From Gazelle to Lioness
A method for the girl athlete who wants to become the best at what she does.
The whole Method, written to you the way Coach Isaac talks to his own players. It works like a workbook, with tasks along the way and fill-in pages at the back. And for the brave ones who read to the end, his method for passing tests.
For all the girls, at every age. And for the boys too.
Tell me when it's outWhere the title comes from
Every morning in Africa, out on the savanna, a gazelle wakes up and a lioness wakes up, and both start running. The gazelle is running away from something. The lioness is running after something. When the sun comes up, you'd better be running. So what do you want to be, a gazelle or a lioness?
What's inside
- DecideThe "Get Serious" Talk · Why You're Stuck · It Starts With Goals · An Action Plan for Every Goal
- ActHard Work, Your New Best Friend · Actions and Habits · Smart Time Management
- BelieveFrom Gazelle to Lioness · Fear of Rejection, Fear of Criticism · Comfort and Failure · Limiting Beliefs and the 10 Excuses · Patience, Motivation, Inspiration
- It's not instead. It's in addition.Learn It. Then Do It · Attitude, Values, Roles · Confidence and Self-Image · Behavior and Style · What Are You Going to Do, Starting Today?
- The Method, piece by pieceThe Method: What, Why, FAQ · How to Start, and the Files
Two bonus chapters: The Next 90 Days and The Test-Passing Method.
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Free: The Next Play Mini Journal
A seven-page journal for your athlete, written by Coach Isaac in the same words he uses with his own players. One page a day, five minutes a day, in the week between one game and the next. By the end of the week she has looked at the game with a clear head, picked one thing to work on at practice, and written her game plan for the next one.
- Day 1, The Reset. Tonight, before she goes to sleep. Three slow breaths, one honest sentence about what happened, a name for the feeling, and the one thing this game is teaching her. Then she closes the game. Tomorrow is a different page.
- Day 2, The Tape. The next morning. Coaches watch the tape the next day, never the same night, because the same night you only see the mistakes. The next day you see the whole game, including what she did right.
- Day 3, My Why. When the why is strong, the how gets easier. She writes down why she plays, clearly enough to say it out loud.
- Day 4, One Focus. She knows what to fix and why it matters. Now she turns it into one small thing she can do at practice this week, and repeats it. That's how real improvement works.
- Day 5, Winter. A sports season works like the seasons of the year, and game season is winter. You can't cancel winter. What you can do is get better at it: stronger physically, stronger mentally, stronger with your feelings.
- Day 6, Believe. Belief isn't magic. It's what she says to herself, over and over, until it's what she thinks. On this page she writes her own lines instead of the ones other people put in her head.
- Day 7, Next Play. Her game plan for the next game. Eyes forward. The season only moves in one direction.
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