Performance

Evidence-based performance practices.

13 concepts in this area — each broken into concrete practices with the real mechanism, an honest read on the evidence, and how to practice it with IX Coach.

Choking Under Pressure, Made Practical
The science of why performance fails under pressure — and the evidence-backed ways to prevent it
Deliberate Recovery: Making Rest a Performance Practice
The sports science behind recovery — sleep, nutrition, active modalities, and psychological disengagement
External Focus of Attention, Made Practical
The OPTIMAL theory of attention and why where you direct your mind changes your motor output
Growth-Edge Training: Practicing at the Edge of Your Ability
The zone where challenge meets capacity — and how to find it
Mental Rehearsal and Imagery, Made Practical
The neuroscience behind why imagining practice works — and how to do it right
Pre-Performance Routines, Made Practical
The sport psychology science behind why rituals before high-stakes moments actually work
Process Goals, Made Practical
The evidence-based hierarchy of goal types and how to use each at the right moment
Process vs. Outcome Goals in Sport and Performance
Why process goals outperform outcome goals under pressure — and how to set both correctly
Self-Talk Strategies, Made Practical
What the sport psychology research actually shows about self-talk — and how to use it correctly
The Clutch State: Performing Under Pressure
The psychology of high-stakes performance — what clutch is, what it isn’t, and how to build it
The Ideal Performance State, Made Practical
How to identify and deliberately access your personal peak performance state
The Inner Game: Quieting Self 1
Self 1, Self 2, and the art of non-interfering awareness in practice and performance
The Zone of Optimal Functioning: Hanin’s IZOF Model
Hanin’s individual-differences model of performance anxiety — mapping your personal optimal zone

Practice this with IX Coach

7 days free, then $40/month (~$1.30/day).