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In this concise and highly acclaimed training guide, Peak Performance Coach DC Gonzalez teaches a blend of unique mental training technologies, sports psychology essentials, and peak performance methods that are effective and motivational. Get ready to increase your self-belief, self-confidence, and mental toughness using this powerful guide designed to help you reach new levels of success, sports performance and personal development.

This book is powerful, in it Dan explains, teaches, and helps you develop the psychological skills required for peak performance, while pointing out the underlying mental training strategies that will help anyone reach higher levels of achievement and performance - not by random chance, but by focused choice.

The Art of Mental Training teaches the critical essentials while interwoven with stories from Dan's fascinating background as a Naval Aviator, Federal Agent, Military Cyber-Security Specialist, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Black Belt and Peak Performance Coach. Dan creates a powerful teaching connection between his adrenaline-filled life experiences and the mental skills and mental training that make all the difference.

Access your true potential, control your state and excel even under extreme pressure

Enhance performance by transforming the negative energy generated by nervousness and fear into shatterproof confidence

Improve focus and concentration for positive results - often instantly - with battle-tested mental training techniques

Learn the psychological factors that will help you view set-backs as opportunities to create lasting positive change

Enhance visualization techniques and create success imagery loaded with feelings and emotions that will generate powerful results

Understand what to practice and which success conditioning exercises will vastly improve your self-belief, self-confidence and performance

Gain access to the coaching psychology behind redirecting anger energy and using it to strengthen your resolve and remain in control

Use proven sport psychology techniques to leave your ego outside your event and avoid performance choking completely

Learn to create the Ideal Performance State using Neuro Linguistics Programming and "The Critical Three"

Get rid of limiting beliefs and the negative critic in your head once and for all

Achieve the champion mindset and gain the mental edge over your opponents or the situation on demand

Learn how to find the place from which peak performance springs forth

The lessons and techniques presented in this book are essential reading for anyone seeking more success and peak performance, whether it be on the playing field, in business, or life in general. Whatever your personal endeavor may be, whatever challenge you may be facing; these lessons will prepare you to move forward and to excel in a powerful way. Reach new levels of personal success and performance, as you learn, practice, and apply these powerful concepts and proven techniques.

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Research has shown conclusively that when you practice mentally - at the correct level of mind - you will gain almost as much benefit as when you practice physically.

When you combine physical and mental practice, your results are far greater.

Now the world's Number One mind training program will show you how.

Whether you are a pro, a weekend warrior, of a fitness fanatic, this book is for you.

You've seen athletes do it in all sports:

*Members of the Olympic bobsled team just before their run, eyes closed, their bodies swaying back and forth as they visualize the run

*Professional basketball players mimicking the free throw, picturing it mentally, before actually taking the ball and shooting it

*The pro golf champion on the tee visualizing his drive.

Research has shown conclusively that when you practice mentally - at the correct level of mind - you will gain almost as much benefit as you will when you practice physically. And when you combine both physical and mental practice, your results are far greater.

Silva graduates report they have been able to:

*Learn what they need to know, faster and easier.

*Train their bodies to perform better by visualizing at the correct level of mind

*Improve their intuition and anticipation so that they do the right thing at the right time more often, automatically

*Manage pain, and recover from injuries faster

*Program themselves for success

Play the mental game like the superstars do

Whether you are a beginner or a world champion, there are techniques in this book that you can use to develop your physical and mental skills.

Don't just sit and watch other people enjoying the rewards of success - get up and get involved.

Enjoy the benefits of better health, attractive appearance, the recognition for what you have accomplished, and the personal satisfaction of knowing that you achieved something worthwhile. Use the techniques to help you achieve your training and athletic goals, to get the body you want, and to live the healthy, successful life that you deserve.

National and World Champions featured in Jose Silva's Guide to Mental Training for Fitness and Sports:

*Find out how the practical aspects of the Silva Method enabled Vidheya, a young Italian girl, to become National Martial Arts Champion

*World Series MVP Bucky Dent tells how the Silva Method helped his career, and why he recommends it to his younger players

*Bruce Schneider details how he used Silva techniques to help him hit a home run in the bottom of the 9th inning that won the game and qualified his team for the slow pitch softball World Series

*Rafael "Paeng" Nepomuceno of the Philippines explains how the Silva techniques helped him win the World Cup of Bowling

*Internationally known sports psychologist Andrzej Wojcikiewicz explains how the Silva techniques helped the Canadian National Fencing Team improve dramatically and do better than expected in the Barcelona Olympics.

Young athletes benefit:

*Learn how the Silva techniques helped Natalie Lacuesta, an 11-year old Illinois girl and the youngest member of her team, achieve the Number One ranking in the United States in rhythmic gymnastics

*Discover the simple technique that basketball coach Hector Chacon used in his halftime talk that turned a group of athletes that experts considered losers, into winners

*Learn how Dana Sheets, who believed Jose Silva when he told her she could accomplish anything, used programming and physical practice to make her high school's varsity tennis team as a freshman

Older athletes feel young again:

*An Ohio man explains why the Silva System was invaluable in giving him the stamina to earn his black belt in karate at the age of 57

*Learn why a 79-year-old marathon runner praises the Silva techniques

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How would you like to discover a simple system that gives you unshakeable confidence every time you set foot on the course no matter where your handicap is? This powerful breakthrough guide will show you how to: - Turn body tension into effortless power - Hit the ball laser-straight - Be one with the ball - Turn golf stress into your biggest ally - Reverse engineer a hole-in-one - Stop comparing and start winning - Turn drive envy into winning wedges - And much more ... Finally feel at home playing the game you love.

