we can remember are universal facts.

That means we can throw up a lot of reasons for failure that are incorrect, especially if there is emotion in a moment. A poor umpiring decision may leave you outraged when the real reason goes far deeper.

You can make your reviews far more effective by keeping records. Pune have the advantage of every game being logged by an analyst who can pick trends in the data.

You probably can't do this, but you can adapt to your situation. Perhaps when you are batting you can get a team member to record one crucial piece of data through the match and season. Click here for an example.

You can also log data in practice sessions with notational analysis or PitchVision.

You can then compare this data to your scorebook and find out trends of where things are going wrong. Often you will be surprised how incorrect you were by just using your memory.

Keep it simple

All this talk of data and reviews will have done one of 2 things:

• Got you excited about geeking out.
• Turned you off to the idea of your nose in a spreadsheet.

People either like digging into data, or they don't. It helps if you have someone on your side who is into analysing information so they can pass the simple headlines on to those who don't.

But you can still get analysis from the quiet, "lets just get on with it" types by using Mark Garaway's Start, Stop, Continue method.

This system is simple and takes very little time. It means your analysing people can come to the meeting with data and everyone else can put their opinion into the mix.

Even at the IPL level, there will be players in the Pune Warriors side who won't care about the vast amount of data. So, don't be afraid to adapt to the person.

Walk away with something

Finally, after you have reviewed and found both your weak and strong areas, everyone should walk away with a clear idea of what they need to do.

This could be a goal, a role or both.

This will bring a clarity of mind to whatever personality player has it. And that improves your chances of success.

Pune's double failure example shows how important it is to get this process right. If you don't you risk making the same mistakes for a second season, and that's just careless.