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26/10/2026

I was watching this live when Mike Penders made this mistake against Tottenham.

And I was absolutely gutted for him.

I've been that goalkeeper who's cost the team by making a mistake.

You want the world to swallow you up.

And from my experience welcoming players, mistakes can either break you or they can be the making of you.

It's all about how you deal with it.

Have you got a supportive environment that's going to help you through it?

Have you done the work on mistakes before they happen?

This is what we do in the .xi we work on mistakes before the mistakes happen, so when it does eventually happen, which it will, you have the tools to deal with it.

If you want to work with me and this season, click the link in our bio to apply to work with us.

I don't say this lightly. We won't just change your game, we will change your life.

22/10/2026

Am I wrong? 😑

19/10/2026

Where would you be, and what could you do if you actually started working with someone on your mental game?

Most players never take the leap.

And I 100% get it. If you would have said to me when I was younger, when I was playing, that I needed to work on my mentality, I would have told you, "No chance. My mindset's great."

would have told you exactly the same thing when he was younger.

But mindset work isn't what you think it is.

I'm going to be honest with you. Most of the stuff you think it is is boring.

You think it's theory?

You think it's therapy?

That's not what we do when we work with players.

It's actually pretty fun. It's exciting, and we have a laugh while doing it.

And the change that I see in players on and off the pitch is phenomenal.

Take _ Since he's worked with me and Luke, he's gone up a level and been called up for the Latvian national team.

He plays courageous passes that he never used to.

He stopped hiding, and he's become a leader.

And it wasn't by working harder or by doing more training. It was by changing the way that he fought and the way that he processed things.

It was changing his belief system.

It was giving him different frameworks that he could use.

It was giving him a support system from people who actually get it and who play the game.

If you are a professional footballer and you want to have a chat, click the link in my bio, fill in the short application form, and we will be in touch.

What does it take to be elite and what is an elite mentality?Here’s 5 things I learnt from interviewing David Raya on th...
09/10/2026

What does it take to be elite and what is an elite mentality?

Here’s 5 things I learnt from interviewing David Raya on the Beyond the Box ® Podcast for The One Glove ®.

22/09/2026

I've had conversations with some players recently who are going against their instincts nearly 100% of the time.

Football isn't fun anymore.

Where you used to be over the park for hours and hours, loving it, enjoying it

It hasn't become that place anymore. It's become a place of survival.

The aim has become just to get through it, survive, not make a mistake, and if you avoid criticism, it's a win.

And when I hear this, it destroys my soul.

Why? Because you used to love football, but now it's not a place of freedom and expression.

It's become a place of fear, tension, and worry.

This is why me and created the .xi

We were fed up of players trying to survive, and now we want to make them thrive.

To bring back the joy of football again.

And guess what happens to your performance? It completely changes.

You’re waiting to have a good game so you can enjoy yourself.

What if enjoying yourself helped you have a good game?

If you're a pro, apply to join the Elite XI, and we will have a 1-hour strategy call where we will map everything out for completely free.

If you want to then join us and work with us, great. If you don't, great.

Our aim is to help.

Click the link in our bio to apply.

19/09/2026

This will make put your head in a pickle jar before todays game 🤯

17/09/2026

Me and Luke have created an audiobook for everyone inside .xi

Here’s a sneak preview on the chapter I think will resonate with you most.

JUDGEMENT..

Have a sneaky listen, if it hits home, DM me

15/09/2026

A lot of the time, pros ring me and they say, "I've been doing mindset work, and I don't feel any different." I ask, "What have you been doing?" The answer normally is, "Listening to podcasts and reading books." That's great. I love that, but it's not going to get you the results that you desire.

How do I know this? I used to do it.

I used to think I was doing the mental work by listening to podcasts and reading books, and then wondering why I didn't feel any different.

The reason why is because it was just information.

You need to put things into practical use. It has to be applicable. It is about being held accountable and actually doing the reps.

You do the reps on the grass, but the mental reps you probably don't do. For me, what are the mental reps?

It's actually a mixture of things

is having a supportive group of people around you who have been through the same things and are going through the same things that you do, to realise that, actually, you're not alone and everyone feels the same way that you do

It's being held accountable to a high level.

It's not just listening. It's actually doing, because that's where true confidence comes from.

Is having tools in different situations. When you have a problem, you might need a spanner, whereas what you've been using previously is a hammer.

And that's why I think mindset work needs to be not just theoretical; it has to be practical too.

And that's why doing something like this coffee challenge is so important.

It's understanding that you don't need confidence, you need courage. Courage is the other side of confidence. When you do it, even if you get rejected, you go, "Oh, I had the courage to do that," and that builds confidence. The more you expose yourself to it and the more you do it, the more confidence you build.

Most players don't realise that confidence is a skill.

Most players don't realise that you can gain confidence through failure.

Most players rely on temporary confidence, scoring goals, praise, and a comment from the manager.

True confidence is having confidence when you're not getting any of that.

DM me, pro, and I'll send you in the right direction.

There's a saying in football, and it's "train like you play." But a lot of times, I turn this around and say, "Play like...
12/09/2026

There's a saying in football, and it's "train like you play."

But a lot of times, I turn this around and say, "Play like you train."

The reason is that a lot of players are great in training, and then, when it comes to match day, they worry about themselves.

What if I make a mistake? What if I cost the team? What if I...

The instinct is to play safe, go safe, survive, and get through it.

That's not why you played football.

That's not why you started football in the first place.

You played to express.

That's when you're at your best.

Like being a kid in a park: no fear, no judgement, just immersed in the moment

You did that all throughout your career, and then you get to be a pro, and something shifts.

Now there's something to lose, something to hang on to.

So instead of doing all the things that got you to where you are, you hide.

Why? Because fear has gotten the best of you.

Where football used to be played, the white lines have become your prison.

And if you get through the match unscathed, no judgement. Happy days.

And it's the same players who call me up and say, "I want to get to the higher levels. I want to play in the Premier League."

To which I say, "Do you think you're going to get to the Premier League whilst trying to avoid judgement and just surviving? Good luck."

That's why we have to change the way you think and the way you feel.

The systems and strategies you're using at the moment aren't working.

Because if you have the same thoughts, you have the same feelings, the same actions, the same behaviours, and the same results

If you change them, and we do this by flipping the way you see things

You have new thoughts, which create new feelings, new actions, new behaviours, and new results.

We're doing this already with the players we're working with.

If you want to be the next one, click the link in our bio to apply to work with us.

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08/09/2026

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