Jackson Jagodzinski

Curt Cignetti with the slam dunk… Stripped back - “Get into High Performance Mindset and stay there no matter what. Do not drop in attention. Do not drop in intensity. Keep a high level of intent no matter what…” A short narrative that makes clear what a great competitor does. No guarantees of a high performance or a win…but a mindset and style of play that leads to the best possible performance and the best possible result. Sounds simple doesn’t it? But it’s devilishly difficult…why? So much so because of the human brain… A brain that tends to be anti-high performance. Working in milliseconds, constantly judging what’s going on around it, shifting attention outwards and inwards, distracting, easily exhausted during a metabolically hungry game, hating uncertainty, and sending thoughts, emotions, and feelings into conscious awareness that can destroy athleticism and coordination. The brain tends to be anti-high performance, and so everything Coach Cignetti speaks about can be defined as simple but not easy. Simple to talk about but not easy to execute. And so players need simple mental frameworks with simple mental techniques to play with high mental skill. Simple!

‼️Every coach and leader should listen to this. 📢The success Indiana has achieved has not been an accident. 💪This is a 45 second synopsis of how you become elite.