Project 228™ — The Course
Cricket-Specific Mental Performance

THE SHOT YOU WON'T PLAY.
THE BALL YOU WON'T BOWL.
THIS WORK CLOSES
THAT GAP.

You've done the visualisation. You've tried the breathing exercises. You've heard 'back yourself' more times than you can count. None of it held when the ball was in the air and the game was on the line. That's not a you problem. Those tools were never built for cricket.

165+
Cricketers mentored
10+
Years in high performance psychology
Cricket
"

After doing the course. She looked like herself again at the crease. The fear was gone. Not suppressed. Scored two consecutive centuries against adult opposition in Premier Cricket.

Parent of 13 Year Old Premier Cricketer
Senior Premier Cricket
PRESSURE SIGNATURE™·7-MINUTE FLOW METHOD™·PRESSURE RELEASE FRAMEWORK™·TRIGGER TRACKER™·GAME READY ONLINE COURSE™·165+ CRICKETERS MENTORED·RESULTS FROM WEEK ONE·BUILT FOR CRICKET. NOT BORROWED.·PRESSURE SIGNATURE™·7-MINUTE FLOW METHOD™·PRESSURE RELEASE FRAMEWORK™·TRIGGER TRACKER™·GAME READY ONLINE COURSE™·165+ CRICKETERS MENTORED·RESULTS FROM WEEK ONE·BUILT FOR CRICKET. NOT BORROWED.·

The Real Problem

YOU DON'T HAVE
A SKILL ISSUE.

You're 34 off 60. Spinner outside off. Two slips in. Game's right there.

You know what the right shot is. And still - you either go at one you shouldn't. Or sit on one you should've put away.

Or you're at the top of your mark. You've just gone for 12. Batter's set. Captain's watching. Tell me what "back yourself" means here. No one knows. That's the problem.

If you had a skill issue - it wouldn't look the way it does in the nets.

What you have is a moment problem. A half-second shift that changes the decision before the ball is even released. And once that happens - you're not playing your game anymore. You're managing damage.

Not fitness. Not technique.
A mental problem. This solves it once and for all.


Why Nothing Else Has Worked

BECAUSE CRICKET SPECIFIC TOOLS
HAVE NEVER BEEN BUILT.

01

Visualisation

Works at 9pm. Not when you've just nicked one and you're about to face the next ball.

02

Breathing exercises

Slows you down for a second. Sometimes that's enough. But it doesn't change the thought that just showed up for the second time in two balls.

03

"Back yourself" / "Control the controllables"

Sounds right. Until you actually need to know what to do next ball. No one can tell you. That's the gap.

04

Self-talk

If the voice in your head is already asking "am I good enough?" - telling it something different doesn't work. You can't talk your way out of a belief with words. You need to remove the question entirely.

Most mental skills work in cricket has one problem: it works when there's no consequence. It disappears the moment there is. That's not a you problem. Those tools were never built for cricket.


The Reframe

This isn't confidence. This isn't mindset.
This is: not knowing what to do in the exact moment the game turns.

And until that's solved - you'll keep getting the same result. No matter how well you train.


The Framework

5 CONCEPTS.
ONE PROCESS.
BUILT FOR CRICKET.

Every framework is designed for what actually happens between deliveries, mid-innings and mid-spell. Not borrowed from a boardroom or a different sport.

Week 01 - Pressure

The Hose

Pressure Signature™

Every player has a pressure pattern. We map yours precisely - so you can read it coming before it costs you runs at the crease or wickets at the top of your mark.

Week 02 - Flow

The Static Channel

7-Minute Flow Method™

The seven minutes before you cross the rope. The drinks break. The moment after a wicket falls. Every break in play is a window - and most players waste it. This makes those windows repeatable.

Week 03 - Fear

The Iceberg

Pressure Release Framework™

The full delivery you don't drive. The slower ball you hold back on. These aren't technical errors. They're fear playing out in your shot selection and bowling plans. We name them and pull them apart.

