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Foreword_for_Leadership_Training_for_Softball.pdf by Mike Candrea
8X National Championship Head Coach at Arizona and Team USA Gold Medal Head Coach
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Foreword by Mike Candrea . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . viii
Preface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . x
It All Comes Down To One Pitch (Part 1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Introduction – Don’t Tell Me “Nice Try” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
PART 1 – TOP JOCKS ARE SCIENTISTS
Chapter 1 – Control the Controllables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Chapter 2 – The Secret of Progress (Awareness) . . . . . . . . . .17
The Traffic Light Analogy
All Lights Green (Gathering)
Chapter 3 – Smart Work Routs Hard Work 14-0 (Discipline) . . . . 29
Chapter 4 – Your Game, Your Zone (Peak Performance) . . . . . . 35
Confident, Not Cocky
To Care but Not Too Much
PART 2 – ATTITUDE, MEET ALTITUDE
Chapter 5 – She Wants It So Bad (Motivation) . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
The Energizer Bunny (Relentlessness)
Going Somewhere? (Mission)
Chapter 6 – Champions Look at it This Way (Perspective) . . . . 51
Mistakes Are Good
No Achievement Necessary?!? (Self-Worth)
Chapter 7 – Do Not Respect the Opponent…Respect the Game . 63
Never Ass-u-me
Chapter 8 – Am I Talking To Myself? Am I Good at It? . . . . . . . 67
Yes is Best
Common Patterns of Trudging Uphill into the Wind
(Distorted or Irrational Self-Talk)
Oh That Poor, Poor, Super-Talented Kid
The Far From Perfect Perfectionist
All or Nothing
Never Say Never
Can’t Say Can’t
Hate the Word Hate
There’s No Crying in Softball (Catastrophizing)
No Fair, No Kidding
It’s All My Fault
Balanced Rationality is Bad
Excuses Are Sneaky
Frankly, I Do Give a Damn, but…
Running Downhill with the Wind (Transforming Self-Talk)
Chapter 9 –Building Swag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Good is Good; Bad is Good (Optimistic Explanatory Style)
Staying Unstuck on the Fast Track Up
Champions are Coachable
Dump the Slump
Put the Egg Before the Chicken (Confidence Precedes Greatness)
Chapter 10 - Hyped to the Max (Controlling Performance Anxiety) . . 107
Acting Class
Body Language Speaks
Tight as a Drum, Loose as a Goose
Breathe or Die
Don’t Just Win, Be Two Better
Chapter 11 – Achievements in Softball are Fun…and So Are Setbacks . . . 121
PART 3 – GET READY, GET SET
Chapter 12 – Begin with the End in Mind (Imagery) . . . . . . 127
Chapter 13 – I Will Not Be Denied (Preparation) . . . . . . . . . 133
Little is Big, Big is Little (Attention to Details)
Becoming “Clutch”
Illusions of Confidence or True Learning
Chapter 14 – Know Your Job to Do Your Job! . . . . . . . . . 145
Go Fast, Don’t Crash
No Doubt
Chapter 15 – Success… Guaranteed (Routines) . . . . . . 153
Chapter 16 – Instant Improvement (Anchoring) . . . . . 159
PART 4 – GO!
Chapter 17 – The Now . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Flush the “Poop"
Don't Try Harder, Try Easier
Chapter 18 – Fine Focus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Attend-WHAT? (Dimensions of Attentional Control)
Chapter 19 – Pressure: Yes, Collapse: No . . . . . . . . . 179
Fear of Failure: Universal and Good
Great Expectations
Chapter 20 – Execute! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
PART 5 – NOW WHAT?
Chapter 21 - Accelerating Progress . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Use that Multi-Billion Neuron Brain
Sorry is a No-No!
The Snowball of Destruction
Chapter 22 – SMARTer Goals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
Chapter 23 – T.E.A.M. First . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Zen Master Leadership
Form Follows Function…or Dysfunction
Leaders Inspire Confidence
It All Comes Down To One Pitch (Part 2) . . . . . . . . . . 223
Appendix A – Reflective Worksheet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
Appendix B – Traffic Light Analogy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
Appendix C – Eight Mental Skills of Great Athletes Awareness Exercise . . 227
Appendix D – Leadership Evaluation with 360° Feedback . . . 230
Appendix E – Values Exercise . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232
Appendix F – Positive Emotional Flood Exercise . . . . . . . . . 236
Appendix G – Routines for a Specific Game Situation . . . . . . 238
Appendix H – Pre-Game Routine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
Appendix I – Gathering Routine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240
Appendix J – Stop the Day, Start the Game . . . . . . . . . . . 241
Appendix K – Goal Setting Worksheet #1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243
Appendix L – Short-Term Goal Tracking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244
Appendix M – Daily and Weekly Goal Log . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
References and Suggested Reading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247
About the Author . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
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