As we conclude the year, it's important to take some time to reflect. This episode provides the steps to reflect on this season's progress by identifying the areas to praise yourself, highlighting the areas to develop and implementing actions plans to work towards your season goal(s) for the rest of the season.

In light of the return of crowds for some teams, it's worth exploring the effect that this will have for players. We look at the positive effect that the crowd have, and also the effect that can harm performance.

Sanchez makes a bold prediction about how this will effect teams going into the Christmas period, followed by some strategies to help cope with the pressures of the crowd.

This episode is inspired from the latest Premier League action over the weekend. We explore Bruno Fernandes statement on a recent podcast appearance (02.00), and explore the lessons and consequences of his statement. We then compare with Jose Mourinho's recent statement on the same topic (15.00). We compare the psychological implications from both statements, identifying the ideal way to process goals and ambitions.

Apologies for the audio complications on this episode. On episode 18, we talk to Englishman Matt Watson - who has just earned his 16th professional season in the United States. We explore his journey in English football, to him taking the leap of faith to being one of the first Englishman to venture into American professional football playing at the highest level in the MLS.

Matt shares some MLS stories, while we identify one of the key factors that go into a 'smooth' international transition. He shares some of the important lessons he's learned over time.

Last week the football world was stunned by the tragic passing of Jeremy Wisten. It has called the football community to unite an encourage players to "speak up". In this episode we explore what the concept really means.

I am joined by Swansea u23's striker Ali Al-Hamadi who shared a heart felt video that went viral encouraging players to speak up. We discuss the video (3.00), and the importance of speaking up during the positive and challenging times also (15.00). We also explore solutions that clubs can implement (18.00) and the responsibility of players too (21.00).

This is an episode that is focused on the wellbeing of a player. First we explore the importance of sleep, alongside the positive and negative effects on performance (2.00). This is followed by 'quick-fix' steps to improve the quality and structure of sleep. 

Conditioning is also explored (11.15). With games coming every 2-3 days, it is important to ensure you are able to maintain an exceptional standard and intensity - which is achieved by allowing the body to recovery from physical exertion.

Lastly, support is something that many have but are we utilising enough? This episode concludes with why this is essential during the course of a season (14.00).

This episode is short but sweet as there's no guest. In this episode, we explore the concept of matchday preparations, followed by a breakdown of the strategy so you can apply.

Do let us know you get on with you applying this for your own matchday preps.

In this episode, we explore the concept of concentration in competition and addressing some false concepts of concentration (3.37). I then speak a peer in the game (10.00), Tulio Barbosa who offer his perspective on concentration, which is followed by a brief breakdown on strategies.

We're back with season 2 of the FFF podcast! Starting off with with some fundamentals to progress on the mental side of your game this season.

We start the last episode of the season with a quick round of the FA Cup final, and reveals the 'submaxer' of the 19/20 season. Then this transitions into the final topic from the mental toughness programme and how we can implement this mental skill.