Players and teams often become overconfident in their abilities , often losing the reality of the risk , they take as a result of their high confidence levels.Here are examples of overconfidence resulting in losing games.
Overconfidence is a state of mind, it uses current bias of the self and uses it in decision making. The bias in a real time situation of the self may be inadequate , as overconfidence is derived from past or future beliefs about the self.If in the past you performed well , there is no reason not to believe , you expect to do well in the future.If in the future you believe you can perform well , you may not be actually able to perform well in the future, you are suffering from overconfidence.
Tottenham played West Ham on October 25 ,2017 .After leading 2-0 at half time , they became easy and relaxed in the game , They had then lost the motivation and energy , to play an effective game .As a result West Ham got stronger , Tottenham capitulated mentally and the result was a loss .The change of the game was sudden , leaving Tottenham in a mixed mindset that was relaxed , uninspiring and confused.The mindset changed from a winning mentality to a bewildered and scared mindset .Soccer mindset is 80 % success.
Tottenham overconfidence
Tottenham vs West Ham 2-3 | All Goals & Highlights | 25 October 2017.
Huddersfield Town beat Manchester United for the first time in 65 years to end their unbeaten start to the season and drop Jose Mourinho's side five points behind league leaders Manchester City at the John Smith's Stadium.Man utd were
United had only conceded twice in their eight league games this season, but that tally was doubled in five first-half minutes following two sloppy mistakes that were clinically punished.
Most of the pitch violence is done by the subconscious mind , it sends instructions to attack ,stop the player ,move to left or right , before rational brain can even blink.Biting other players , attacking others ,missing penalty and other mistakes are instructions from the subconscious mind in control.
Our emotions have helped us immeasurably over the course of human evolution. Emotional responses are milliseconds faster than cognitive (thinking) responses; the lightning-fast reactions that bypass the rational brain centers were often survival responses for our distant ancestors. The limbic brain sends us the warning of a crisis before the rational brain can even process the incoming signal: the body has been alerted and is ready to act on our behalf.Your subconscious mind will take over your football ,during live game , it will act like a autopilot with conscious awareness , blocking your rational brain and rational decisions , to protect you and your team from a loss .
Blanking out: How stress can shut down the command centre in the brain.The brain shuts down on the soccer pitch, emotions take over with a amygdala hijack, the ancestral brain response is to fight or flee resulting in biting or violence.
It is the
club management that self sabotage teams , by selling their best players
.In the case of Ronald Koeman , they sold Lukaku ,it destroyed the
whole team's subconcious structure .It took months to gell the team , then they
lost Lukaku , their team had to start rebuilding again.
Most of the playing is done by the
subconscious mind , it sends instructions to pass the ball ,move to left
or right , before rational brain can even blink.
Here is an example of subconscious mind mistake in this video below
99 % of footballers and managers will actually make mistakes due to their mindsets, this because all our playing is done by subconscious mind.This psychology information and knowledge is about how our brains are designed to make subconscious automatic decisions.
Team gelling together requires at least 6 months of playing together ,using same systems and players.This is to build a subconscious game plan , it plants the strategy in the player's minds for a continuous 6 months, player's subconscious memory becomes engrained to where other team players are and where to pass the ball , that is going to be executed by the automatic mind .
Most of the playing is done by the subconscious mind , it sends instructions to pass the ball ,move to left or right , before rational brain can even blink.Biting other players , attacking others ,missing penalty and other mistakes are instructions from the subconscious mind in control.
Psychology is 100% of soccer success. This is because the human with a mind is going to execute the skills and a player’s brain command centre makes all the playing decisions.The brain’s command centre can shut down due to stress responses , in the middle of a game. Emotions can override rational football rules, systems and methods taught by coaches.
Your subconscious mind will take over your football ,during live game , it will act like a autopilot with conscious awareness , blocking your rational brain and rational decisions , to protect you and your team from a loss . Planning and playing involve different skills that draw upon different parts of the brain. Planning the game is largely a function of your intellect, the prefrontal cortex PFC. You create your plan in a relatively calm state of mind with your PFC in charge. But when it comes time to execute the plan, other areas of your brain will become involved.
Sir Alex Fergusion was the master man manager , because he was a psychologist.He understood subconscious mind in football. He allowed the players to play to their subconscious compatibility.
Automatic Brain: most play moves are by subconscious.
Automatic mind takes over our playing , after a stress response ,emotional hijack and is often testosterone driven.It means all our game plans , systems .rules and strategy instructions go out of the playing .The subconscious mind takes over our playing , it does all the damage and creates self sabotage.Subconscious mind makes irrational , risky and damaging plan execution. When a move breaks down , your are hit on a counter , ball goes against you by a few kicks , game become chaotic , highly volatile and wild or other risk event , your subconscious takes over and your primitive response system comes in to give the commands of the brain.
SUBCONSCIOUS EMOTIONAL game plan EXECUTIONS
Our emotions have helped us immeasurably over the course of human evolution. Emotional responses are milliseconds faster than cognitive (thinking) responses; the lightning-fast reactions that bypass the rational brain centers were often survival responses for our distant ancestors. The limbic brain sends us the warning of a crisis before the rational brain can even process the incoming signal: the body has been alerted and is ready to act on our behalf. Our emotional brain takes over plan executions ,blocks the rational brain and behaves to the detriment of the player and the strategy to be executed.The prefrontal cortext holds the circuitry we need for abstract thought. It allows us to concentrate on the task at hand while storing useful information in temporary storage for later on. It also prevents you from performing inappropriate actions and is basically the command center for the brain. Thoughts become reality , the subconscious mind will used the stored thoughts , because the subconscious will rely on those thoughts.If many conflicting thoughts are given to players via managerial instructions , the mind will act in two minds and will be confused.Equally if managers are changing and chopping players and systems , it is detrimental to successful execution, the mind will have conflicting information and thoughts.Managers should stick to simple systems and regular teams , otherwise they mess up.
If we manage to impose ourselves in the game to control the emotions from the crowd, and play good football, I think we have a chance to win. Juan Mata speaking ahead of Manchester united's trip to Anfield
Pre-Game Preparation Can Include Mindfulness And Meditation
There are 8 primary emotions. You are born with these emotions wired
into your brain. That wiring causes your body to react in certain ways
and for you to have certain urges when the emotion arises.
Here is a list of primary emotions:
Eight Primary Emotions
Anger: fury, outrage, wrath, irritability, hostility, resentment and violence.
Sadness: grief, sorrow, gloom, melancholy, despair, loneliness, and depression.
Fear: anxiety, apprehension, nervousness, dread, fright, and panic.
Joy: enjoyment, happiness, relief, bliss, delight, pride, thrill, and ecstasy.
Interest: acceptance, friendliness, trust, kindness, affection, love, and devotion.
Surprise: shock, astonishment, amazement, astound, and wonder.
Disgust: contempt, disdain, scorn, aversion, distaste, and revulsion.
Shame: guilt, embarrassment, chagrin, remorse, regret, and contrition.
All other emotions are made up by combining these basic 8
emotions.
Sometimes we have secondary emotions, an emotional reaction to
an emotion. We learn these. Some examples of these are:
o Feeling shame when you get angry.
o Feeling angry when you have a shame response (e.g., hurt
feelings).
o Feeling fear when you get angry (maybe you’ve been
punished for anger).