The Football Mindset Podcast

JJ openly talks about times in the past where he has struggled with things and what he found got him the quickest and smoothest results to change the situation that he found himself in You can use the advice he provides in this episode for your own journey as a professional footballer Please subscribe and leave a review

Have you ever wondered if you would benefit from working with a mental skills coach? Or what signs would indicate that you would benefit from working with one? If so this is the episode for you! Please subscribe and leave a review

Over the last couple of years, Jesse Lingard has had a tough time of things both on and off the park But since moving on loan to West Ham from Man United in January he has scored 6 goals and has 3 assists in 8 games So what did his revival show you as a fellow professional footballer?

When you are bang in form what do you do to give yourself the best chance of the performance levels in the next match being just as good as the last match? JJ talks about this in today's episode after Football Mindset just did its best-ever month in March Please subscribe and leave a review

Something that all the top players have in abundance is composure But how can you go about playing with more composure in your game? JJ reveals his beliefs around composure and what you can do in order to create more in your game Please subscribe to the pod and leave a review

If you are a striker this episode is not to be missed JJ thinks it is the best episode for strikers that he has done It will save you hours of hard work if you were about to do what Timo Werner done As always any feedback is appreciated  Please hit the subscribe button and leave a review

Over the years JJ has been to hundreds if not thousands of games as a fan and today he decided to ask you what is the greatest game you have witnessed whilst telling you his own answer Infact, you may even say he has cheated as he names two So what is the greatest game you have witnessed?

On 14th July 2017 JJ took on his 1st ever professional footballer as a client Fast forward to March 2021 and he has grown his stable to working with 21 clients a month But what were the 5 things that helped him do that and how can you take those things and apply them to your career? Listen to find out 

When you are struggling with where you are at it easy to focus on working harder on the training park, doing extras or eating better But will that help you deal with your situation in the best way possible? Listen to this episode to find out JJ

JJ watched the build-up to Israel v Scotland on Sunday night and there was one thing in particular that really done his nut in about how the press and former professionals had build up the game They had built it as a must win 2 games in to a 10 game campaign and there was a must win match Crazy isn't it? Is there a lesson in there that you can use to help you and your football going forward?

Have you ever tried to solve a confidence struggle by only working harder on the training field? In today's episode, JJ reveals the truth about doing that...

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Have you ever thought about that before? If not listen to this episode to find out why JJ thinks it is essential that you do in order to go on and play at your best As always please subscribe and leave a review 

This episode was requested by a listener who wanted to know more about how Jamie Carragher used to deal with Liverpool signing new players to replace him in his position With JJ being a big fan of Carragher as a player and pundit he uses quotes from a podcast Carragher done with Alastair Campbell which reveals his approach to dealing with new signings What do you make of how Carragher approached i...

So many teams are stumbling towards the finish line of automatic promotion and play-off spots So many players in those teams are struggling to express themselves in a way that they were previously JJ believes a lot of that is down to not playing with as much freedom which is what he discusses in today's podcast Remember if you haven't already picked up your copy of Master your Confidence: The Elit...

This week marks a year since Boris Johnson ordered everyone to stay at home JJ thought that meant 4 weeks in the house and then he would be back out and about at games and watching his clients play A year later that is obviously not the case But how has he found it and what has happened for Football Mindset throughout that time?

Use this simple tool to set realistic expectations in your 1st game back today Better expectations will help you with your confidence and belief levels Unrealistic expectations have the ability to kill your confidence before a ball is even kicked

This one is for the subs who are coming on from the bench and getting minutes but would like to get more minutes If you can't do what JJ has invited you to do in this episode, maybe that is the reason you are not currently getting the minutes that you want? Please subscribe and leave a review

From non league football to Champions League winner If Steve Finnan's journey doesn't inspire you very little will in JJ's eyes  Success leaves clues

You might be reading the title of this thinking... wtf?!?! But have a listen and let JJ know your thoughts on it It is a topic that he is planning on going into deeper with his clients and this episode is the 1st step in helping him make sense of his own thoughts and start to put them into a system for his clients to use and understand  

It is so easy to get caught up in the minutes that you played, or didn't play But is that the most important thing? JJ thinks that something else is more important than the minutes that you played Do you agree?

When asked about Ravel Morrison on Sky Sports Off Script Jamie Carragher said that you can't say someone should have been a top player but wasn't due to lacking the mindset to be a top player Carragher believes that the mental side of the game is something that is required to be a top player and if you don't have it you can't say you should have been a top player... do you agree?

One of the last things you want to be heading into a match is UNCERTAIN Listen to this episode to find out how you can go from being uncertain to certain ahead of today's match with a simple change in focus Drop the Instagram page a message with how you get on in today's game

JJ talks about his 1st encounter with then Hibs boss Neil Lennon in an Asda car park To get to this point he has never shied away from getting uncomfortable in regards to who he introduces himself to and where Also, he answers a question that came in on Instagram about not falling behind the 1st week back at training after an injury As always please leave a review and hit subscribe

If you need to be convinced about just how powerful the mental side of your game is in relation to your performance, watch this film! You will get it free on amazon prime (at the time of this pod going out) If you don't have amazon prime or it has been removed, you can purchase the film from apple Enjoy!