“A good athlete can enter a state of body-awareness in which the right stroke or the right movement happens by itself, effortlessly, without any interference of the conscious will”
Think about brain health as part of skill development.
Just like footwork, conditioning, or watching film.
The basics of brain health are boring, but they work:
1. Get enough sleep
2. Build a diet that supports brain health
3. Supplement consistently
When I played, these ideas existed, but they weren’t part of football culture.
Not for players or parents.
Teaching kids that they have some control over their state can go a long way over the course of a football career.
If head impacts are part of the game, then brain health should be too.
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The brain has an extraordinary ability to rewire.
But it needs support.
We designed STATE to be a daily protocol for a brain that can repair itself.
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3 minute brain strength drills👇
Two feet planted: 10 throws each hand
Balance one leg: 10 throws each hand
Two feet planted: 10 alternating hand
Balance one leg: 10 alternating hand
Cover your right eye and run through the drill.
Then switch.
Cover your left eye and do it again.
There are four distinct neurological mechanisms at play here.
Executive function, processing speed, balance, and
neuroplasticity.
Training these systems is scientifically proven to improve cognitive health and brain function.
Sources:
Executive function: Yang et al. (2025) ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12302739
Processing speed: Xie et al. (2025) ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12665768
Balance: Yao et al. (2019) ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6912622
Neuroplasticity: Draganski et al., Nature (2004)
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Your brain is constantly rewiring itself based on what you do with it.
Research confirms that physically active individuals show greater brain plasticity than sedentary ones.
This means that active brains respond more powerfully to the same input and hold onto that response longer.
Athletes who train consistently aren’t just building stronger bodies, they’re building brains that are biologically better at improving.
Source: Cirillo et al. Journal of Physiology, 2009. DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2009.181834
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