"We've been telling him this since day one," the agent screamed at me.

"Really?" I replied. "And he still hasn't done it?"

"No! It's like he doesn't realize his dominance is right in front of him," said the agent.

I felt an immediate "gut punch" feeling hit me, and I thought to myself, "I hope it isn't too late for this kid."

An agent had just called me about an athlete who had all the talent to be a high draft pick but didn't take action on it.

With hesitation, I asked, "Do you think it's too late?"

"Matt, he's got two weeks to turn this around. If he doesn't, he's going to slip in the draft rankings and likely not get an offer. He's had zero teams reach out to him so far. We need to help him."

That's when my brother, Chris, called the player and got him to change through a tough conversation and a flash of reality.

My brother asked, "But I have to know, why didn't you do this all before - it was being told to you?"

The athlete replied, "I just thought the people I was listening to outside of my agents knew better."

That's when it struck me - how many more athletes go through this daily, where they're given the right information from one party but the wrong information from another?

One that causes them to have a push-and-pull feeling within themselves and feel stuck?

I can't tell you how common this is with the athletes we work with - one party says one thing, another says another.

And what happens to you, the athlete? You experience paralysis by analysis - taking in so much information that you freeze.

What used to seem easy before now seems overcomplicated.

What came naturally in the beginning is now a struggle.

And worst of all? You freeze - dead in your tracks as if an ice age just struck.

Now listen - I'm not saying feedback is bad; it's actually one of the things that can get you to the top the quickest.

But feedback from the wrong people is one of the quickest routes to failure.

Every athlete needs a group of people they can count on for sound advice.

I've yet to see any of our multimillion-dollar athletes take feedback from just anyone (unless they get sucked into the terrible black hole of Twitter/X…).

See, top athletes need top feedback.

And top feedback comes from:

1. People who've already succeeded or had success at the level you want to go to.

2. People who played/coached in the position you play.

3. People who've had many results with many athletes before.

I know this sounds basic, but you wouldn't believe how many times athletes get caught in the trap of taking advice from an unqualified person - which causes them to fall.

And it's not your fault either! How many people have really sat down and taught you who to take feedback from and how to take it?

And it's not your parents' or coaches' fault either! They're just doing what they think is best.

But now that you know? You must adjust.

Take feedback only from those who check the box of all three things above!

If they're even missing one, then you need to find a new source.

Plain and simple...that's my rant for this week :D.

Stay resilient,

Matt “The Ranter" Caldaroni

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