THE METHOD
Professional footballers don't suddenly become worse players
But under pressure, something shifts.
Timing goes.
Decisions are off.
Instinct gets replaced by thought.
You start trying to play well instead of just playing.
Your brain is designed to respond to pressure by protecting you.
This system was built for survival.
Not performance.
When it activates.
✔ control increases
✔ risk drops
✔ awareness turns inward
✔ automatic skill gets disrupted
Nothing is wrong with your football.
Your brain is just prioritising safety over performance.
The Red / Green / Blue Performance Model
Your brain and body preparing for action
✔ adrenaline rises
✔ focus sharpens
✔ intensity increases
That is not a problem.
It's the energy required for performance.
Left unmanaged it becomes:
✔ panic / worry
✔ over-control
✔ rushed decisions
✔ over safe play or even going missing.
Your prefrontal cortex stabilising the response.
This is where:
✔ clarity returns
✔ decisions become simple
✔ attention stays external
Green doesn't remove red.
It directs it
✔ nerves become focus & awareness
✔ anger becomes positive aggression
✔ frustration becomes drive
✔ red now becomes your competitive edge
Where trained ability runs automatically.
You're not thinking about performance.
You're in it.
✔ game feels clearer
✔ decisions feel obvious
✔ awareness focused on opportnunites
✔ reactions happen instinctively
✔ feels like you have more time
✔ game feels effortless
Most performance work focuses on:
✖️ confidence
✖️ mindset
✖️ motivation
✖️ analysis
But pressure doesn't disappear because you understand it.
And confidence doesn't hold when your brain shifts state.
So players:
✖️ try harder
✖️ think more
✖️ control more
Which interrupts the very thing they're trying to access.
Their automatic game.
THE TRUST YOUR GAME APPROACH
It's about conditioning how the brain responds under pressure
Through
State work
Training access to performance mode on demand.
Scenario conditioning
Rehearsing real football moments under pressure.
Emotion exposure
Getting comfortable in the environments that usually tighten performance.
Identity reinforcement
Whats got you this far... and what will take you to the next level.
... repeated exposure. Not advice.
Sessions recreate:
✔ match tempo
✔ decision moments
✔ pressure situations
✔ environmental stress
The brain responds to these experiences as if they're real
✔ neural pathways strengthen
✔ responses become faster
✔ execution becomes better
✔ behaviour becomes automatic
So when real moments arrive,
they feel familiar
and performance holds.
Players don't try to remember what to do.
Because the work has already been conditioned.
What shows up:
✔ quicker decisions
✔ instinctive play
✔ emotional stability after mistakes
✔ sustained energy
✔ freedom in possession
They stop trying to play.
and their game starts running again automatically.
Because performance isn't built through
✖️ thinking
✖️ analysis
✖️ motivation
It's built through
✔ repetition
✔ exposure
✔ conditioning
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