Amber Selking’s self-help text Winning the Mental Game forwards clear-cut strategies for improving and maintaining high personal performances. Eight strategies, or fundamental mental plays, are named in this text. They include steps like becoming self-aware, motivated, and able to push through adversity. Advice for maintaining confidence and managing intense circumstances is shared alongside tips for cultivating attention and emotional control. These strategies end in mental rehearsals and establishing routines—steps that unite the previous plays to establish a consistent trend toward top mental performance.