The Playmaker's Advantage

How to Raise Your Mental Game to the Next Level

By: Leonard Zaichkowsky, Daniel Peterson

Narrated by: Fred Sanders

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.

Simply awesome!

A first of its kind look into the mind of elite athletes as they perform their magic.. a must read for coaches and parents .. thank you Dr Z for a very special read.. K

Applies to all aspects of life, coaching and business

As a current college coach and former DI athlete I appreciated several views to compare and contrast. All three of our children played college sports. We’ve had varied experiences that have shaped our continued coaching views. What I got from this book is that purposeful continued learning and development is paramount.