Crunch time : how to be your best when it matters most / Rick Peterson, Director of Pitching Development for the Baltimore Orioles and Pitching Coach for the Oakland Athletics during the Moneyball Era, Judd Hoekstra, Coauthor of the bestselling Leading at a higher level and Who killed change? and Vice President, The Ken Blanchard Companies ; foreword by Billy Beane, Executive Vice President of Baseball Operations, Oakland Athletics.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Peterson, Rick.

Hoekstra, Judd, 1970- author.

Series:

BK business book.

BK business book

Gale eBooks

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Stress (Psychology).

Self-confidence.

Self-control.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xviii, 175 pages) : illustrations.

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Oakland, California : Berrett-Koehler Publishers, Incorporated, [2017]

Summary:

This book proposes a technique of functioning under intense pressure that turns the situation from a threat to an opportunity for success. Examples are given of how elite athletes perform their best under pressure.

Contents:

Cover

Half Title

Title

Copyright

Dedication

Table of Contents

Preface

Foreword

Introduction: Rick and Izzy

1 Reframing-The Shortest Path from Threat to Opportunity

2 Why Reframing at Crunch Time Is Necessary

3 Reframing from Trying Harder to Trying Easier

4 Reframing from Tension to Laughter

5 Reframing from Anxiety to Taking Control

6 Reframing from Doubt to Confidence

7 Reframing from Failure to a Learning Moment

8 Reframing from Prepared to Overprepared

A: Index of Stories

B: Try This

Acknowledgments

About the Authors

Endnotes

Index.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

OCLC:

969173915