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The Playmaker's Advantage: How to Raise Your Mental Game to the Next Level
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Discover how to improve your mental game--the next frontier in sports training-- to become the
Playmaker on the court, rink or field.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, and avoid costly mental mistakes, thus holding the team together.Now, for the first
time, top level coaches and trainers reveal their best practices and the cognitive science research
that unlock 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, youth sports coaches
can now capture cognitive metrics including attention, pattern recognition, anticipation, and the
ability to take quick, decisive action during the chaos of competition. Combining sports psychology
with sports science, athletes of all ages, including youth, high school, college and professional can
learn to train their brain under pressure. The Playmaker's Advantage is a groundbreaking book
that will educate developing, young athletes, along with their parents and coaches, about this
essential creative capability in an accessible, easy to understand method. em em
Discover how to improve your mental game--the next frontier in sports training-- to become the
Playmaker on the court, rink or field.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, and avoid costly mental mistakes, thus holding the team together.Now, for the first
time, top level coaches and trainers reveal their best practices and the cognitive science research
that unlock 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, youth sports coaches
can now capture cognitive metrics including attention, pattern recognition, anticipation, and the
ability to take quick, decisive action during the chaos of competition. Combining sports psychology
with sports science, athletes of all ages, including youth, high school, college and professional can
learn to train their brain under pressure. The Playmaker's Advantage is a groundbreaking book
that will educate developing, young athletes, along with their parents and coaches, about this
essential creative capability in an accessible, easy to understand method. em em