One Day Better: Mental Performance Concepts to Transform Your Game and Life

One Day Better: Mental Performance Concepts to Transform Your Game and Life

Drawing from decades of experience with the world's best coaches, athletes, and teams, Jeff Troesch distills the practice of mental discipline into clear action items that drive personal development and performance. The best athletes redefine the limits of human performance with regularity. Sports are a crucible for spectacular moments where anxiety, pressure, and doubt seem to melt away, but there's more to the story. Over his accomplished career serving individual and team sports, Jeff Troesch has helped countless athletes and coaches achieve excellence in the junior, collegiate, and professional ranks. In One Day Better he shares the multifaceted approach his clients use to elevate their mental acumen and resilience for the highest levels of performance. The path to mental performance is unique to each individual—there is no list of absolutes. Troesch explains the concepts that drive his work with top athletes and teams, with keen observation and respect for their stories and experiences. One Day Better presents clear questions and points of application. It's up each person to consider the possibilities and test what works best for them. The pursuit of excellence also plays out in the rest of life, and often with higher stakes. Troesch guides a process of personal discovery, cultivating the discipline and awareness that facilitate growth and effectiveness, inspiring more pros and amateurs, athletes and everyday people to commit to becoming one day better, every day. "As a coach of elite players, I rarely come across a resource that genuinely shifts performance. One Day Better does. Jeff Troesch's frameworks sharpen clarity, steady emotions, and create consistency under pressure. It's changed how I coach and how I operate day-to-day. Simple, practical, and truly transformative." -- Cameron McCormick , world-reknown golf instructor "I've had the fortune to learn from Jeff Troesch and his teachings have helped me develop both personally and professionally. One Day Better is an impactful resource for anyone looking to improve their mindset and performance. With all of the examples and stories that Jeff brings to life, there is something for everyone. His teachings are highly applicable and easy to put into use immediately." -- Jimmy VanOstrand, New York Mets Director of Mental Performance "Jeff Troesch has been a pioneer for years within the mental performance space and his experience in working with nearly every sport at every level has contributed to the extensive knowledge that is shared throughout this book.” -- Chad Bohling, PhD, New York Yankees MLB Director of Organizational Performance, Dallas Cowboys NFL Mental Coach, Dallas Stars NHL Mental Coach “Jeff Troesch provides a treasure trove of amazing advice for any athlete and anyone looking to improve their life.” -- Todd Rogers , Olympic gold medalist and world champion; 5-time AVP Tour Champion; Head Coach, Cal Poly Beach Volleyball “Jeff’s presentations and interpretations were nothing short of enlightening for me and my athletes. Jeff assisted me in evolving as a coach and gave me much greater insight into my athletes’ behaviors. Jeff’s program was one of the best psychological/communication tools that I ever used in my long career as a collegiate and professional coach.” -- Steve Sampson, Former Manager U.S. Soccer National Team, National Team Manager of Costa Rica, Coach LA Galaxy (MLS), Coach Santa Clara and Cal Poly (NCAA) “Working with Jeff Troesch as our mental training expert opened up new doors to our coaching effectiveness. Through his guidance, we have a better understanding of our players as people. He has provided the highest level of mental performance training for our players and has been hugely beneficial to our successes.” -- Carrie Forsyth, former Head Coach UCLA Women’s Golf, UCLA Hall-of-Fame, SCGA Hall-of-Fame, 2-time National Coach of the Year “No two athletes are alike; as such, there are no magic spells to make an athlete perform better. But One Day Better is as close to magic as you will find." -- Nick Symmonds, 2-time Olympian & 800m World Champion silver medalist “As a coach, I search for ways to help athletes access their potential on the day and love doing what they do. One Day Better is a rocket in your quiver as you take aim at that target. Get it, absorb it, and add it to your process. Highly recommended.” -- Bobby McGee, Olympic and world-class running coach Jeff Troesch is a mental performance specialist with a storied career spent working alongside professional, elite amateur, and collegiate athletes and coaches. An internationally-renowned expert in mental skills training and performance enhancement with nearly 40 years of experience, Troesch began his career as a consultant with the NBA. From there, he went on to assist the Seattle Mariners and Detroit Tigers in Major League Baseball, the U.S. Soccer Federation, USA Track & Field, IMG Academies in Bradenton,