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Why as a batsman you are choosing to be in bad form.
When I was 14 I broke records scoring 4 hundreds in 5 games, I thought my career was taking off.
But then it changed.
The next week two first ball ducks in a row.
In the weeks that followed I scored low score after low score.
It felt like every half chance was caught, every decision was bad, and I seemed to always get the best balls.
A month earlier everything I touched turned to gold - Every shot went in the gap, bowlers bowled to my strength and if I did edge it, it was dropped.
I believed this was just luck.
But then I read the courage to be disliked applied it to my knowledge of cricket.
It all changed.
I had a mental reframe that changed my batting.
Better timing, faster reactions, more runs.
Regardless of my previous score.
It stems from Alderian philosophy.
Your actions stem from the direction you aim, not the story behind you.
Your thinking - how does this relate to batting.
See, I realised I wasn’t perceiving reality.
I wasn’t getting better balls, I wasn’t getting worse decisions, I wasn’t getting caught more.
These things were happening because of me.
My contact point was earlier → edges carry → balls seem better
I wasn’t committing to the shot → less power → catches get caught more
I wasn’t tracking the ball → less margin for error against movements → more LBWs.
To me this was form.
But remember.
Your actions stem from the direction you aim, not the story behind you.
It was tough to accept but I was choosing bad form.
I was too scored to accept that I wasn’t good enough.
So I said ‘it’s just form’ it will come back.
As soon as I realised that in fact it wasn’t form my mindset, game plan and execution was poor.
I had clarity about what I needed to work on.
And rather than blaming form, I began to work hard.
Runs came back, I scored my hundreds and I dominated the leaderboards again.
To do this you need to detach from outcomes.
I teach this in my free 3 step focus PDF and free Skool community
Comment ‘form’ to get it.
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