The Athlete's Playbook - Building a Culture of Mental Toughness: The Pyramid Model

by Rick McGuire,
Ph.D.University of Missouri;
University of Missouri Head Men's and Women's Track & Field Coach (1983- 2010);
Graduate Professor and Director of Sport Psychology (Missouri);
Founder and Director of the Missouri Institute for Positive Coaching;
Founder and former Chairman of the USA Track & Field Sport Psychology program;
founding member of the Association for Applied Sport Psychology (AASP) -AASP Fellow (2010);
USTFCCCA George Dales Award (2014);

Ben Loeb, Ed.S.
Rock Bridge High School (MO) Sport Psychology Teacher;
Head Boys' & Girls' Tennis Coach;
his tennis teams have won over 1,000 dual meets, 19 state championships, & 40 Final Four appearances (as of May 2019);
Association of Applied Sport Psychology (AASP) member;
American Psychological Association (APA) Division 47 Society for Sport, Exercise & Performance Psychology member

with Amber Selking,
Ph.D.Mental Performance Coach,
University of Notre Dame Football;
Adjunct Professor, Mendoza College of Business, Notre Dame;
Founder, Selking Performance Group;
Director of People Performance for Lippert Companies, Inc.;
Founded Notre Dame Christian Athletes (NDCA)

Patrick Ivey,
Ph.D.Associate Athletic Director for Health and Performance,
Assistant Vice President at University of Louisville;
former Arkansas State Assistant Athletic Director for Athletics Performance;
Certifications: NSCA, CSCS, SCCC;
former Associate Director of Athletics Performance, University of Missouri;
2013 FootballScoop.com Strength and Conditioning Coach of the Year;
former NFL Player (Lions, Chargers, Broncos, Packers)

"Everyone can get better! Anyone can get better if they will just believe that they can do something today that will allow them to become better tomorrow! It is our goal and intention to EDUCATE - EQUIP - and EMPOWER you to engage yourself in becoming the athlete, the performer, and the person that you want and dream to become!"

The Athlete's Playbook delivers on the promise of its authors to provide big ideas, important understandings, strengths, strategies and skills that will help anyone become mentally tough. The Athlete's Playbook reinforces that you don't have to be the smartest, fastest, or strongest person to perform at an incredible level - you just have to BELIEVE!

Each chapter of this booklet highlights a different tier of the innovative McGuire-Selking-Ivey Model of Mental Toughness first revealed in the best-selling video of the same name (Building a Culture of Mental Toughness: The Pyramid Model).

The Pyramid Model is made up of these non-negotiable building blocks:

• Motivation
• Preparation
• Focus
• Emotional Stability
• Accountability
• Believe

When the components of each tier are embraced and applied, the opportunity for peak performance is unleashed! As you progress through the pages of The Athlete's Playbook, relevant questions relating to each topic are included that will help the reader advance in their mental toughness mastery.

The Athlete's Playbook also includes personal logs to track your action plan and evaluate your results. As an added design function bonus, this booklet is comb-bound.

Whether you're seeking to dominate in athletic competition, excel in the performing arts, reach the top of your career path or any other area of life that requires a mental edge, McGuire, Loeb, Selking and Ivey have collaborated to develop a true roadmap to success in this book. Learn how to BELIEVE and become the best version of yourself, starting today!

80 pages. 2020.