The Sports Playbook

Why do so many sports teams have losing records, year after year? Why do others win big, but only every 20 or 30 years? And why is it that so few teams enjoy continual success? This book gives the answer. Providing a blueprint for success, it lays out a clear step-by-step plan for building a team culture that will lead to winning consistently.

Joshua A. Gordon, Gary T. Furlong, Ken Pendleton

Foreword by Henry Abbott Introduction: Sports Success is Rare and Fleeting 1. The Cost of Failure in Sports 2. The Sports Performance Playbook 3. Playbook Step One: Establishing Team Culture 4. Playbook Step Two: Creating Alignment between Individual and Team 5. Playbook Step Three: Restoring Alignment through Effective Issue Resolution 6. Playbook Step Four: Sustaining Success: Improving into the Future 7. The Sports Playbook in Summary Appendix A: The Team Culture Assessment Tool Appendix B: Resources Index of Stories