Nerves of Steel
How to Improve Under Pressure
$24.99
- Paperback
192 pages
- Release Date
12 August 2025
Summary
Performing in the decisive moment is key, especially in sport. The difference between who excels and who succumbs to pressure, or chokes, is literally game-changing.
Nerves of Steel reveals what we can learn from athletes about thriving when the heat is on. By combining insights from statistics, philosophy and neuropsychology, Ger Post shows that the secrets of famous clutch performances do not lie in Cristiano Ronaldo’s iron will, the German soccer team’s winning mentality or Matilda…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780522881387 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0522881386 |
| Author: | Ger Post |
| Publisher: | Melbourne University Press |
| Imprint: | Melbourne University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 192 |
| Release Date: | 12 August 2025 |
| Weight: | 212g |
| Dimensions: | 30mm x 139mm x 269mm |
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Ger Post
Ger Post is a lecturer at the University of Melbourne. He has taught workshops in critical thinking to elite sports coaches in The Netherlands and Australia. As a lived experience expert he has learnt that the emergence of a Dutch accent is usually the first indication that he is about to choke under pressure.
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