Alan Longo - Performance Psychology
Professional Athlete Program
High-stakes poker players manage complex demands - from tournament performance, coaching responsibilities, and entrepreneurial ventures to personal well-being and relationships. Success requires effectively balancing these multiple aspects.
Performance Holdbacks are the critical barriers that prevent poker players from achieving and maintaining peak performance. These challenges often work in the background, slowly affecting results until they become too significant to ignore.
Performance Holdbacks are the critical barriers that prevent poker players from achieving and maintaining peak performance. These challenges often work in the background, slowly affecting results until they become too significant to ignore.
Strategic Holdbacks
Strategic Holdbacks are the barriers that prevent you from reaching your full potential as a poker professional by limiting your ability to set effective goals, plan for the future, and make optimal career decisions. These holdbacks often manifest as difficulties in crucial areas of your poker career development:
Goal Setting
Year Planning
Competition System
Mental Holdbacks
Mental Holdbacks are the psychological barriers that limit your poker performance, creating a gap between your technical abilities and actual results at the tables. These holdbacks manifest through disruptions in critical mental performance areas:
Mindset
Emotions/Tilt
Stress
Mental Skills
Self-Confidence
Motivation
Routine Holdbacks
Routine Holdbacks are the daily habits and rituals that, when left unoptimized, can hinder your poker performance and overall professional growth. These holdbacks often manifest as inconsistencies or inefficiencies in key areas of your poker routine:
Performance Routines
Study Routine
Sleep
The Professional Athlete Program stands out by integrating the work on Performance Holdbacks with all other aspects of a player's life, rather than addressing them separately like other programs. This holistic approach is designed to create a comprehensive structure for achieving and sustaining elite performance.
Key Differentiators:
- Provides clear guidance on what to do during competition, off-season, when to prioritize study, training, relationships, competition preparation, and post-competition recovery
- Includes a unique Competition System not found in other programs
- Offers a holistic framework to optimize performance and results through systematic planning and execution across all key areas
This program gives players the structured, high-performance environment essential for achieving and sustaining elite-level success in poker.
Competition System
The Competition System adapts a five-phase structure from traditional sports, tailoring it to fit the poker player's unique needs. It creates a seamless cycle: training periods combining technical study and mental game work; detailed preparation before tournaments; executing clear objectives and maintaining routines during competition; structured post-competition analysis; and a recovery phase for physical and mental regeneration. This approach ensures comprehensive preparation for each competitive phase while maintaining poker's essential flexibility.
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Training Phase
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Pre-Competition
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Competition
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Post-Competition
Next Steps
Our process begins with a free 45-minute discovery call to uncover your specific challenges. This call comes with no purchase obligation. During our conversation, you'll have the opportunity to:
- Identify your most pressing performance barriers
- Ask questions about the methodology
- Clarify administrative details
- Gain a clear understanding of how we work together
If we determine we're a good match, the journey continues with:
Session Structure
- 60-minute core sessions
- 30-minute buffer for deeper exploration
- Flexibility to address emerging needs
Additional Support
- 90-minute intensive workshops (no additional cost).
- Complementary extra planning sessions (no additional cost).
- Competition period follow-up and support
- Workshops to address specific Performance Holdbacks
Alan Longo - Performance Psychology
Testimonials
Anton Wigg
Professional Poker Player
"Alan has been a game-changer for my career and well-being. Working with him I've improved my relationship with myself and others. I'm grateful and proud to have him in my corner and consider him a friend and an ally"
Ben Heath
Professional Poker Player
Alan has improved my performance on and off the table. He worked with me to build a routine at home that works for me in order to make the most of my time and prioritize my most important work. The most valuable part I've found is that he helps me plan each individual trip so I have morning/day/evening routines for days I'm playing which help me stay focused and in a good mindset throughout these tiring stops so I can perform at my best consistently. Alan has been incredibly helpful and is great to work with, I'd highly recommend him to anyone looking to improve their performance in poker.
Gabriel Moura
Professional Poker Player
One of the most significant transformations in my journey has been the way I've structured my life outside of the tables. Alan has played a pivotal role in helping me optimize my routines to consistently deliver my best performance during the sessions. Together, we have meticulously crafted strategic plans to ensure that my work hours are spent in the most effective and efficient manner.
I always recommend Alan's work to all my friends who are serious about their careers.
Alan Longo - Performance Psychology
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