The Playmaker's Decisions: The Science of Clutch Plays, Mental Mistakes and Athlete Cognition

The Playmaker's Decisions: The Science of Clutch Plays, Mental Mistakes and Athlete Cognition

The Playmaker's Decisions: The Science of Clutch Plays, Mental Mistakes and Athlete Cognition

The Playmaker's Decisions: The Science of Clutch Plays, Mental Mistakes and Athlete Cognition

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Overview

The Playmaker on any team makes the right decision at the right time, almost every time. Despite the constraints of time, tactics, and rules, the best players combine their vision and skills with razor-sharp decision accuracy for an unstoppable competitive advantage.

As a follow-up to "The Playmaker's Advantage", their bestselling guide for athletes, coaches, and parents, Daniel Peterson and Dr. Leonard Zaichkowsky now focus on the split-second decision-making process that produces both clutch plays and mental mistakes.

Whether you are a coach who needs to sharpen your team's decisions under pressure or a parent who is trying to understand your young superstar's mental game or even a fan who has yelled at the TV wondering why your team breaks your heart, "The Playmaker's Decisions" combines science and stories to shed light on the black box of athlete cognition.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781736144817
Publisher: Intelligens Press, LLC
Publication date: 11/22/2020
Pages: 292
Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.61(d)

About the Author

DANIEL PETERSON is a writer and speaker specializing at the intersection of neuroscience and sports performance. He combined twenty-five years of technology management experience with his second life as a sports dad and coach to explore how athletes make decisions.
He graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Madison with a BBA in Finance and the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee with an MS in Management Information Systems.
Dan and his wife live in the suburbs of Milwaukee with their two dogs.

LEONARD ZAICHKOWSKY, PH.D. is a researcher, speaker and consultant advising coaches, teams, and sports organizations on developing athlete cognition. For almost four decades, he was a professor at Boston University, pioneering sports psychology by bringing cognitive neuroscience and sports performance together as an interdisciplinary science.
His academic textbooks and research publications demonstrated the importance of an athlete's remarkable brain in anticipating and acting on opportunities during competition. He has consulted with teams in the NBA, NHL, NFL, MLB, Australian Rules Football, the Spanish men's national soccer team, and Olympic sports organizations around the world.
Len is a former president and a fellow of the Association for Applied Sport Psychology. Recently, the American Psychological Association honored Len with the "Distinguished Service to the Profession" award.
After too many Boston winters, he and his wife now live in Fort Myers, Florida.

Table of Contents

  • Introduction
  • The Athlete Decision Model
  • Part 1 - Traits - Knowing Who We Are
  • Part 2 - Constraints - Knowing The Boundaries
  • Part 3 - Pursuit of the Perfect Decision
  • Part I
  • 1. Attention
  • The Cat and Mouse Game
  • Smoke and Mirrors
  • The Ankle Breakers
  • Hearing Before Seeing
  • Just Watch The Ball
  • The TAIS Model
  • 2. Cognition
  • Memory Games
  • Models of Expertise
  • Surrounded By The Helix
  • Fitness Bootcamp for the Brain
  • 3. Emotion
  • Grace Under Pressure
  • Anxiety in the NFL
  • King Roger and the Spoiled Prince
  • The Stillness of Stoicism
  • Waiting for Enough
  • Live Fire Training
  • Part II
  • 4. Time
  • The Fastest OODA Wins
  • The Midfield Maestro
  • Seeing What Other's Don't
  • 5. Rules
  • The World Needs Rules
  • Rules Were Made To Be Broken
  • The Other Side of the Whistle
  • Managing the Game
  • Context Matters
  • Strategic Fouls
  • Different Types of Aggression
  • 6. Tactics
  • Everyone Has a Plan Until...
  • "I Was Never, Ever Supposed To Be Here"
  • The Six D's
  • Part III
  • 7. Measuring Decisions
  • The Science of Plate Discipline
  • Just Ask The Ghosts
  • From Fighter Pilots to Quarterbacks
  • 8. Improving Decisions
  • What Comes After Z?
  • Training in the Real World
  • Just Don't Tell Them It's Good For Their Brain
  • The Tao of Carletto
  • Ownership, Autonomy and Responsibility
  • The Future is Decisive
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