The Art of Personal Competition - How to become a key team player
Subtitle: This is how Sun Tsu would guide your competitive development
Publisher: Billiard Gods Productions
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Santa Clara, CA USA
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 96
Description: 2,500 years ago, a Chinese general, Sun Tsu, wrote a treatise titled “The Art of War”. It summarized his lifetime experiences of what was important about warfare and battlefield management.

The first words are “The art of war is of vital importance …”. This is how millions of students began their education into the philosophy of organized conflict. His words (translated by Lionel Giles) are presented here – and how they apply to you.

This book provides the guidelines to effective training, preparation, planning, thinking, and execution of your sports career. Inside are the secrets of playing smarter. You will gain new insights into how to:
•	Win against better players
•	Trap and misdirect opponents 
•	Design useful strategies
•	Devise effective tactics
•	Attack efficiently
•	Defend aggressively

Make sure you have a pencil and notepad as you read through this book. There will be much re-evaluation of bedrock doctrine. Many current beliefs could be ill-considered dogma. Plus you will need document the many tactical ideas and concepts that will light up your consciousness.
Table of contents: title: 1
label: 0 INTRODUCTION; title: 2
label: Becoming a key team player; title: 3
label: How to study this book; title: 4
label: Working with your staff coordinator; title: 5
label: 01 CALCULATIONS; title: 11
label: 02 WAGING WAR; title: 17
label: 03 PLANNING ATTACKS; title: 22
label: 04 TACTICAL DISPOSITIONS; title: 28
label: 05 ENERGY; title: 33
label: 06 WEAKNESS AND STRENGTH; title: 42
label: 07 MANEUVERING; title: 50
label: 08 VARIATION IN TACTICS; title: 55
label: 09 MANEUVERS; title: 64
label: 10 TERRAIN; title: 70
label: 11 THE NINE SITUATIONS; title: 83
label: 12 ATTACK BY FIRE; title: 88
label: 13 USE OF SPIES