Free Complete Competitor Course + Guide with your book preorder
$299 course value · Included free
How to show up when it matters most.
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WHAT YOU’LL LEARN
Make your preparation count.
You’ve put in the work. Learn how to use it when you’re nervous, distracted, second-guessing yourself, or facing something you can’t control.
The Complete Competitor Course + Guide helps you recognize what’s getting in your way and practice what to do next.
- You know how to do it. Until you start thinking about it.Learn when to take control and when to trust the skills you’ve built.
- You keep waiting to feel ready.Learn to act without needing confidence, certainty, or perfect conditions first.
- You’re doing the work, but thinking about how it’s being judged.Bring your attention back to the task instead of the imagined audience.
- You hold back because you care so much about getting it right.Learn to commit to the work while accepting that you can’t guarantee the result.
- One bad result makes you question everything.Separate what needs to change from what’s still worth trusting.
- You want to get better. But nothing you do feels good enough.Keep your ambition without making self-criticism the price of improvement.
YOUR PATTERN. YOUR PLAN.
Start with the problem you actually have.
An overthinker and someone who arrives flat don't need the same starting point. Your assessment helps determine where you begin.
Find your pattern.
Take the Arena Assessment and look at how you respond to pressure, effort, uncertainty, and the stakes you put on a result.
You leave with: your competitor profile.
Build your Arena Plan.
Use your profile and main roadblock to choose your starting lessons. The guide gives you field sheets to turn what you learn into your own plan.
You leave with: a clear place to start.
Practice your response.
Choose one primary tool and one backup. Use the weekly practices to rehearse them. Keep your guide and workbook close when you need a practical next step.
You leave with: tools you've actually used.
LOOK INSIDE THE GUIDE
A look at what you'll actually use.
The full contents, a chapter on recovering after a mistake, and a reset card you can make your own.
Recover after a mistake.
How a musician finds his way back to the performance, and how to build your own reset.
Read the sample page →
Make your reset card.
Recognize the warning sign. Create space. Choose your next useful action.
Try the field sheet →Open the contents and sample pages (PDF) → No signup needed.
LEARN WITH STEVE MAGNESS
Two decades studying what helps people perform and thrive.
Steve is a bestselling author and performance coach whose books have sold more than a million copies. His work spans professional athletes, executives, artists, and the U.S. military.
The Complete Competitor Course + Guide brings the science and tools from Step Into the Arena into lessons, plans, and practices you can use in your own work and life.
“One of the giants of modern thinking about high performance.”Alex Hutchinson, New York Times bestselling author of Endure
Praise for Steve Magness's work
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By Steve Magness · Coming April 27, 2027
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A FEW THINGS TO KNOW
Your questions, answered.
Is the Course + Guide really free?
Yes, with a preorder of Step Into the Arena. You pay your bookseller for the book, then submit your order number here to claim the course, Complete Guide, How to Create Space to Respond to Adversity, coaching handbook, and Arena Toolkit. There is no separate course payment.
Is this only for athletes?
No. The course is for people who want to perform better in the pursuits they care about. You can apply the tools to a presentation, performance, creative project, team, or competition. The examples include sport, but the skills reach beyond it.
How do the book, course, and guide work together?
The book explains the ideas through science and stories. The course teaches the skills through short video lessons and your Arena Plan. The guide turns them into field sheets and weekly practices. The Workbook helps you examine where performance breaks down. The coaching handbook helps you apply the tools with someone you support. Start with one challenge, one tool, and one backup.
How much time do I need?
The full course includes 15 hours of video. You do not need to watch it all to get started. Use your Arena Plan to choose a lesson, try one tool, and build from there. Return to the rest when it helps with the problem in front of you.
Are the guides digital or printed?
The Complete Guide, How to Create Space to Respond to Adversity, and coaching handbook are digital PDFs, not additional printed books. You can read them on your device or print the field sheets and cards you want to use. Your bookseller fulfills your order of Step Into the Arena.
How are bonus claims counted?
The offer is limited to the first 1,000 bonus claims. The counter shows claims submitted through this form, not independently verified book sales.
I already preordered. Do I need another copy?
No. Submit the order number from your existing preorder using the form above.
What happens after I submit my order number?
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THE COMPLETE COMPETITOR COURSE + GUIDE