Kansas head coach David Beaty signals a play during the fourth quarter on Thursday, Sept. 29, 2016 at Jones AT&T Stadium in Lubbock, Texas.

The words repetition and spring football essentially are synonymous these days around Anderson Family Football Complex.

It’s the time of year when head coach David Beaty and his assistants install their plays, in doses of three practices. By the time the Jayhawks conclude training after 15 total sessions, they will have gone through the complete install five times over.

After watching practice No. 4 earlier this week — the second edition of the first step in a round of installs — Beaty deemed KU’s progress remarkable.

“They actually looked pretty good,” the head coach said after seeing the offense operate more comfortably under the guidance of new coordinator Doug Meacham.

Beaty’s biggest offseason hire, Meacham repeatedly told players how much better they would perform during just the second round of the offensive installation. His boss said those words proved true.

The one-two-three-repeat approach Kansas is utilizing this spring is no different than what Beaty did in his previous two seasons in Lawrence. It’s not a universal method in college football — “to each his own,” Beaty says — but KU’s coach prefers it to other styles.

“A lot of people will throw just everything on the wall over a three- or four-day period and see what sticks,” he said, “and then just come back to it. And hopefully you’ll get all of it to stick before it’s over.”

Instead, the Jayhawks go through specific portions of their offense at each practice and review throughout the spring — a process that presents its own challenges.

“We don’t run plays on that day that are not on that install, which sometimes can put you at a disadvantage, because of that defense,” Beaty said. “It may be that (day’s) install doesn’t have a lot of great things to it, but we still have to be prepared to attack those type of looks.”

Not being able to throw the entire playbook at the defense during a given day has its longterm rewards, though, too. As Beaty says about the Air Raid, there is a man and a zone solution to every scheme.

“Your quarterbacks get comfortable with finding those answers when you do it that way,” the coach said.

For the players, it helps that Meacham isn’t implementing a new offense.

“You’re not starting over. That’s the thing,” Beaty said. “The language barrier is not there, because it’s all there already.”

That’s not to say a Meacham-ran offense will be a replica of Beaty’s. The head coach said his top offensive assistant brings wis own added nuances, which also have gone over smoothly.