Awareness
Notice the thought, feeling or distraction before deciding what to do.
Try a related practice ↗THE BOOK · THE PRACTICE
Read it. Try it. Make it yours.
Ideas about the mental game matter most when you can use them in an ordinary training session, a difficult moment or a conversation.
BY ZISAN ABEDINPlay in
Play in
the Present.
Mastering the Mind in Cricket
A cricket starting point. Room to apply the ideas in your own sport.
The book explores awareness, belief, concentration, goals, habits, reflection and the people around a player. These themes shape the free practices on this website.
The website exercises are adaptations from the book, with new examples for cricket, football and other sports. The exercises are practical adaptations rather than direct quotations. The book explores a wider range of themes and context than a short practice card can hold.
Technical cricket coaching and general mental-skills practice are different offers. These exercises support everyday reflection and preparation; they do not provide counselling or therapy.
Build a free practice card ↗Ask about the book’s availability ↗From an idea to your next action.
Concentration
Practise returning attention to a clear, useful task.
Try a related practice ↗Belief & trust
Use evidence from your own preparation and experience.
Try a related practice ↗Goals & habits
Choose something small enough to practise consistently.
Try a related practice ↗Reflection & learning
Look back with curiosity and carry one lesson forward.
Try a related practice ↗Questions & connection
Make room for another person’s perspective.
Try a related practice ↗Keep a practice you can actually use.
Choose one exercise. Select your sport, write your own cue or next action and download your personalised PDF. Try it in training, then return to reflect on what you noticed. You can change the card as your needs change.
There is no required score, no promise of a result and no need to share your private notes with us. If you would like support applying an idea, bring only what you feel comfortable discussing to a free introductory conversation.
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