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Written for the 82nd minute.
We plan strength, speed and technique down to the week, then leave the skills that decide games to chance and personality. These pieces are about that other half.
Every player you coach will meet their own 82nd minute. They deserve to arrive trained for it.
From What Argentina's Final Meltdown Reveals About Self-Control
If a skill determines game outcomes, it deserves a place in their training week.
From Messi missed. Again. That's not the story.
01Self-controlWhat Argentina's Final Meltdown Reveals About Self-ControlTwo bookings, a red card and a brawl. Why self-control gets zero minutes on the training calendar, and what a trained reset looks like.02PressureMessi missed. Again. That's not the story.Threat or challenge, and the seconds after a mistake. The skill Messi showed between the miss and the final whistle can be trained.03CoachingHow Emotional Intelligence Transformed My CoachingA red card of my own, what I did about it, and what changed when the same situation came round again.04ConfidenceConfidence for Wellbeing and PerformanceWhy competence is only one pillar of confidence, read through Maslow's deficiency and growth needs.05OptimismOptimism for Footballers and CoachesTwo midfielders, two dressing rooms, one goal conceded, and what thinking next action looks like in a real game.06HabitsWhat Have Habits Got to Do with Emotional Intelligence?Self-regulation sits in every emotional intelligence model. Habits, worked back from needs, are how it gets built.07PurposeLive Your Life with the End in Mind: Purpose and HabitsJim Loehr's tombstone exercise, and habits that line up with what you want to be remembered for.
Published on the HeadCoach blog at headcoachapp.com.
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