Show Notes
In today's episode, Luke & Rob discuss how to deal with football trials. It's come up a few times in the academy so in this short episode we will give you some tools to help you be less nervous so you can be in a challenge state and not a threat state we discuss: How did Luke deal with trials when he had them Why do we make the occasion bigger than it is and makes us negative and play safe How to be in a better state of mind when you go into a trial Why you might need to ch...
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