Here's what we're doing this month.
I'm going to work with a small group of cricketers and help them close the gap between their ability and their match performance.
The player who shows up in the middle becomes the same one who showed up at training. Calm under pressure. Consistent when it counts. Ready for the next level - within 12 weeks.
Even Kohli highlighted it in a recent interview - "Am I good enough?" That has always been the work. That is the pattern.
We kick off this month. I'm choosing players now.
Read through and apply if this feels like your game.
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 tired of knowing they're capable of more than they're consistently 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 that 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 systems that hold 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 real innings and real spells. We build consistency, your routines and your process for handling momentum shifts and setbacks.
By week four players are noticing calmer execution and better recovery after wickets, expensive overs or performances.
Once the pattern is mapped and the reset is trained we start building and implementing repeatable match 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 pattern so you walk into round one with it already trained.
Weekly Pro Performance Lab sessions. Fortnightly hot seats. 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.
FROM SWITCHING OFF
TO ACT SECOND XI.
Ansh plays ACT Second XI. This is him talking about what actually changed.
Start with the first four weeks.
That is the only decision you are making right now.
Not twelve months. Not a year. Four weeks - to find out whether this is the right work for your game.
In those four weeks you will have your 1:1 onboarding and performance deep dive to set a roadmap. You will also be in the Pro Performance Lab every week. You will know exactly where pressure starts changing your game and you will have a process to stop it.
By the end of week four you will know three things.
- →Where pressure is reshaping your game specifically
- →Why it keeps happening
- →Whether this process is creating meaningful change
If it is - you keep going for another 12-weeks i.e. 3-months. If it isn't - you don't. No awkward conversations. No pressure. You made a four-week decision and you honoured it.
That is the only thing you are deciding today.
Four weeks. One decision. That's it.
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.
That's $225 per week for your first four weeks.
That's the only number you're committing to right now. Your first four weeks - to find out whether this is the right work for your game.
If You Stay$99 per week. 12-weeks i.e 3-month minimum.
At the end of week four - if this is right for your game, you continue at $395 per month. If it isn't - you don't. No awkward conversations.
Most players spend more than that on bats and gear that doesn't fix what happens between their ears when the game starts mattering.
SHOW UP.
DO THE WORK.
If you stay for 12 weeks, apply the work and there is genuinely no shift in your game - I keep working with you 1:1 until there is.
No timeline. No loopholes. No fine print.
One condition. You commit. You actually do the work.
We stay with you until you get there.
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.
Nik- →You're playing rep, premier, pathway, state or emerging professional cricket
- →You know there's another level in your game
- →Your training level and your match performance 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 not show up to Pro Performance Lab™ calls
- →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 ($39 or $139) is self-paced. The program is me working with you directly. Live weekly sessions, fortnightly hot seats, 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 lab session. One fortnightly hot seat. It slots into training they're already doing - doesn't add workload, changes how they approach the one they have.
Show up every week. Do the work. Zero movement? I keep working with you 1:1 for free until there is. No time limit. No asterisk.
Fill in the form. Takes about a minute.
You'll get an instant decision on whether you're a fit.
If accepted, you'll be invited to enrol immediately. Please only apply if you're ready to pay and secure your place to get started.
NOT READY TO APPLY YET?
If you're unsure whether this is the right fit - or your son or daughter's game - book a quick call.
Just 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™ exists to solve.