Why the pressure keeps getting to you (Master The Fundamentals)

Sports Motivation Podcast

Niyi Sobo

Soccer, Football, Basketball, Crossfit, Mindset, Sports, Psychology, Dominate, Business

4.8 • 755 Ratings

🗓️ 17 October 2025

⏱️ 13 minutes

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Summary

When the heat’s on, most people panic. They get “happy feet.”
Just like a quarterback in the pocket — they lose composure, abandon their fundamentals, and start scrambling for survival.
That’s when mistakes happen. Bad throws. Missed opportunities. Chaos.

In this episode, Niyi breaks down why pressure exposes your lack of systems, how panic hijacks your performance, and what separates calm, dominant leaders from emotional amateurs.

You’ll learn how to:

Recognize when you’ve got “happy feet” in life or business
Reconnect to your fundamentals when pressure spikes
Build the systems and rituals that make you dangerous under stress
Lead yourself like a pro, even when everything’s on the line

If you’re tired of reacting, rushing, and losing control — this one’s for you.
It’s time to return to your training and move with poise.

Apply for private coaching: imnotyou.com/consultation

Transcript

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0:00.0	Welcome to the sports motivation podcast is your host, the showbo.
0:05.7	I love October.
0:07.1	Not only is it my birthday month, just turned 41 last week, but it's the best month in the entire year for sports.
0:18.2	So not only do you have just getting into the heart of the football season,
0:22.4	which I love, you got the beginning of the basketball season. I don't watch baseball, but
0:27.7	you know, they got the baseball World Series going on at that time as well. It's just a great time
0:31.9	of the year. Right close to the holidays as well. I love Thanksgiving. I love the fall season. So October is just a
0:42.0	great month. And I've been watching a lot of football. I've been really enjoying it. And right now in the
0:46.5	NFL, there's, there's great parody in the NFL. Like, there's not a lot of teams that you can say are just like ahead of the rest.
0:57.6	And there's a lot of, I'll say, interesting quarterback play.
1:01.7	All right.
1:02.1	So we've got, of course, you know, some greats.
1:05.8	Patrick Mahomes, you know, what's to do from the bills, Josh Allen.
1:12.9	And then we've got a lot of new quarterbacks in the NFL. And what's interesting is watching a lot of these
1:19.8	quarterbacks, especially the young ones, right? There's a reason why it's very rare that
1:24.9	young quarterbacks in the NFL succeed. And the reason is because their
1:30.3	fundamentals aren't sound. And they haven't quite figured out how to master the fundamentals
1:36.8	under the pressure, right? So there's a term that, you know, that we use for quarterbacks
1:43.6	when they get nervous in the pocket and their feet start
1:47.0	pattering.
1:47.7	It's called happy feet, right?
1:49.5	So the quarterback gets flustered in the pocket and there's pressure coming from every angle.
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