The Gap
Improving Your Game Through Awareness and Action
Published on 9. September 2025
Book
Paperback/Softback
258 pages
979-8-9931525-0-9 (ISBN)
Description
What separates good athletes from great ones? It isn't just physical skill; it's the space between your ears.
In The Gap, former professional baseball player and sports psychology coach Jeffrey Anderson reveals the mental strategies that turn raw ability into consistent performance. Blending real-life stories, journal reflections, and thirty-five years of experience, Anderson shows how awareness, focus, and emotional control can bridge the distance between potential and achievement.
Whether you're chasing a championship, striving to play your best round of golf, or simply seeking to perform with confidence under pressure, The Gap gives you practical tools to manage distraction, overcome fear, and unlock the mental toughness that champions rely on.
Packed with relatable insights and actionable exercises, this book is a guide and a game plan for athletes and competitors who want to step up, push past limitations, and discover what's possible when the mind and body work together.
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Language
English
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 203 mm
Width: 127 mm
Thickness: 15 mm
Weight
314 gr
ISBN-13
979-8-9931525-0-9 (9798993152509)
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For the past thirty years, Jeff Anderson has been working as a player and a coach to improve his abilities and the abilities of those around him. He was a four-time All-Conference baseball player at the University of Nebraska, followed by three years with the Chicago White Sox Organization. He has coached baseball at the collegiate and high school levels, bringing a professional perspective to the game to enhance his athletes' performances. Jeff had a promising Major League career cut short by elbow and shoulder injuries, forcing him to retire and retool his skills. Once his playing career was finished, he focused his attention on coaching and learning the mental side of performance. The skills Jeff teaches have helped many of his students to find their competitive edge. After Jeff gave up his baseball playing career, he took up golf as a hobby until the thrill of competing again caught his interest. After struggling to learn the game in the early years, something finally clicked. He discovered the mental approach to golf was similar to pitching in baseball, and that once a skill is learned physically, it can be enhanced mentally. This realization, and a little luck, has since produced eight club championships as an amateur player as well as numerous other tournament wins, and a handicap index near zero. In a seven-year span as a high school golf coach, his teams made five state championship appearances, including a state championship victory, a state runner-up, two district championships, two district runner-ups, and an SIC tournament win. This run convinced Jeff that preparing to perform well is as much about how you think as it is about how you perform physically. Jeff's golf program produced numerous college players and two professional players. As a baseball coach, he has seen many of his players play at the college level for NCAA Division I, II, III, and NAIA programs. Jeff has helped both male and female athletes achieve their dreams in competition and is fluent in many sports. After years of struggling to find the right mix between the mental game and the physical game, Jeff ventured out and gained his Master's Degree in Sport Psychology. A whole new world opened up as many of the things he had been learning on his own were now verified through research. Thirty years of searching as a player and coach has been an adventure, but Jeff is certain the adventure is just beginning.