Red2Blue Tools and Techniques Presentation

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RED head
BLUE head
thinking
GAZING PERFORMANCE SYSTEMS

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Developing resilience
to do well
Why are we talking about this?
→ Unusual time for students
→ Lots of challenges
→ Carrying on when things aren’t normal
→ Doing well in the things you want to
→ Mindset will matter

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Gazing help people get better at what they
do

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Carry on, Do well, get better
Structures
Mindset Skillset
UNDER
PRESSURE
→ Plan and Routine
→ Process/System
→ Disciplines
I’M STUCK I’M EXCELLING
MOVING FORWARD
→ Importance
→ Discomfort
→ Skill vs. Problem
→ Developing what you need
to not want you like to
→ Slow is smooth
→ Preparing to win

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WHAT DOES
PRESSURE MEAN?
Thinking ahead to something you
want to do well in this year…
→ Where do you think the
pressure will come from?
→ Make a list of all the factors that
would contribute to a ‘bad day’.

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Thin
k
Where our attention
goes…
Energy follows
FEEL
ACT

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Choose
CLEAR THINKING
Recognise Accept
CAN’T
CONTROL
CAN
INFLUENCE
CAN
CONTROL

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WE CAN MOVE OUR ATTENTION
Disconnect Connect
I'm having
a Red Head
moment
RED
HEAD
BLUE
HEAD
It's ok, come
back to
the Blue
THINK Distracted
FEEL Hot
ACT I can’t / I won’t
Concentrating
THINK
Cool
FEEL
I try / I do
ACT

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Requires practice
→ You do this already
→ This is about getting better at
moving from Red to Blue
→ Pressure doesn’t have to hold you
back

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Letting go
→ Recognise you are having a red moment
→ It’s ok
→ Find a way to help you let it go

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GET PHYSICAL
When you feel your
Red Head coming…

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Grounding
1. Place tongue on the bottom of
your mouth.
2. Feel ground under your feet.
3. Feel your stomach move in
and out as your breath.
4. Hold the first two fingers of your
left hand (optional).

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EVERYONE HAS A
RED HEAD SOMETIMES
Be kind
to yourself
/ others
Choose to move
forward when you
are ready

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Helping self / others
→ Use Red Head Blue Head language
– it’s normal and OK
→ Zoom out
→ Move your attention

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Other things
to practice…

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