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This book offers a father's personal account of his experiences in shepherding his two sons through the baffling, wacky, frustrating, disappointing yet often wonderful world of youth sports. The book takes a chronological accounting of what they went through as a family, from the earliest days of T-ball all the way through varsity participation in high school. Each chapter covers a different season or phase in the sports experience, beginning in the...
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Living in the Sweet Spot: Preparing for Performance in Sport and Life is a fresh, inspiring guide of how to get ready for life's big performances. The author integrates the best of the new field of positive psychology with the essentials of sport psychology.
Readers of this book learn how to strengthen their experience of daily fulfillment and concurrently get the most out of themselves when the big moments take place. The issues performers face...
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One of the world's leading sport psychologists offers practical techniques to improve your golf performance and learn the peak performance mindset.
In “Winning Golf”, Dr. Saul L. Miller, one of the world's leading sport psychologists, describes eight of the most common problems limiting golfing performance and in the process gives readers powerful, practical techniques to overcome these challenges. With his guidance, you'll learn the performance...
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Description by World Renowned Coach April Hartsook The only thing the truly sets individuals apart from one another is their ability to conquer their minds. Distinguishing fear based, from fact based actions and responses, allows us to overcome obstacles and achieve desired outcomes. Our thoughts are masterpieces of mental indulgence, always demanding us to harness their power again and again. Inviting us to dig deeper, expand broader, and evoke the...
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Sport psychology is a discipline that arises at the point where medicine, psychology, and sport itself meet. This therapeutic model is based on research, theory and practices to improve performance in both professional and amateur sports environments. Sport psychology researchers work to understand how psychological factors can influence motor performance and how physical activity affects human psychological development. Sport psychology is also interested...
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Rob Alpha (B.A. Social Psychology) examines the origin of sports and subliminal drive that inhabits all humans to play and enjoy sports. We practice sports for a variety of reasons such as health, socializing, passion, performance, etc...but what are the natural and fundamental reasons why we are so passionate about sports in our society? In this book you will discover the deepest origins of our passion for sports as individuals and also why society...
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The Rock Warrior's Way: Mental Training for Climbers, first published in 2003, outlines the foundation of the Warrior's Way ® material. Espresso Lessons takes the material into practical climbing situations. It is the "how to" application of The Rock Warrior's Way, intended to build upon and complement it. - Mental fitness training is simply improving your ability to keep attention in the moment. The most challenging-and interesting- moment in rock...
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The reason the triangle is the strongest of the polygonal shapes is because, when force is added to a triangle, that force is spread evenly throughout all three sides.
This is the same logic Eric Smith applies to The Winning Edge Way: An Athlete and Coach's Guide to Becoming a 3-Dimensional Competitor.
As complex and nuanced as team sports are, there are three main components at their core: the player, the team, the game - each reliant on the other....
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Athletes work hard in practice, putting in the time and the grind, but when it comes to game time, sometimes they miss the mark. They know they're capable of more-and their coaches and trainers know it, too-but when the lights are on them, and the pressure rises, they often underperform.
The truth is, physical training is only one part of any athlete's game. The mental game is just as important, yet in young athletes, mindset is almost never a focus...
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This book is about flourishing of life in the field of sports. It contains the latest concepts about psychological well-being, from the perspectives of positive psychology. Unlike most of the psychological books about sports, which usually focus on achieving sporting success and excellence, this book emphasizes how athletes can draw on their strengths to become flourished whole persons. Fascinating stories of a respectable sporting role model, Roger...
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The Mental Athlete unleashes a MASTERPIECE! Gregg Scotts Global Hoops: Mind, Body & Soul Performance Guru and Ex-Intl. Pro Basketball Player presents True Tales, Tools & Teachings Behold a book created to be judged by its cover. Visually Captivating. Stimulating Content. Using his International pro basketball pedigree as a platform, Gregg Scott artfully designed Global Hoops: Mind, Body and Soul (published by Trafford Publishing) as an apt universal...
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Summary of Peak by Anders Ericsson and Robert Pool | Includes Analysis Preview: Peak: Secrets from the New Science of Expertise offers practical, evidence-based insight into what creates top performers and experts across a wide range of disciplines. There is no such thing as a natural prodigy. Even children who display seemingly advanced abilities owe their skills to many hours of practice and effort. Mozart, for example, the quintessential child...
13) High Performance Sport Skill Instruction, Training, and Coaching. 9 Powerful Principles for Athletes
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Every sportsperson seeks the elusive next level up. Whether at the pro or beginner level there are hidden, inner sources of power to improve and excel. If you want the keys to maximize your athletic achievement and enjoyment, keep reading. Famous, three-time Grand Slam winner, Arthur Ashe, pointed out that many in sport fall victim to, "PARALYSIS BY ANALYSIS". Athletes on any level can experience the pain of overthinking and sabotaging their performance....
15) Sailing To Win: Guaranteed Winning Strategies To Navigate From The Back To The Front Of The Fleet
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Sailing strategies from beginner to winner. International author, competitive sailor and successful business strategist Brett Bowden shares over 3 decades of wisdom of what it takes to be successful. Brett shares not only his own experiences, but a collection of wisdom from world champions and sailing legends. Together with his passion for sailing and winning in all areas of life, Brett shows you just how to do it step by step. By the time you have...
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Relive the Denver Broncos' magical 2011 season from the inside. Loren Landow served as the team's unofficial trainer during the pre-season lockout and Mike Klis covers the Broncos for the Denver Post. Together, they tell the story from their unique perspectives, beginning with Landow's spring email to safety Brian Dawkins suggesting they work together to build a championship team while nobody was watching. From the early workouts where the team looked...
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"Late in 1863 a young painter named Francis B. Carpenter wished to commemorate the issuance of the Emancipation Proclamation. The likable and well-connected Carpenter received President Lincoln's consent during a visit to the White House. "Well, Mr. Carpenter, we will turn you loose in here," said Lincoln. The painter set up a studio in the state dining room and worked for months in 1864 under a lighted chandelier. It was a marvelous opportunity to...
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Discover Often Overllooked Ideas to Lower Your Golf Score! Bring the enjoyment in golf back into play. Some bogies are good, others are bad. Learn how to tell the difference. More importantly, discover how to make the good ones part of your game and do away with those that are bad.This book provides practical instruction on how to use your mind to lower your golf score quickly and efficiently. On top of that, to take the first step you don't even...
19) Dear Coach
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Through the lens of athletes' experiences and established research, Dear Coach shows coaches how to create higher-quality coach-athlete relationships that not only achieve better performance outcomes, but optimal well-being for all parties in and outside of sport.
Sara Erdner, PhD, CMPC asked athletes one question: What do you wish you could have told your coach but, for whatever reason, never did? Athletes responded to this question via confidential...
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Well-known sports journalist and writer of the #1 tennis blog on the web, TennisWorld, Peter Bodo's newest eBook is devoted to the player who holds six Wimbledon titles and countless others, Olympic gold medalist Roger Federer. With his unique insights into The Mighty Fed's playing style, greatest rivalries, stunning winning streak (and possible decline), and even his fashion choices, Bodo chronicles the golden middle period of Federer's career, 2006-2009....
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