Mental Athlete

Name: Mental Athlete
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ISBN: 9780736046541

ISBN-10: 0736046542

ISBN-13: 9780736046541

Edition: 2nd 2003

Authors: Kay Porter

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Improved mental ability means improved sports performance. Athletes who excel do so not just because of their physical abilities but because of their mental awareness, preparation, and skills as well. The Mental Athlete will help improve your overall performance by providing the tools, guidance, and practical insight you need to sharpen your mental skills.This conditioning manual for the mind will help youfurther enhance mental strengths and address weaknesses through effectiveself-assessments,increase confidence in personal abilities and avoid the fear of failure,heighten awareness of inner-thought processes and learn ways to improve them,andbe free of inhibitions to initiate action and to…

Book details

List price: $19.95
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2003
Publisher: Human Kinetics
Publication date: 7/8/2003
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 224
Size: 5.75" wide x 8.75" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.792
Language: English



Preface


Acknowledgments



Essentials for Effective Mental Training


Embodying the Essentials


Training Yourself



Developing Mental Training Skills


Improving Your Competitive Edge


Achieving the Mental Edge



Gauging Your Mental Aptitude


Measuring Your Aptitude


Putting Your Results in Perspective



Taking Steps Toward Positive Thinking


Logging Your Thoughts


Identifying Your Goals


Talking Positively



Preparing Your Mind and Body for Mental Training


Finding Balance Through Relaxation


Achieving Your Peak



Unleashing the Power of the Mind


Beginning to Visualize


Creating a Visualization


Writing a Visualization


Visualizing As an Individual


Visualizing As a Team


Seeing Ahead



Optimizing Your Performance


Focusing Attention


Overcoming Burnout


Feeding the Mind



Troubleshooting Performance Blocks


Negatively Speaking


Facing Your Fears


Taking Risks


Breathing Through a Block


Managing Anger


Feeling External Pressures


Struggling With Illness


Fighting Back Fatigue


Injuring Another Athlete


Psyching Yourself Up


Overcoming Your Blocks



Mental Training for Specific Needs


Coping With an Injury


Coaching Young Athletes


Being Female



Mental Training for Life


Getting What You Want Out of Life


Putting a Program Together


Taking the Program With You


Becoming the Best You Can Be


References


Index


About the Author