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Often, we get caught waiting for the game to give us permission to settle.
Waiting for confidence before we play freely.
Waiting for proof before we trust ourselves.
It’s this waiting that ends up changing the way you play. Your attention becomes caught up in trying to feel better, and there’s less of it available for the game itself.
But you can feel uncertain and still make a decision.
You can feel frustrated and still communicate.
You can be disappointed with your last play and still commit to defending the next one.
Performance freedom doesn’t come from finally collecting enough evidence that everything is okay. It comes from learning that you can still act with intent when it isn’t.
Read more about this in this week's blog, link in bio 🫶
Confidence isn't something you have to wait for the scoreboard to give you.
It can come from knowing what you bring to the game. Things like attacking rebounds, applying defensive pressure, communicating, and taking the right shot when it’s there.
The score, the referee’s call and the momentum can all change. But you can keep returning to the actions that help you impact the game.
What are the strengths and behaviours you can rely on, no matter what’s happening around you?
08/09/2026
I can think of plenty of games across my career where I believed one good play would help me settle.
If i could just make a shot, get a stop, hear something positive from the coach, THEN I’d feel calm and play freely again.
Sometimes it worked. But it never lasted long.
What I understand now is that I didn’t need to wait for the game to make me feel better before I could play the way I wanted to. I could feel uncomfortable and still make the next decision, communicate, defend and act with intent.
That’s what my latest article is about.
Stop Waiting for the Game to Make You Feel Better*is now live. Read it via the link in bio 🫶
01/09/2026
Pressure doesn’t only make us rush physically. It makes us rush to decide what a moment means.
I’ve caught myself doing this so many times. One mistake becomes evidence that I’m playing badly. One difficult moment starts to feel like the whole story.
Before long, we’re no longer responding to what’s actually happening. We’re reacting to everything we’ve decided it means.
When you catch yourself rushing to a conclusion, come back to what’s in front of you. Then take the next action.
What might change if you stopped treating one difficult moment like the whole story?
I explore this further in my latest article, *Why We Rush*. Read the full piece via the link in bio 🫶
I’ve caught myself doing this again recently.
Something happens, I don’t have all the information yet, and my mind rushes to decide what it means. Before long, I’m responding to the story I’ve created rather than what’s actually in front of me.
It’s rarely the mistake that derails us. It’s how quickly we decide what that mistake means and then start performing as though that story is true.
So, I’m learning to slow down and ask: *What do I actually know?*
Usually, far less than the story is telling me.
I explore this more in the latest article, *Why We Rush*. Read the full piece via the link in bio 🫶
11/08/2026
I’ve caught myself doing this again recently.
Something feels uncertain, and before I have all the information, my mind decides what it means. One difficult moment becomes evidence that something is wrong, fear fills in the gaps, and suddenly I’m responding to a story rather than what’s actually in front of me.
I’ve done this throughout my career, and apparently I’m still learning how to catch it.
The work isn’t to have all the answers. It’s to slow down long enough to ask: What do I actually know?
Usually, far less than the story is telling me!
I wrote more about this in the latest article, Why We Rush. Link in bio 🫶
28/07/2026
Within the next few weeks, I’ll play my final game of basketball. I’ve spent years preparing for this, but knowing it was coming feels very different from having it finally arrive.
It has made me think about what 25 years of striving sometimes stopped me from noticing...the slow work, the people, the routines and the moments I assumed would keep coming.
For these final few weeks, I don’t want to keep looking ahead.
I want to be exactly where I am.
I wrote more about what this moment is already teaching me. You can read the full article through the link in bio 🫶
Mistakes rarely cause the most damage. It is often the meaning we attach to them, and the choices that follow, that pull us away from our game.
What helps you return to the next possession?
22/07/2026
Of course you don’t want to mess up. But when avoiding mistakes becomes the goal, fear starts making the decisions.
You hesitate. You play safe. You move away from what the moment actually needs.
So ask yourself:
If I accept that mistakes might happen anyway, how will I choose to compete?
Fear can come with you. It just can’t be in charge.
Sometimes the pressure to prove yourself can pull you away from the version of you who performs with freedom, trust and enjoyment.
The goal isn’t to care less, it’s to stop demanding perfection and remember that mistakes don’t decide who you are.
What would change if you focused less on proving yourself and more on trusting yourself?
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