Jonny Bakks

DM for private consultation. I DO NOT sell coaching courses. I work "1-on-1" with teams, athletes, coaches, and parents of HP juniors. I’ve coached Grand Slam champions, 15 pro wins, world No. 7s, and elite performers across multiple sports. I’ve held managerial and head coaching roles at two international governing bodies and spent 8 years on the Dunlop International Advisory Board. I know what it takes; not because I studied it, but because I lived it, led it, and delivered real results on the world stage. You can train harder. Work longer. Have the best coach, the best gear, the best environment. But if your mind is working against you, none of it matters. If you don’t do the inner Shadowwork, you will never reach your full potential. #sportsperformance #sports #HighPerformance #cycling #afl #nbl #coaching #shadowwork #mentorshipmatters #LeadershipMatters #LeadershipDevelopment #GoalSetting #Motivation #SelfImprovement #MentalHealthMatters #stayhard

@stevemagness Systemic Racism

Most people are getting this wrong. It's not being coached hard or soft...it's a coach saying the right thing at the right time to get them out of a spiral. And focus them on what matters. When you're in that spiral, your attention scatters. You're replaying mistakes, drifting into the future, losing the moment. Frese disrupted it in two ways. First, she walked directly to Okanawa, locked eyes, and forced her to focus and connect with her in the present. Second, she gave confidence AND agency. "I believe in you...But you've got to want this moment." This isn't my story..." She didn't say, "What are you doing...get your head in the game." Those feed the spiral, giving your brain evidence that it's all going wrong. Akin to telling a nervous person to "just relax." In our lowest moments, we need a signal that someone still sees what we're capable of. And then gives us the agency and challenge to go get it. She scored 7 points in the third quarter after that exchange, added 6 more in the fourth, and finished with a team-high 21. Maryland still lost. But Okananwa showed up. It was a brilliant display of snapping a player out of everything scattering towards catastrophe: "Really what that was, was a regroup moment for myself and her telling me she believed in me. Sometimes that's really all you need to hear." Research backs this up. Psychologists at the University of Amsterdam found that whatever emotional state coaches expressed predicted their players' emotional state and subsequent performance. Angry coaches produced frustrated players who made more errors. Another study of basketball players found that low to moderate anger targeted at a specific problem could improve performance. Raw, undirected intensity made things worse. Targeted intensity that was aimed at something solvable worked. Texas A&M football coach Mike Elko put it this way: "My job is to be calm and collected when they're frantic. My job is to create intensity when they're not intense. My job is to always be opposite the moment." The leader's job is the counterbalance. Frese saw her star's attention drifting when the moment called for focus and controlled fire. So she brought the intensity Okananwa wasn't generating on her own. Most people see the intensity and think that's the important takeaway. It's not. It's just one tool used in a specific moment. Frese said it herself after the game: "You can't have those conversations if you don't have a relationship with them." It's the relationship underneath that gives you the ability to use the right tool at the right time. Sometimes that tool is direct eye contact and I believe in you. Other times, it's taking a calm breath with and a reminder that I value you as a human, not just an athlete. Or, as I had one athlete request one time, "Just cuss me out in the last 400. Tell me it's worth dying for..." Sometimes you pull out the crazy if that disrupts the cycle. Know your athlete. Build the relationship. Then know when to disrupt the cycle and focus them on the work at hand.

The drone footage of Tadej Pogačar and Tom Pidcock battling down the Poggio 🤯

Scott throwing Caddy under the bus in the presser further supports my previous point. Caddy was the only player showing any real fight and emotion. Scott's remark shows a complete & utter disconnect not only with the game but also the playing group. And for the record, IMHO, Caddy is playing with freedom because he knows he’s moving on to greener pastures. Smart kid.

Was it right for Brad Scott to use the word "demoralised"? Adam Simpson and Gerard Whateley have their say | bit.ly/4lIHVVP @WhateleySEN | #AFL

@JonnyRoot_ Clearly racism

The media members that have a problem with this just prove they have either never played competitive sports or they’re just manufacturing controversy…

Scott throwing Caddy under the bus in the presser further supports my previous point. Caddy was the only player showing any real fight and emotion. Scott's remark shows a complete & utter disconnect not only with the game but also the playing group. And for the record, IMHO, Caddy is playing with freedom because he knows he’s moving on to greener pastures. Smart kid.

