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ATHLETE RESOURCE

What Not to Do to Be a Champion

Ten hidden mindsets that quietly block athletes from becoming champions—and what to do instead.

“Optimal beats maximal.”

Jacko

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18/09/26

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What Not to Do to Be a Champion.pdf

“Replace Right/Wrong with Useful/Not Useful (Right Now).”

Sometimes what holds performance back isn't what you can't do

It's what you've started believing about how improvement works.

Train harder. Use more power. One side is your bad side. Hitting the trick is success. There's a right way and a wrong way.

Sometimes development starts by questioning those assumptions.

Notice the thinking behind the performance

This resource explores patterns that can limit development:

  • Repeating the same approach and expecting change

  • Judging success only by whether you hit the whole trick

  • Thinking in terms of right/wrong rather than useful/not useful

  • Assuming more effort or power must produce better performance

The point isn't to replace these with another set of rigid rules. It's to become curious about the thinking behind your choices and willing to change it.


Question the assumption. Explore the alternatives. Discover what works.

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