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(More customer reviews)This book is an excellent resource and guide for anyone who is looking to try and get the most out of their sporting potential. It is an easy to read and well structured guide which gives you a number of exercises to help calm the nerves and keep the mind positive and focused. It also explains why each exercise works and has advice from elite athletes who have applied the techniques to their own sport. If you are a person who suffers from nerves on race day or looses confidence when they get to the start line, then this book is a must have for you.
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Mental Training for Peak Performance teaches you that sweat isn't enough."To play well, you have to learn to channel the emotions, both the highs and the very lows."--Pete Sampras, number-one ranked tennis player in 1994"If you haven't done your mental homework in training, you don't have anything to fall back on when you face."--Margaret Groos, 1988 Olympic marathoner"If you can expect the unexpected, you can emotionally lick anyone."--Benji Durden, 1980- Olympic Marathon TeamBefore you can win on the track, court, links or slopes, you have to win in your head. Now, a top sports psychologist reveals the mental strategies champion athletes use to excel in a variety of sports, from cycling to downhill skiing, marathon running to mountain biking, golf to tennis.Includes strategies used by:Mark Plaatjes, 1993 world marathon champRebecca Twigg, winner of the 1993 World Cycling ChampionshipPicabo Street, 1994 Olympic silver-medal skierChuck Hoga, professional golfer and coach to Peter Jacobson, Johnny Miller, Ray Floyd, Mike Reid and Duffy WaldorfJanet Evans, four-time gold-medal Olympic swimmerMike Pigg, number two-ranked triathlete in the world
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