The Playmaker's Advantage

The Playmaker's Advantage How to Raise Your Mental Game to the Next Level

First Gallery Books trade paperback edition

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Publisher's Synopsis

Discover the next frontier in sports training-improving your mental game, no matter your age or experience-and how to become the Playmaker, both in your professional and personal life.

Coaches search for it. Parents dream of it. Fans love it. Athletes want it.

The playmaker on any sports team possesses it: an elusive, intangible quality combining anticipation, perception, and decision-making skills. This quality raises their game above the competition and allows them to pass when no one else can, anticipate the movement of opponents, avoid costly mental mistakes, and ultimately, hold the team together.

Now, for the first time, cognitive science research is revealing the secrets of the playmaker's keen sense of awareness. Just as tests of speed, strength, and agility have provided a baseline of physiological biomarkers, coaches can now capture cognitive metrics including attention, pattern recognition, anticipation, and the ability to take quick, decisive action during the chaos of competition.

The Playmaker's Advantage is a groundbreaking book that will educate athletes of all ages about this essential creative capability in an accessible, easy to understand method.

Book information

ISBN: 9781501181870
Publisher: Gallery/Jeter Publishing
Imprint: Gallery/Jeter Publishing
Pub date:
Edition: First Gallery Books trade paperback edition
DEWEY: 796.01
DEWEY edition: 23
Language: English
Number of pages: xiv, 302
Weight: 298g
Height: 140mm
Width: 211mm
Spine width: 24mm