Week 04 - Triggers

The Light Switch

Trigger Tracker™

A nick behind. A full toss carted for six. Every one carries weight into the ball that follows. The Trigger Tracker gives you a personal reset in the dead ball window - so the next delivery has nothing to do with the last one.

Week 05 - System

The Mirror Engine

Pro Performance System™

Brings weeks one through four into one repeatable performance system - 24 hours before the game, during it and after. So the next time you walk out in a final, your mind is already there.

+ Integration Layer

The 24-Ball System™

Runs & Wickets

Everything converts directly to runs and wickets. Net sessions structured to mirror the exact mental demands of a real game. The gap between training and game day closes here.


What Players Say

THE FRAMEWORKS WORK
WHEN YOU WORK THEM.

"

The 7-Minute Flow Method changed how I prepare. I used to just pad up and hope. Now I have a process.

2x Sheffield Shield Winner
SA Redbacks
"

I was dropped from the squad. Went through the full course. Came back with different wiring. The way I process a bad ball, a bad session, a bad month is so different.

Western Australia State XI
State Representative
"

The Trigger Tracker is something I use every single game - it is not optional anymore.

Pro Contracted
South Australia
"

I had a half-second switch-off between deliveries that I did not even know about. We found it in week one of the course. By week four it was gone.

ACT Second XI Representative
Pathway Cricket
165+
Cricketers and counting have been through this
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7-Minute Flow Method™

For finding focus and flow between innings, after a drinks break, or any break in play when your mind needs to reset.

  • Complete 7-Minute Flow Method™ - video session + worksheet
  • Your personal posture, breath and eye reset sequence
  • Your personal cue phrase - the trigger that locks focus in before every delivery
  • Access flow on demand - not feel, not luck, a trained repeatable process
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The Program

Want more than the course?

The course is self-paced. You do it on your own. If you want Nik working with you directly - on your game, your patterns, your pressure moments - that's the program.


Is This For You?

YOU ALREADY KNOW
THIS IS FOR YOU IF...

  • You perform better in training than in games. Every single time.
  • You get to 25 and you start thinking about your 100. You know it happens and cannot stop it.
  • You are scrolling this at 10pm replaying something that happened weeks ago. Still playing on loop.
  • One bad ball follows you into the next three overs. One bad game follows you into the next week.
  • You are disciplined enough to implement what you learn. You just need the right thing to implement.
  • You want something built for cricket specifically - not borrowed from a sport where you never stop moving.
  • You've tried breathing, visualisation, manifestation, self talk, "back yourself" - none of it holds when there's real consequence on the next ball.

Nik Badkundri - Project 228™
10+
Years in performance psychology
165+
Cricketers mentored
1
Mission
Unlock the Mind
About Nik

I DON'T SELL
MOTIVATION.
I BUILD FRAMEWORKS.

I work with cricketers who are good enough. Who have always been good enough. And who cannot figure out why that stops mattering the moment it counts.

My background is in performance psychology and identity-based coaching. I've worked with Pro, Semi-Pro, Rookie, Premier and pathway players through trials, selection pressure, injury, and the hard yards of pushing into higher representative cricket.

Players inside Project 228™ have trained this mental framework for 7+ years. Many are now playing state, franchise and international cricket. They use the same framework built inside Project 228™.

Most mental skills work in cricket is borrowed from other sports and repackaged. It sounds right. It doesn't hold when a spinner is bowling into footmarks in the 35th over and you need to score.

So I built cricket-specific frameworks from scratch. The Pressure Signature™ maps how your mind behaves specifically at the crease or at the top of your mark. The Trigger Tracker™ is built around the dead ball window between deliveries that exists in no other sport.

Every cricketer I've worked with carried the same question underneath everything. Am I good enough? It shows up in the shot you didn't play. The line you abandoned mid-over. The over you survived instead of owned. Until that question is gone, you will not unlock your potential. Removing it is the work. That's where I work.


THE GAP BETWEEN
TRAINING YOU AND
GAME DAY YOU
ENDS HERE.

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