PAUL RODDEN · PRA100The Aligned Cricketer
When your true self is expressed through cricket,
your best performances follow.
16 questions · 3 minutes · See how aligned your true self is with your cricket
▶ Watch a Quick Message From Paul (60 Sec)
This assessment helps you measure and improve three things:
1. DO THIS
Take the quick check
Answer 16 honest questions across five areas to see how your cricket feels right now—no right or wrong answers.
2. SEE YOUR COHERENCE SCORE
Get your score
See your results across My Self, My Alignment, My Energy, My Growth, and My Direction—plus the biggest opportunity to improve.
3. WHERE TO FROM HERE
Ground the Shift
Want to make sense of your responses? Talk them through with Paul to identify one or two small, practical shifts that reduce internal friction, free up mental energy, and bring more success, ease, and fulfilment to your cricket.
⏰ Takes ~3 minutes 🎯 5 core areas assessed ✨ Personalised report at the end
START MY EXCLUSIVE ALIGNMENT CHECKEngaged by leaders and players across Australian cricket
Leaders from:
Cricket AustraliaCricket VictoriaCricket New South WalesPlayers from:
Cricket VictoriaCricket New South WalesBuilt on real work with real cricketers
This approach has been used 1-on-1 with Australian international, state, and club cricketers. During that work, some state players progressed to the international game.
Paul has also worked with Premier League footballers, international athletes, and senior leaders from leading global organisations.
From Alignment to Australian Selection
“To go from state cricket to representing Australia, I had to do things completely differently. Meeting Paul was one of those things.
The real turning point was becoming deeply aligned with what I actually wanted to achieve in the game — in a way I’d never thought about or known how to do before.
Once that internal alignment clicked, the performance on the field followed.”
— From State to Australian International Cricketer
⏰ Takes ~3 minutes 🎯 5 core areas assessed ✨ Personalised report at the end
START MY EXCLUSIVE ALIGNMENT CHECKGrounded In Behavioural Research
Yale Research: Intrinsic Alignment Over External Pressure
Research from Yale University suggests that performers driven by identity and core values experience 56% higher satisfaction and 50% lower burnout than those driven mainly by external targets. In cricket, that kind of alignment can support clearer decisions, greater emotional stability, and better performance.
⏰ Takes ~3 minutes🎯 5 core areas assessed✨ Personalised report at the end
Your Prime Aspiration
What you are truly playing for — evaluated on its own, outside your Coherence Score.
My Self
Fulfilment, authenticity & ease in your cricket
My Alignment
Heart, mind and body in sync when playing
My Energy
Motivation, inspiration & aliveness in your training and playing days
My Growth
Creativity, curiosity & the unknown in your game
My Direction
Career clarity & connection as a cricketer
That's everything — ready to see your Coherence Score?
Your Prime Aspiration
What this means
What makes this approach different
- Your best response, in any momentYou learn to naturally optimise your responses when it matters most.
- Created from the inside outWhen you’re right within, your world follows.
- Powered by what you truly desireYou define a clear, heartfelt desire that energises your actions and shifts how you see everything.
Paul has used this approach one-on-one with Australian international cricketers across all formats, as well as state and club players. State cricketers he’s worked with have gone on to represent Australia.
Paul has also worked with Premier League footballers, international athletes and leaders from some of the world’s top organisations.
The same principles hold wherever you feel constrained, stuck or frustrated, whether it’s a run of low scores, suboptimal bowling, selection pressure or frustration on and off the field. Your circumstances change because you gain a new perspective that no longer holds you back. You experience the full spectrum of who you are — and because of this, you experience true freedom far more often.
Want the full Andrew McDonald interview?
Recorded in 2006, the year Andrew “Ronnie” McDonald became Victoria’s most successful cricketer since records began in 1892. When Paul and Andrew caught up in November 2021, Paul asked where he wanted to go next. His answer: win a Cricket World Cup. Five months later he was named coach of Australia, and on 19 November 2023 he won it.
Hear how a clearly defined Prime Aspiration shaped that journey (34 min).
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