{"id":743,"date":"2025-02-20T10:25:17","date_gmt":"2025-02-20T10:25:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/futuredesignteam.in\/client\/politicus\/?p=743"},"modified":"2025-02-25T09:36:54","modified_gmt":"2025-02-25T09:36:54","slug":"the-brain-hacks-helping-wallabies-star-drive-reds-rise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/futuredesignteam.in\/client\/politicus\/the-brain-hacks-helping-wallabies-star-drive-reds-rise\/","title":{"rendered":"The brain hacks helping Wallabies star drive Reds\u2019 rise"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 font-serif text-lg sm:text-lg\">When\u00a0<a class=\"underline\" href=\"https:\/\/wp.solsticemedia.com.au\/mass-gains-mutant-strong-reds-guns-origin-story\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-layer-click=\"true\">Fraser McReight and his Queensland Reds teammates<\/a> run out for their season opener, they might feel like they\u2019ve seen it all before.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 font-serif text-lg sm:text-lg\">On the eve of their\u00a0<a class=\"underline\" href=\"https:\/\/super.rugby\/superrugby\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-layer-click=\"true\">Super Rugby Pacific<\/a> campaign, the Wallabies flanker and two-time defending domestic player of the year revealed how high-performance psychology is taking his game to another level.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 font-serif text-lg sm:text-lg\">Visualisation, decision-making under pressure, anxiety management and mental preparedness exercises are now part of the Reds\u2019 program.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 font-serif text-lg sm:text-lg\">They\u2019ll be put to the test against Moana Pasifika on Friday in Brisbane for the first time this season, after a round-one bye.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 font-serif text-lg sm:text-lg\">The stacked squad is entering a second season under aspirational coach Les Kiss, determined to improve on back-to-back quarter-final exits.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 font-serif text-lg sm:text-lg\">And while their list has been strengthened, it\u2019s a handful of off-field signings that could prove influential.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 font-serif text-lg sm:text-lg\">Dietitian Cassie Ferguson and professor Dimitri Perrin, a French data science expert, are new additions at Ballymore.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 font-serif text-lg sm:text-lg\">And Hayley Cronin is now the Reds\u2019 head of psychology after serving last season as player development manager.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 font-serif text-lg sm:text-lg\">Cronin will be on the road with the team, working closely with Kiss and his assistants, as well as the medical staff, in a high-performance role.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 font-serif text-lg sm:text-lg\">\u201cObviously I had a good year last year, I want to hopefully have a great year this year,\u201d McReight, introduced by Kiss at the team\u2019s season launch as the world\u2019s best No.7, said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When\u00a0Fraser McReight and his Queensland Reds teammates run out for their season opener, they might feel like they\u2019ve seen it all before. On the eve of their\u00a0Super Rugby Pacific campaign, the Wallabies flanker and two-time defending domestic player of the year revealed how high-performance psychology is taking his game to another level. 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