Playing Your Best When It Counts (Mental Skills for Musicians)

Playing Your Best When It Counts (Mental Skills for Musicians) by Dr. Bill Moore. paperback edition. ISBN: 9780979287305.

In today s high-pressure performance environments, a thoughtful and integrated approach to the development and refinement of mental performance skills is necessary. This book is designed to provide a solid foundation for developing and executing mental performance skills necessary for playing your best when it counts. You will find the material and activities in each chapter to be very applicable to your performance reality. Each chapter leads you into thinking about and then applying the information directly to your practices and performances. Throughout the book, you will be asked to reflect upon specific topic areas and to write down your thoughts regarding your current and past performances. This book is designed to provide a solid foundation for playing your best when it counts by helping you to:1. Change self-limiting beliefs and attitudes, 2.Trust during performance what you trained in practice, 3. Develop a positive performance mindset, 4. Practice and improve mental performance skills, 5. Instill greater confidence in yourself as a musician and 6. Create and achieve a performance future of your choosing