This program is based on the insight that your skills are already there — we just need to turn down the “noise” in your head so your body can react automatically again.
💡the Theory:
In practice you learn (conscious thinking). In games you must execute (unconscious action). If you start thinking about how you do something during a game, you block your motor programs. You’re trying to manually control an automatic process — that’s slow and error-prone.
🔍 The exercise: “Trust the autopilot.”
Before the game or before your shift, tell yourself:
“My body knows what to do. I’ve done this a thousand times.”
Quickly visualize a moment when everything felt easy. Explicitly allow yourself to make mistakes — as long as you act decisively.
🔍The exercise:“The one-word goal.” Choose one word for your next shift that describes your game.
Examples: “ACTIVE”, “FORWARD”, “FINISH” or “SIMPLE”.
As soon as you notice you’re starting to overthink, repeat your cue word like a mantra. It occupies your working memory and leaves no space for doubt.
(Mistakes → Reset immediately)
💡Die Theory: Mistakes create tension because we stay stuck in the past. A “game mistake” is just information — not a judgment of your talent. To stay free, you must delete the mistake mentally right away.
🔍The exercise: the physical Reset. Develop a small trigger after a mistake (e.g., quickly tug your jersey, squeeze the stick firmly, or tap the floor once with your stick).
This trigger means: “Mistake done. Focus on the next second.”
Train it: As soon as the ball is gone or a pass fails → trigger → eyes back to the ball.
💡Die Theory: Mental tension transfers directly to your muscles (tension). You get stiff, and your hand-eye coordination suffers. We use the body to calm the mind.
🔍The exercise: „Soft Hands“. Floorball is a game of fine touch. During a stoppage or on the bench, focus consciously on your hands.
Breathe deeply into your belly and let your shoulders drop.
Loosen your grip on the stick for a moment. Tell yourself: “Soft hands, fast mind.”
This physical looseness signals to your brain that there is no danger and you are safe.
🔹Accept that your talent is there — it’s not gone, it’s just buried under thoughts.
🔹Simplify your focus to one single word.
🔹Delete mistakes immediately with a physical gesture.
🔹Breathe the tension out of your shoulders.
💡 Remember: In floorball, a decisive mistake is almost always better than hesitant “trying to do everything right.”
Here is a structured pre-game routine as a checklist you can go through step by step before the game. It helps shift your focus from analysis to action.
This routine starts about 120 minutes before face-off and leads you straight into the tunnel.
1. Phase: Physical Release (arrival in the locker room)
✅ Body scan: While changing, briefly close your eyes. Where is tension (jaw, shoulders, hands)? Let it go consciously.
✅ Equipment check: Pick up your stick deliberately. Feel the grip. Tell yourself: “This is my tool — my body knows how to use it.”
✅ Breathing: 3 times: inhale deeply through the nose, exhale longer through the mouth to calm the nervous system.
2. Phase: Mental alignment (before shooting activation)
✅ Autopilot activation: Remember an action from last week that worked perfectly (a pass, a shot). Briefly feel that lightness again.
✅ Today’s cue word: Which word will guide you today? (e.g., “Active”, “Simple”, “Brave”). Decide now.
✅ Visualization: Picture yourself using your reset trigger (e.g., tugging the jersey) right after a mistake — and instantly being fully back in the game.
3. Phase: Final Focus (5 minutes before face-off)
✅ Soft hands: While warming up, loosen your grip for a moment. Feel the smoothness.
✅ Next-play promise: Promise yourself: “No matter what happens, I commit 100% to the next second.”
✅ Simplicity: Tell yourself: “I don’t have to play perfectly — I just have to play.”
✅ I am a hunter of the next moment — the ‘next play’ is all that matters!