A team can expect commitment without pretending every player has the same outside responsibilities.

Commitment and identical availability are not the same requirement, though they get treated as one. Some people have a parent to collect, a shift that ends at seven, a body that needs more sleep than the schedule assumes. When a group insists on one shape of dedication, it does not get more dedication; it loses people who would have given plenty on different terms.

Ask what each person can genuinely offer and build the plan from those answers. Make the demanding sessions predictable and few rather than constant. Judge commitment by what someone does with the time they have, not by whether their evenings look like everyone else’s.