Can I tell you a secret?
I became a professional football coach, created an innovative methodology that has impacted teams on different continents, and today I run an institute that trains high-performance coaches… and it all started without a clear plan. Yes, that’s right.
Don’t get me wrong, I’ve always had a deep connection with football. Since I was little, I knew that I was passionate about the sport, but my path was not typical. I was not identified as a “promise” as a child, I was neither in top teams nor had relevant coaches. In fact, my career as a footballer was cut short early by injuries, but that did not stop my love for the game.
My story began in Barcelona. When I was very young, I moved to my family’s city of Mallorca, where I grew up and played until I was 15. Where a traffic accident destroyed my kneecaps and although I managed to recover, the injuries persisted. After recovering, I played in the national league, facing clubs like FC Barcelona, RCD Español, etc., but I soon understood that my body would not allow me to continue competing at that level.
So I decided to reinvent myself. I threw myself into studying, learning and developing new ways of understanding football. From the beginning at CD San Francisco, where we won all the championships, where I managed several teams, and later at SD Salle, where we also won championships, little by little I built my career. I didn’t know exactly where I was going, but each step added credits in the form of knowledge and diverse experiences.
The funny thing is that, although football was a constant, the real growth came when I began to understand who I was off the field. The day I understood that my purpose was not only to train footballers, but to help them grow as people, everything changed.
My career took me to Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Thailand. Places where I learned that cultures, personalities and situations vary, but the principles of the game, leadership, empathy and teamwork are proven facts from a universal language.
Like you, I had no shortcuts. No one “took me by the hand” to success. Step by step, process planning and commitment are the only things that bring us closer to building patterns on the path to success through a “resilient culture” that brings us closer to our performance goals in each training session, in each relevant information that we incorporate into our database, in each class taught… I learned to value each opportunity and to build the cards that I had been dealt by destiny into gold. That is the detailed path to real performance.
And on that path, I observed something that marked me: many young players lived under the weight of the expectations of others. I saw “coach” parents drowning their children with unhealthy pressure and I noticed that those who played out of obligation rarely shone. I saw it over and over again, and I decided that my mission would be different.
Today, the Pons Method focuses not only on developing players physically, technically, or tactically, but on strengthening their minds and hearts. Because I know, from my own experience, that success in sport (and in life) is not based on these skills alone, but on understanding who you are, what you want, and why you want it.
If you’ve ever felt lost, I understand you. But I want you to know that there is a way. If you’re willing to do the inner work, to discover what drives you, you can achieve anything.
Now, I’m dedicated to training coaches and players through the Pons Method Institute. If you want to know more about how to unlock your potential, how to help others, or just need inspiration, I’m here.
Together, we can build something bigger than titles and victories: we can build people who succeed on the field and in life.