Written by Dr Paul McCarthy (the first-ever resident Sport Psychologist at the home of golf - St Andrews Links) and leading golf consultant Dr Marc Jones, The Successful Golfer is designed to help address 50 of the most common faults that players experience; faults which hold you back. These include: hitting the self-destruct button when winning, nervousness on the first tee, lost confidence, failing to practise as you play, losing focus off poor drives, and many more. Each fault is remedied with a clear practical fix. You will learn to develop effective practice plans, build a dependable pre-shot routine, cope with the pressures of competitive golf, and deal with distractions.

In the second part of the book, lessons from 30 fascinating research studies on golf are presented to help keep you ahead of the field. They include research on putting, practice, choking, and overthinking. In the third and final part of the book, clear instructions are provided on developing a number of highly effective techniques that can be used across a wide variety of situations. These include: pre-shot routines, breathing exercises, goal setting, and how best to practice.

The Successful Golfer is a must-read addition to any golfer s bookshelf. Read it and fix those mental faults that stop you from playing your best golf.

Just some of what you will learn:

- Learn to play consistently on the golf course and win when it matters most

- Develop unshakeable confidence in all facets of your game

- Build a consistent pre-shot routine to concentrate effectively and manage distractions

- Boost your resilience and learn to cope with the demands of competitive golf

- Uncover the secrets of success from the world s best golfers "

This book provides a sociological perspective on fitness culture as developed in commercial gyms, investigating the cultural relevance of gyms in terms of the history of the commercialization of body discipline, the negotiation of gender identities and distinction dynamics within contemporary cultures of consumption.

From sex and drugs to violence, gambling, and wholesale conspiracies, scandals are everywhere in sports. Each of these problems is its own issue, and every case is separate, but taken as a whole this criminal pathology is indicative of a widespread problem with athletes and responsibility. In this wide-ranging and deep-seeking investigation, psychologist Stanley H. Teitelbaum asks why elite athletes take enormous risks with their lives and careers. Teitelbaum analyzes and diagnoses this culturally resonant set of problems with an honest, critical eye, looking at everything from baseball's steroid abusers to gambling scandals in the NBA to the steady stream of athletes arrested for domestic violence to the murder trials of O.J. Simpson and wrestler Chris Benoit. A concluding chapter holds sports commissioners and others to task for hiding behind a facade of ignorance and duplicitous na vete in attempting to cover up or defuse brewing scandals.

On August 25th, 2012, author Justin Toole got the opportunity to play all nine positions in one nine inning Minor League baseball game. This book tells the story of that game and each chapter talks about a different position he played that night. Within each chapter, you will find a different life lesson that he has learned while playing baseball. Nine positions in one nine inning game - nine life lessons he's learned through playing the game of baseball.

Every door has a hinge. If it doesn't, it's a wall. Have you ever noticed how the outcome of a close competition depends upon one play or moment? If we look closer, every season and career also possesses these crucial, pivotal moments. It only takes one. The Hinge is the one moment, event, or person that makes all the difference. It connects who we are with who we become. This is the importance of having Mental Toughness, will you be ready? In this cutting edge book, you'll learn: How a plane crash changed the music landscape forever in America. How a blade of grass caused the dominance of Korean golf. What Hall of Famers really believe. The most important mental skills and how to apply them. Why we should listen to our gut. To understand that "it only takes one."

There is a problem in our society whereby the ideal body is often obtained through unhealthy means. Currently, many who adhere to the rigid social norm of what is aesthetically acceptable diet, purge, or exercise to extremes to create the picture-perfect body. Exercise dependence is a growing phenomenon within the field of psychology, yet some who exercise to extremes are hailed as disciplined and celebrated as successful athletes. In Sickness and In Health defines exercise addiction as an attitude, a way of approaching exercise, and not a specific "type" of athlete, such as an Ironman athlete, a runner, etc. Instead, any number of athletes can be considered exercise addicts, whether they train for a 3-mile or 300-mile run.

The mental side of cricket is what separates the best players from the rest. Technical, tactical, and physical preparation are important for top class performances but it is often what happens inside a player's mind that is the difference between success and failure. The very best players and teams are confident, motivated, concentrate effectively, cope with pressure, and control their emotions. The Psychology of Cricket is the first book to provide expert and up-to-date advice into one of the most psychological sports around.

The book is appropriate for anyone involved in playing or coaching cricket, and for all levels. The Psychology of Cricket teaches individuals to develop mental toughness by using mental skills which can be used in both practice and match situations, and provides expert advice on understanding the important ingredients of successful teams and leaders.

- Train and develop your mind to perform more effectively and consistently.

