Portsmouth shot stopper has found mental inner-strength, but won’t tell us how

David James has credited his improved performances on ‘mind exercises’, which he performs on a regular basis:

“I do them in the hotel room before the game, do them on the bus and on the pitch.”

It’s great that the Portsmouth keeper is finding form, but what exactly are these mind exercises? And why is he doing them on the pitch? Shouldn’t he be concentrating on the game?

According to this website, an hour of brain activity a day can make you smarter,