Here's what I'm doing this month.
I'm taking on a small group of cricketers and helping them close the gap between their ability and what actually shows up in the middle.
Here's what that's looked like:
- MPI™ 28 to 79. 704 runs at 78+ average. Sheffield Shield.
- 128 not out. 415 balls. WA vs Victoria. "I wasn't thinking about the scoreboard. I was just repeating what we'd trained."
- Dropped from the WA state squad. Back in twelve months later.
- Century against adult opposition in Premier Cricket. Age 13.
The player at training and the player in the middle become the same person. That's the work.
It's a small group. I'm choosing players now.
Read through. If this feels like your game - your application is at the bottom.
NikCLOSE THE GAP
BETWEEN THE PLAYER
AT TRAINING AND THE
PLAYER IN THE MIDDLE.
For rep, premier, pathway, state and emerging professional cricketers who are ready to unlock the next level in their game.
And are sick of knowing they're capable of more than they're showing when it counts.
This isn't for everyone. It's for cricketers who are serious about what comes next.
Watch the short video below.
Applications are now open.
I was dropped from the WA squad. Twelve months later I was back in. This work was the difference between those two versions of me.
This work with Nik is what has separated my preparation from the result.
Secured my professional contract with South Australia. Working with Nik has been the best thing for my game over the past 24 months.
After going for 18 in an over I carried it for weeks. This is the first time I actually understood why that happened.
Build the mental game before the season starts - so you walk into round one with it already trained.
Stabilise performance so you stop gifting wickets and losing control mid-spell. Right now.
30 off 40. You're in. You've done the hard part.
Then one thought arrives.
"Don't waste this."
And from that ball the innings changes. Not your technique. Not your fitness. Something underneath. Something nobody is coaching.
Or you go for 12 in an over. Nothing outrageous. But next over you're not hunting wickets anymore. You're trying not to leak runs. And that's when the game starts slipping.
You try breathing. Visualisation. Self-talk. It helps. But it doesn't solve it.
Because the problem isn't confidence. The problem isn't mindset.
The problem is that pressure quietly changes how you play. And most players never notice it until after the damage is done.
And it costs more than most players realise. Not just frustrating. Expensive. Opportunity-wise.
The innings that should have become a hundred
The spell that should have won the game
The trial where you never looked like yourself
The selection opportunity that slipped away
The spot that went to someone less talented but more reliable
Pressure doesn't usually destroy performance. It nudges it. Just enough. And those tiny shifts compound over seasons.
Most players leave those moments believing they need more skill. Usually they don't.
They need access to the skill they already have. That's what this program is built to solve.
THE MENTAL PERFORMANCE PROGRAM™
SPOT IT. STOP IT. STAY YOURSELF.
Most programs teach you how to recover. The Mental Performance Program™ teaches you how to catch the shift before it takes over.
Identify the exact moment pressure starts reshaping your game. Not after the dismissal. Not after the bad spell. Before it.
Build a process that holds up under match conditions. When you've just been hit. When you're chasing a score. When the game gets uncomfortable.
Become the player coaches and selectors trust when the game is on the line. Not because you're perfect. Because you're reliable.
We identify exactly where pressure starts changing your game. Your batting. Your bowling. Your patterns across games and training. We build your between-ball reset, your pre-innings routine and your process for handling momentum shifts.
By the end of month one most players notice calmer execution and better recovery after wickets or expensive overs.
Once the patterns are mapped and the resets are trained we start building and implementing repeatable performance. You stop relying on confidence or conditions. You start relying on a process that holds up whether you're three down in the powerplay or defending in the last over.
If you're in-season we stabilise your game mid-season. If you're off-season we rebuild the foundation so you walk into round one with it already trained.
Weekly Pro Performance Lab™ sessions. Fortnightly Reviews. Direct access to Nik.
Your Mental Performance Index™ is taken at the start, again at six weeks and again at twelve.
The gap between those numbers is the proof that your mental game has changed.
FROM SWITCHING OFF
TO ACT SECOND XI.
Ansh plays ACT Second XI. This is him talking about what actually changed.
"I used to switch off between balls without realising it. That was costing me more than I knew."
ACT Second XI PlayerTHE PROCESS HELD
FOR 415 BALLS.
Junction Oval. WA vs Victoria. He batted for over 400 balls. He said afterwards:
"I wasn't thinking about the scoreboard. I was just repeating what we'd trained."
Pro Contracted Player
Join today for A$495.
Here's what happens from day one.
Your first session with Nik is a 1:1. Your MPI™ result is unpacked and your roadmap is set. You leave knowing exactly where pressure is changing your game and exactly what we're going to do about it.
Your first session with the full cohort. The between-ball process starts being built around what your MPI™ revealed. Players here start to see their game differently.