Caddy and Kako 10 shots at goal. Caddy intense and hungry. Played game out. Loved his attitude over 1st 2 weeks #star

Scott throwing Caddy under the bus in the presser further supports my previous point. Caddy was the only player showing any real fight and emotion. Scott's remark shows a complete & utter disconnect not only with the game but also the playing group. And for the record, IMHO, Caddy is playing with freedom because he knows he’s moving on to greener pastures. Smart kid.

Zach Merrett isn't the most important contract to extend long term right now for Essendon. Nate Caddy is

Scott throwing Caddy under the bus in the presser further supports my previous point. Caddy was the only player showing any real fight and emotion. Scott's remark shows a complete & utter disconnect not only with the game but also the playing group. And for the record, IMHO, Caddy is playing with freedom because he knows he’s moving on to greener pastures. Smart kid.

@Shadowwork6969 Joint needs a massive clean out. Not enough successful/proven staff in the footy department. The coaches have been floundering for years. The list is terrible. And there is no clear strategic vision or blueprint for success from the Board down. It starts at the top.

In the AFL, pressure acts are defensive actions designed to reduce an opponent's time & space during a disposal. Tackles, bumps, closing space, chasing & corralling. Guess who had the least PAs yesterday? Archie Perkins with 2 PAs (8 vs Dawks). Softer than melted butter.

You lost me at “research shows.”

@stevemagness @bballbreakdown You lost me at “research shows.”

Everyone’s going to rationalize and say he’s won a lot. But the truth is kids tune out over-authoritarian style. Research consistently shows in both parenting and coaching, an authoritarian style leads to worse discipline, lower toughness, etc. This doesn’t mean be permissive. It means combine high standard with high support and care. Can you still succeed being an authoritarian. Sure. Talent and other things matter. But far too many people hold on to the old school style of coaching because it’s what they had done to them. So they have to justify it. There was even a study on NBA coaches that found the authoritarian style led to more technical fouls and worse performance for the rest of a players career. Anyways, as one NBA coach told me “You can’t MF them all the time. They tune out. You save that for when you absolutely need it.”

It's always a good idea for the coach to have a goal with every interaction they have with their players. Whatever Pitino wants from his player, do you think this is the **best** way to get him to change the way he's playing?

@MrJohnnyRainman Culture is a buzzword that gets thrown around, but let me tell you, by God, the @essendonfc has a cultural problem—and it starts in the coaches' box.

Expected EFC excrement 💩 Port 21-6 i50s. 7 marks i50 for Port coz Port entries are super clean (no pressure on ball carriers) 🤮 Dons extra man at stoppage not working. 🤦‍♂️ Destroyed at clearances. Lazy & weak mids. Overpossessed by hand & to poor options. Clueless coach 🤬

@mou55981652 @LanterneRougeYT @BenjiNaesen is stuck on the sofa eating chips & drinking cola.

there is hype now around Pog,everyone praises him,glorifies him as 🐐 but I'm interested in how @LanterneRougeYT calculates W/kg and the legendary Kj that Visma needs to shrink Pog on mountains. How is the calculation for 2026 progressing, is there any progress? need help?☎️📞

Pogacar: "Now I can stop going to San Remo every week or even two times a week to train. It's really hard mentally to go training to San Remo all winter. If I come back to San Remo it will only be to eat focaccia..." cyclingnews.com/pro-cycling/te…

@BenjiNaesen Stay in your lane sitting on the sofa “expert.”

I wonder how close the sprint would've been if Pidcock didn't start sprinting on the wrong side of Pogačar's backwheel. #MilanoSanremo

@kwiato @radsportmagazin @INEOSGrenadiers @Milano_Sanremo Get well 💪

Bruised, not broken🤞 @INEOSGrenadiers @Milano_Sanremo

@100Climbs Ed Zachary 🤣

@Shadowwork6969 Doesn’t travel well 😂

Last of this year’s Christmas cake signals the end of winter.

I hope she’s ok?

@Thomo_Grant The focus solely on data these days. No human connection.

No. I think the fitness gurus are just guessing

What? Ate all the pies 🥧🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