The close season is a great time to reflect on the previous season, set targets for the new season and take stalk on where you find yourself currently

In today's episode, JJ gives you a task that he has been doing for his business and that you can take away and use to help set yourself up for a successful 2021/22 season

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On a recent session, JJ was told by a young lad that he does not feel his academy is setup to help deal with the tough times

They are all about the good times

JJ thinks that is also the case for lots of clubs

However, if your club isn't setup for to help you deal with the tough times you need to find a way of dealing with them yourself

Confidence is massive for your performance isn't it?

JJ when he used to play thought what other people thought of him was the biggest killer of his confidence

But it wasn't

So who was it?

Himself

and he explains why in today's episode

Frustration, anger and self doubt

These are all things that understandably you might experience after a setback

Overthinking things and always replaying the worst-case scenario over in you head

Surely not much good can come from a setback?

JJ disagrees and explains why in today's podcast

The season for many is now over and for others the playoffs are fast approaching

Over the past few years the goals in the Championship playoff finals seem to have dried up and players are playing with the shackles on in these finals more than ever

But why is that?

JJ gives his take on it in today's episode

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A client of JJ's messaged him the other day saying he struggles to turn off after training and that he had thought about setting up a side hustle to help

However, he was feeling guilty about doing it and thought that it may distract him from reaching the top so he asked for JJ's opinion

In today's episode JJ shares that opinion

In episode 20 JJ committed to doing an episode every Mon-Fri (outwith close seasons, festive period etc) for a year

He will reach that target at 279 episodes

In this episode, he explains what is going to happen with the pod during the close season

Don't worry it is not going anywhere ;)

Over the past few months, JJ has grown Football Mindset into the strongest that it has ever been

But with that has come an increase in expectation from himself to maintain that and kick it on again

This episode is a bit of a ramble but will explain what he is doing in order to deal with them

At the World Cup in France in 1998 David Beckham was sent off for violent conduct in England's match v Argentina

The media onslaught after the game was nothing short of shocking

Death threats, bullets in the post, his face made into a dartboard

Those things would have ended many players careers but somehow it just seemed to spur him on to even greater heights

It is coming to the time of the season where so many players will play in what are referred to as meaningless games

In today's episode, JJ talks about the fatal flaw of framing a game as meaningless and the impact that it can have on the rest of your career

What are your thoughts on meaningless games?