You and Nik pull apart a real innings or a real spell from the last two weeks. What actually happened in the pressure moments and what to change next time.
Not learned. Trained. You use the 24 Ball System™ to do that - the between-ball process that runs automatically when the innings is on the line.
THIS IS HOW IT WORKS FROM MONTH 2:
- →Weekly Pro Performance Lab™
Live weekly sessions with the full cohort. The environment where the work gets applied, challenged and pressure-tested against real match situations. - →Fortnightly Reviews
You and Nik every two weeks. A real innings. A real spell. We pull it apart and build from what actually happened in the pressure moments. - →Game Plan 1:1s™
One at the start of each month. We set the direction, review your MPI™ movement and map the next phase of the work. - →Direct Access to Nik
Access to Nik for anything that comes up in your game between sessions. - →MPI™ at Start, Six Weeks and Twelve
The gap between those numbers is the proof.
"By the end of month one I was already playing differently. The important games in month two felt like a different game."
State Pathway PlayerAt the end of your first month - if you don't believe this is the right environment to help you become a more consistent performer - let us know and your place in the program ends there. No further payments.
If you stay, you're committing to the following three months at the same investment.
A$495 per month.
SPOTS 1 AND 2 - EXTRA 1:1 IN WEEK ONE.
The first two players accepted this intake receive an additional 1:1 session in week one.
90 minutes. Just the two of us. Before the program begins properly.
No extra cost. No catch. A reward for deciding quickly.
I DON'T SELL MOTIVATION.
I BUILD FRAMEWORKS.
I work with cricketers who are good enough. Who have always been good enough. And who can't figure out why that stops mattering when the game gets important.
Ten years. 165+ cricketers in the last 12 months. The night before trials. Mid-season when it unravels. After the innings that cost someone their spot.
Most mental skills work in cricket is borrowed from other sports. It sounds right. It falls apart in the twenty seconds between deliveries when pressure is actually running.
So I built something specifically for those twenty seconds. For the first ten balls. For the over you're trying to survive instead of own.
Because underneath almost every performance issue is the same question.
"Am I good enough?"
Until that question loses its power - you won't play the cricket you're capable of.
That's the work.
NikIt's a small group. I'm looking for the right fit.
- →You're playing rep, premier, pathway, state or emerging professional cricket
- →You know there's another level in your game and pressure keeps getting in the way
- →Your training level and your match level don't match
- →You want real coaching and honest feedback - not generic mindset advice
- →You're looking for a technique fix - this isn't that
- →You won't do the work between sessions - the sessions are 20% of it
- →You want to feel better about your game without changing anything
- →You're not playing competitive cricket - the program runs on real match situations
Your son or daughter already trains hard. More nets won't fix what happens in their head when the innings starts carrying weight.
The youngest player through was 13. Century against adult opposition in Premier Cricket within months. Not because her technique improved. Because she stopped losing herself when it mattered.
If they have the ability and the ambition - this is the part nobody else is training.
ANSWERED.
The course is self-paced. The program is me working with you directly. Weekly Pro Performance Lab™ sessions, Fortnightly Reviews, Game Plan 1:1s™ and direct access when something comes up in your game. The course is the framework. The program is the build.
Either works. Off season - you build it when nothing is at stake and walk into round one with it already trained. In season - you apply it to real games immediately. The only wrong move is waiting.
Yes. The youngest player to come through was 13 - she scored a century against adult opposition in Premier Cricket within months. Built around cricket mechanics, not age. If they have pro ambitions and the mental side is costing them, this works.
One weekly Pro Performance Lab™ session. One fortnightly Review. The Game Plan 1:1s™ are scheduled at the start of each month. It slots into the training week you already have - doesn't add volume, changes how you approach the volume you have.
The MPI™ is taken at the start, at six weeks and at twelve. Four months gives the work enough time to show up in real games and real selection scenarios. Less than that and you're measuring warmup, not performance.
The First-Month Decision means you experience the program before you commit to the full four months. After month one - if it's not right for your game - your place in the program ends. No further payments. After that point you're committed to the remaining three months.
IT'S A SMALL GROUP.
I'M LOOKING FOR
THE RIGHT PLAYERS.
Click below and put your name forward. The application takes a few minutes and includes a refundable A$495 deposit to hold your place while I review.
I review every application personally and come back to you within 48 hours.
You'll hear within 48 hours. If accepted - your deposit becomes your first month and your onboarding link lands in your inbox. If not - it's returned immediately.
NOT READY TO APPLY YET?
If you're unsure whether this is the right fit - book a quick call.
An honest conversation about where things are at and whether this is the right next step.
Book a Call →Most talented cricketers don't miss opportunities because they lack ability.
They miss them because pressure changes how they use it.
The talent is already there.
The question is whether it shows up when the game starts mattering.
That's what the Mental Performance Program™ is built to solve.