From Slogans to Systems: Coaches Build Mental Performance — The Coaching Foundation (Capacity, Band 2) - Softcover

Batchler, Eric

Softcover

ISBN 13: 9798994748053

Verlag: Hardball HQ LLC, 2026

Inhaltsangabe

More reps won't fix a full cup.

Every program has a fence line. Most coaches can't see theirs. They lead with slogans — work hard, be tough, want it more — and wonder why the same problems keep coming back: burnout, favoritism, role confusion, and athletes who quit before they grow.

From Slogans to Systems gives coaches a working framework, not another motivational poster. Building on the Capacity model, mental performance coach Eric Batchler shows how to design environments where mental performance is built in, not bolted on.

New to the Capacity Series? Start here. Book 1 is written for athletes. From Slogans to Systems is the entry point for the coach-and-administrator track — you do not need to read Book 1 first.

Inside you'll find:

• The ACCESS framework — Adaptation, Consent, Culture, Equity, Safety, Sustainability


• Tools to spot the sand filling your athletes' cups before it costs you the season


• A leadership playbook that breeds leaders instead of dependents


• Practical scans, scripts, and audits you can run this week


• The Capacity model applied to real practice plans, team meetings, and player conversations

Written for:

• Head coaches and assistants in baseball, football, basketball, soccer, and volleyball


• Athletic directors and program builders


• Mental performance coaches and team chaplains


• Parents who want to understand what their athlete's coach should be doing

Where this fits in the Capacity Series:

• Book 1 — For athletes: Peak Mental Performance for Athletes


• Book 2 — For coaches (this book): From Slogans to Systems


• Book 3 — For coaches: The Mental Performance Toolbox


• Book 4 — For coaches and administrators: (coming soon)

Stop coaching by slogan. Start coaching by system.

If you've ever finished a season thinking "we worked harder than anyone and still came apart in the moment," this book is the missing piece — the foundation everything else gets built on.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Eric Batchler is an author, mental performance coach, and the founder of Hardball HQ, where he helps athletes, coaches, and programs build the mental side of the game with the same seriousness they bring to the physical side. He is the author of the Capacity series, a practical body of work on mental performance for everyone in the athletic ecosystem - athletes, parents, coaches, and administrators.Eric hosts the podcasts Sane Enough and Unlocked: Mental Performance, Physical Results, where he digs into the tools, stories, and systems that help people perform under pressure and grow under constraint.ACCESS is Book 4 of the Capacity Series, the full ethical-framework deep dive for coaches and administrators, continuing from The Mental Performance Toolbox (Book 3).

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Hardball HQ LLC
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2026
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 13: 9798994748053
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 327
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Printed by Amazon on behalf of the author; https://www.amazon.de/hz/contact-us; ; c/o Amazon Media EU S.à.r.l., 38 Avenue John F. Kennedy; Luxembourg; L-1855; Luxemburg