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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.
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.
344 pages, Kindle Edition
Published October 14, 2025
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January 9, 2026
150 heart-to-hearts with performance specialist/sports psychologist/mental coach Jeff Troesch, who’s worked with thousands of athletes over four decades--from Olympic medalists to World Cup Soccer and NBA champions--and he’s distilled the best lessons into these pages.
Whatever your goals for 2026 (relationship, professional, health, personal…) you’ll find a treasure chest of skills, insights, and sound advice here, in a digestible, common-sense format. Not just for athletes—this is Advice for Life. I only regret not having access to this when I was younger. (I’m giving it to my son next!) Do NOT miss this book!
Whatever your goals for 2026 (relationship, professional, health, personal…) you’ll find a treasure chest of skills, insights, and sound advice here, in a digestible, common-sense format. Not just for athletes—this is Advice for Life. I only regret not having access to this when I was younger. (I’m giving it to my son next!) Do NOT miss this book!
October 16, 2025
MENTAL PERFORMANCE GOLDMIND!
As a two-time age-group World Champion and an athlete in my 70s striving to train with the mental strength of an Olympian, I’ve learned the mental game is key to high performance - in athletics, careers, and in life. For the past four years, I’ve benefitted from Jeff’s mental performance coaching, so I’m excited that the concepts he taught me are now available to everyone in "One Day Better".
This book is brilliant for three reasons:
1. The writing is clear and efficient: Jeff delivers 150 short lessons packed with insight you can apply immediately.
2. Jeff goes beyond generic motivation and cookie-cutter advice: Instead of telling you what to think, Jeff teaches the process of improvement—how to explore, discover, learn, and apply lessons learned.
3. The book is not a one-size-fits-all model: Jeff invites readers to reflect on each concept and adopt those which best fit their unique situation.
I've been able to incorporate Jeff's concepts in my training, racing, and daily life as mental cues I return to again and again. Now everyone can do the same! Quite simply, it’s an incredible mental performance resource for coaches, athletes of all abilities, and anyone interested in improving their mental performance. Highly recommended!
As a two-time age-group World Champion and an athlete in my 70s striving to train with the mental strength of an Olympian, I’ve learned the mental game is key to high performance - in athletics, careers, and in life. For the past four years, I’ve benefitted from Jeff’s mental performance coaching, so I’m excited that the concepts he taught me are now available to everyone in "One Day Better".
This book is brilliant for three reasons:
1. The writing is clear and efficient: Jeff delivers 150 short lessons packed with insight you can apply immediately.
2. Jeff goes beyond generic motivation and cookie-cutter advice: Instead of telling you what to think, Jeff teaches the process of improvement—how to explore, discover, learn, and apply lessons learned.
3. The book is not a one-size-fits-all model: Jeff invites readers to reflect on each concept and adopt those which best fit their unique situation.
I've been able to incorporate Jeff's concepts in my training, racing, and daily life as mental cues I return to again and again. Now everyone can do the same! Quite simply, it’s an incredible mental performance resource for coaches, athletes of all abilities, and anyone interested in improving their mental performance. Highly recommended!
January 11, 2026
Great book for athletes, coaches and anyone involved with sport or high level tasks that require mental commitment. Jeff offers 150 impactful, attainable, meaningful and useful tools to become a better you! This book forces you to look inward at what you want to accomplish and what it takes to get there no matter the path or end goal. Pure gold and a peak into what it takes to achieve excellence in sports or life.
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