Every day I write about the importance of players creating mental framework for their game in order to compete in their High Performance Mindset. And I get asked all the time, by both players and coaches “What do these frameworks look like? What’s actually in them?” Below is a... clip from my conversation with Glenn Crooks of SiriusFM. And in this clip, I’m detailing a couple of mental techniques I might use with players to help them establish their mental playbook. During the clip I talk briefly about the work I did around 18 years ago with the West Ham striker Carlton Cole. Carlton very generously wanted me to write about the work we did together in my first book Soccer Tough (a book that Gareth Bale kindly said changed his life). So listen below… There was obviously far more to Carlton’s mental playbook, but changing his objectives for games, helping him manage the inner impulses that he experienced prior-to playing and during playing, and helping him feel he ‘belonged’ on a Premier League pitch - combined, these were part of the many things he did to help him break into the first team and then get a few England caps. Players need simple, practical mental frameworks in mental playbooks to compete mentally skilfullyshow more

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