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Are you a basketball player, coach, or parent to a basketball player looking to strengthen your mental game? If so, this workbook is for you. This workbook is designed to assist basketball players in applying evidence-based sports psychology tools and techniques to enhance their mental game and elevate their overall performance. This workbook includes 10 chapters covering the topics listed below. Take the first step towards improving your mental game and purchase this GameChanger Athletes Mental Training Workbook. 1. HOW TO MANAGE STRICT EXPECTATIONS: Uncover strict expectations that undermine your confidence and instead, focus on more manageable objectives. 2: SHARPEN YOUR FOCUS: Overcome distractions and learn how to focus on one possession at a time. Learn to focus on the process when playing, as well as learn how to refocus your mind when you’re distracted. 3 BUILD SELF-CONFIDENCE How to Have Proactive Confidence: Develop self-confidence with “proactive confidence” before every game or scrimmage. And to develop stable and consistent confidence during play. 4: BUILD SELF-CONFIDENCE -How to Manage Confidence Killers: Learn how to overcome self-doubt and the most common confidence killers for you so you can have stable self-confidence. 5: TRUST YOUR TRAINING - How to Improve Game-Time Trust: Learn the difference between a practice mindset and a performance mindset for games and to trust in your skills during games. 6: COMPOSURE- How to Cope With Mistakes: Develop a resilient mindset and learn how to let go of mistakes quickly so you can perform with composure and not compound mistakes. 7: HOW TO OVERCOME FEAR OF FAILURE: Learn how to overcome the fear of failure, so you can perform freely in games. 8: PREGAME MENTAL PREP FOR PEAK PERFORMANCE: Learn how to use your pregame routine to help you mentally prepare for each game and perform at a high level. 9: ATHLETE RETURN AFTER INJURY: Learn how to be mentally prepared to return to s