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Help her go after what she wants.

When she looks lazy, she's usually stuck on one of three things: focus, time, or confidence. Here's how to tell which, and a page you can hand her tonight.

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Three things that get in her way.

Not enough focus

You want more, but you've got no energy and no drive to do anything about it. And you find yourself on Instagram, and TikTok, and the group chat, and Netflix. You're in a loop. The way out is simple. Fix your focus. "Where focus goes, energy flows."

Not enough time

When the day's over, you're tired. Another day just like the last one. I noticed this usually comes from one thing: we don't have a clear, written direction. It's all in our heads, in a mess.

Not enough confidence

"I'm not good enough at this," or "I can't," or just scared. The moment you start working with the Method, that feeling changes. Once you know what you want, your chances of getting better go way up. And so does your confidence.

Chapter 2 of From Gazelle to Lioness. "Where focus goes, energy flows" is Tony Robbins.

Five years from now, you'll have arrived somewhere. The question is where.

Chapter 2

Pick tonight's problem.

One page for one thing, written for you in Coach Isaac's voice. At the bottom of each, a page written to her.

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She's not lazy. She's stuck.No focus, no time, or no confidence. How to tell which, and the three questions he asked himself.
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"I can't," and nine other excusesWhat a coach says back. Coming next.
3
School, practice, homeworkTime management for student athletes. Coming.
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How a young athlete writes goals that actually happenThe three questions, and how to write a goal so it works. Coming.
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Coming back from an injuryOne coach's Achilles story. Coming.

Players who ran after something.

Hailey, from one goal a game to the national team

At thirteen she was the weakest player on the floor, one goal a game on a good day. She wrote down a goal, made an action list and did it, and her coach didn't let her skip a day. By fifteen she was the best player on her team, and then the national team called. Today she runs her own version of the Method.

Leah, the time system she built herself

She was sixteen, with ADHD and a schedule that was too much for her. She took the time-management part of the Method, the day, the week and the month on one page, and rebuilt it to fit the way her head works. She runs it herself.

Ava, who took charge of her own body

At sixteen she decided to take charge of her own body. She made the decision, did something about it every day, and didn't quit on the weeks when nothing moved. She got where she wanted to be, and she stayed there.

Lexi, from the bench to the women's team

At fourteen she wasn't getting minutes and wanted to quit. Coach Isaac sat her down and gave her the talk. She stayed, worked her list, and today she plays on the women's team.

Real players Coach Isaac coached. Names changed to protect their privacy.

Everything she needs, in one book.

Decide what you want. Act in that direction. Believe you'll get there. Written to her, the way Coach Isaac talks to his own players. It works like a workbook. There are tasks. For all the girls, at every age. And for the boys too.

About the book The journals

Free: The Next Play Mini Journal

By the end of the week she has closed the last game with a clear head, picked one thing to work on at practice, and written her plan for the next one. Seven pages, one a day, five minutes a day, written by Coach Isaac in the same words he uses with his own players.

Day 1, The Reset. Tonight, before she goes to sleep. Three slow breaths, one honest sentence about what happened, a name for the feeling, and the one thing this game is teaching her. Then she closes the game. Tomorrow is a different page.
Day 2, The Tape. The next morning. Coaches watch the tape the next day, never the same night, because the same night you only see the mistakes. The next day you see the whole game, including what she did right.
Day 3, My Why. When the why is strong, the how gets easier. She writes down why she plays, clearly enough to say it out loud.
Day 4, One Focus. She knows what to fix and why it matters. Now she turns it into one small thing she can do at practice this week, and repeats it. That's how real improvement works.
Day 5, Winter. A sports season works like the seasons of the year, and game season is winter. You can't cancel winter. What you can do is get better at it: stronger physically, stronger mentally, stronger with your feelings.
Day 6, Believe. Belief isn't magic. It's what she says to herself, over and over, until it's what she thinks. On this page she writes her own lines instead of the ones other people put in her head.
Day 7, Next Play. Her game plan for the next game. Eyes forward. The season only moves in one direction.

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