THE FOOTY FOCUS COURSE IN DETAIL

Yesterday I posted a short introductory video to the Footy Focus Course and here is some further information on it:

Who is the program for? Male/Female Footballers Aged 8 – 18 years

What will the program do for me, my child or my players? Improve the ability to focus on a singular task via the development of quite eye, an elite sports term where you are able to attain enhanced visual perceptual allowing you to eliminate any distractions going on around you  

How long will the program run for? 8 – 10 weeks

How much time will the program take up? The program will only require 10mins of your time per day

“...You don’t need more time, you need more focus...” – James Clear

As a society, our state of normal existence these days is “always buys”. Having the ability to clear our minds enough to focus on a single thought or intent is hard enough for an adult, but for teenagers, it's even harder because, by and large, they have never been taught how. They have always existed in a time where they are switched on or plugged in. The ability to clear one’s mind and focus on a single task is becoming a lost art.

The Footy Focus program is a complementary course that can fit into your existing schedule of school, sport and other extracurricular activities and family requirements.

Each week you’ll receive a short checklist list of objectives to tick off as you do them. You’ll receive a list of 4 categories, each with 4 activities to choose from. Concentrating on the mantra “5 minutes of focus”, you will pick 2 activities per day, one in the morning and one in the afternoon. The aim is to enable you to get into a state of mind of singular focus, and to try to hold that for the entire 5 minutes.

Every 4 weeks the program combines the previous 3 weeks activities to consolidate the skills you have acquired in that time. Each activity has been carefully chosen to form a progression that will continuously build your abilities in each category over the 8 week program. Each activity is accompanied by an instructional video so you’ll know exactly what to do.  There will also be a private Facebook group where you can post videos of your completed activities, ask questions and engage with others in the program.

The mental health activities will focus on clearing the mind of all outside thoughts and distractions to prepare you for the challenges.

The skill development category looks at perfecting ball drop technical ability but through using implicit learning activities and environments. This eradicates the need for an overload of internal cues that only confuse the player and cloud their brain leaving them unable to focus on what they’re actually doing.

The physical activities focus on isometric exercises that require great concentration as well as a small mental challenge.

The final category is personal development where we use life lesson activities to lay a foundation for leadership, both on and off the field, improving decision making skills in tough conditions whether that be on the field, at home or in peer group pressure situations.

The program aims to put players into a variety situations within these 4 categories that pushes them ever so slightly out of their comfort zone, however, just enough that they recognise a challenge ahead, but not a challenge that they cannot conquer.

This is the real secret to developing in any area in life and being equipped and empowered to do the right thing at the right time is crucial, thus being one of the main drivers of the program.