Luke McCowan revealed his “mindset coach” has helped him hit the bottom working as a Celtic participant.
The midfielder got here off the bench to assist Brendan Rodgers’ facet safe a degree on his Champions League debut at Atalanta final midweek then marked his first begin together with his second objective for the membership in Sunday’s 3-0 Premiership win at Motherwell.
McCowan, 26, stated: “You have to keep calm. It is one thing I need to be doing. It is not as if I’ve received the lottery to get a begin. You have to work arduous to get that.
“I used to be saying that to my mindset coach the opposite day, it was only a case of being pissed off about not enjoying and it means you are doing one thing nicely. And I used to be.
“After which to get the nod to begin exhibits the supervisor’s received a little bit of belief in me and I must go and show I deserve a begin and I believe I’ve carried out nicely sufficient to try this.
“It went about as easily as I may have hoped. A 3-0 victory. It is good to simply be on the market and serving to the crew get the three factors and having an influence on the sport.”
McCowan has been working together with his mindset coach since his Dundee days.
“I labored with him for perhaps six months earlier than I got here right here, and I knew once I got here right here that I will must preserve him, as a result of it should be a distinct type of a state of affairs,” he stated.
“Me and him converse on a regular basis. It is simply type of like having a dialog together with your dad or your uncle, however much more skilled about it and he is been actually good for me.
“I’ve labored arduous to get right here, I have been informed by quite a few individuals on the membership that after you are right here it is about displaying you should be right here and I am not going to get all excited.”
With skipper Callum McGregor a doubt with a hip pressure, McCowan may face his former team-mates when Dundee go to Celtic Park on Wednesday evening.
“Can not wait,” the 26-year-old stated. “Clearly off the again of that [game] as nicely, it’s going to be good hopefully.
