They should be the same person.
You've done the visualisation. Tried the breathing. Heard "back yourself" more times than you can count.
None of it held when the game was on the line. That's not a you problem. Those tools were never built for cricket.
Every mental performance framework most coaches or cricketers know was designed for a different sport.
Self-talk was built for sprinters. Visualisation was built for swimmers. "Control the controllables" was built for footballers in constant motion with immediate feedback.
Cricket is 80% standing still and waiting. The mental demands have nothing in common with any of them.
You're 34 off 60. The spinner is bowling outside off. Two slips in. Or been tonked for two boundaries of the first two balls. Tell me exactly what "back yourself" means to do right now.
Nobody knows. That's the problem.
The Pro Performance Project™ was built to solve that exact problem.
Junction Oval. WA vs Victoria. Over 400 balls at the crease. Victorian quicks rotating. Fresh. Fired up.
He said afterwards:
"I wasn't thinking about the scoreboard. I was just repeating what we'd trained."
Pro ContractedI used to switch off between balls without realising it. That was costing me more than I knew.
I'd get through the first 10 balls and then start thinking about my score. Now I just stay in it.
After going for 18 in an over I carried it for weeks. This is the first time I actually understood why that happened.
I was dropped from the WA squad. Twelve months later I was back in. This work was the difference between those two versions of me.
This work with Nik is what has separated my preparation from the result.
Secured my professional contract with South Australia. Working with Nik has been the best thing for my game over the past 24 months.
She looked like herself again at the crease. Whatever he did it worked. She is now with the NSW Breakers.
Century against adult opposition in Premier Cricket. What Nik built for her wasn't cricket - it was the mental edge that made the skill show up when it mattered.
The Mental Performance Program™. 12 weeks. Direct coaching built around your specific pressure pattern. The player at training becomes the player in the middle.
The MPI™ diagnostic and the Pro Performance Framework™. The system to identify pressure patterns in your players and the tools to address them.
Academy licensing. State program integration. The mental performance layer most programs are missing. Foundation, Performance and Elite Partner tiers.
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