From Artist to Scientist… and Back Again.

Every athlete starts as an artist.  

Effortless. Free. Natural. Playing in the park. Instinctive. Joyful. No analysis, just expression. 

Then comes the coaching.
The drills. The frameworks. The feedback.
You learn the science. How to move, think, pass, react.
It’s essential. You grow. But something often gets lost.

The more knowledge you collect, the more you can start to overthink.
What once flowed now feels forced.
Your mind gets crowded. You grip tighter. Control becomes king.

This is the shift. From artist to scientist.
Necessary? Yes. But dangerous if you stay there too long.

The goal is never to abandon learning. But to return to freedom.
To go from unconscious incompetence → conscious incompetence → conscious competence…
…and then arrive at unconscious competence.

This is where true performance lives. Where trust overrides tension.
Where instinct breathes again.
Where you let go, tune in, and play free.

In my coaching, this is what we train. The art of UNLEARNING at times. 
Back to clarity. Back to connection.
Back to the artist. Now wiser, sharper, and even more dangerous.