Over the weekend I saw a very well-played high school playoff game. It was a one-run contest throughout. But in the end, when the losing team needed to score, their coach's predictability killed them.
This is one of those coaches who believes you always sac bunt a runner from first to second with no outs. He'd done it two or three times already in that game. In the top of the seventh the defense was ready and ended up getting the out at second. So for his trouble the coach gave up an out without gaining anything in return.
In pretty much anything in life, if you know what's coming, you can better prepare for it. People in coastal areas, for instance, pay close attention to hurricane warnings and board up their windows when one is coming.
People in snowy areas heed winter storm warnings (usually) and try to avoid being on the roads if they don't have to. Businesses close early too.