- Learn how to deal more consistently and effectively with your emotions and pressure.

- Boost your confidence through recalling success, reflection, and smart thinking.

- Develop concentration routines to maximize your mental energy.

- Learn how the best players develop mental toughness

The Essential Guide to Achieving Exceptional Levels of Performance in Business, Sport and Life! The Inner Winner contains proven performance psychology tactics that you can use to enhance your performance in sport, business and life in general! No matter what level of performance you are currently operating at, these psychological tactics can enhance it further. You can, and will, get a boost from the most powerful performance enhancer of all - your mind. This book takes powerful performance tactics and makes them easy to understand and use. Inside you will learn how to: Get focused on what you want to achieve in your life; Motivate yourself to succeed; Develop supreme levels of confidence in yourself; Have more commitment and self discipline; Put yourself into any state of mind you desire - within seconds; Dramatically improve your concentration and focus; Cope with stress and tension; Relax easily and quickly; Use self-hypnosis to programme your mind for success. Ideal for the athlete, martial artist, business person or for anyone who wants to achieve more in their life. The Inner Winner gives you the essential information you need to achieve exceptional levels of performance in every area of your life.

YOU COULD BE RUINING YOUR CHILD'S SPORTS EXPERIENCE WITHOUT EVEN KNOWING IT. Every parent wants the best for their child when it comes to sports. However, today's youth sports culture is having a negative impact on Sports Parents with even the best of intentions for their child. In this life-changing book by Jeremy Boone you'll discover: - What happens when your child labels you as EMBARRASSING during their game? - The top 6 hazards that hurt sports family relationships - A simple game plan to give you complete confidence in parenting your best - How a LITTLE KNOWN SCIENCE can help you bring out the best in your child - The #1 Mindset that can change your family relationship forever In Parent Your Best, author Jeremy Boone goes beyond the traditional Sports Psychology approach to parenting and gives you a blueprint that shows you HOW to be the reason that your child succeeds in sport. Your child has a coach to teach them skills and strategies in their sport, and this book will serve as your own personal coach in your efforts to parent your best.

This book is comprised of seven chapters which center upon psychological skills training (PST) for various sports and athletes. The authors' past experience in working with sportsmen and sportswomen emphasizes the importance of psychological support for athletic performance enhancement and brings together a summary of their theoretical and practical knowledge on this subject. This book consists of twenty case studies which greatly facilitate the translation of psychological theory into everyday practice. (Imprint: Novinka)

This book provides a forum for discussion of topics that are relevant to the field of sport psychology. The subjects covered will include theory, research, and practice of sport psychology, as well as social issues related to the field of athletics. Topics discussed include a primer on the development of SEP in North American versus Europe; comparing the effects of different self-instructions on thought and content and tennis performance; technical fouls predict performance outcomes in the NBA; sports-related pain; moderators of the links between shyness and gold performance; and the athlete life quality scale.

Author Travis Paul, originally born in Linden, Guyana, takes us into the sometimes dangerous world of street fighting. This is a book of martial arts real life application. The author has developed his own martial arts after 28 years of not being able to afford martial arts school but having to survive the gauntlet of street thugs of the 1980s and 90s New York City/New Jersey area. It combines the spiritual principles of martial arts with the physical training.

The book takes us through all the strategies that were developed through the author's experience with fighting. It leaves the reader with a deep insight into the many strategies the writer used to escape dangerous life threatening situations and to defeat many opponents. Kabadaro is the name of the martial art focused mainly on strikes and it was developed in the alley ways. However, it shows the originator's reverence for the spiritual side of martial arts which is all too often ignored.

The writing is based on the author's theory that no matter how big or small, old or young, weak or strong that one can defend themselves. Perfect for those who are looking to develop their striking strength and cope with grappling. The writing also contains well laid out philosophy for day to day living and well being.

The origins of nearly all sports can be found in religious ceremonies. The Olympic Games and Sumo wrestling are clear examples of how civilizations, both ancient and modern, connect athletic performance and achievement to a higher spiritual plane - to an indescribable yet clearly recognized "something more."
"The Gift of Sports" will give readers an understanding of and appreciation for the religious dimensions of sports. The selections in the text demonstrate that the appeal and popularity of sports is based on viewing them, not just as business or entertainment, but as ceremony.
Topics covered in the book include:
- Religion as a gift exchange between different beings
- The sacred nature of sporting events and venues
- Sports as a vital force in youth and community development
- Fan devotion
- Mascots
- Sports and Money
- "The Creator s Game" of Lacrosse
- Racism and Sexism in sports
"The Gift of Sports" offers a unique perspective on two familiar topics by showing that in many respects, they are one and the same.
Philip P. Arnold is Associate Professor of Religion at Syracuse University in New York, which is located in Onondaga Nation Territory--the heartland of the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois). He has written on Aztec and Haudenosaunee traditions and advocates for Indigenous peoples and their traditions through the Indigenous Values Initiative. As a sports fan he enjoys watching games of all kinds, particularly those involving family and friends.

Attention Sport Parents You Really Can Have it All You can teach your child to succeed in every venture they ever attempt, and ensure they maximize their athletic potential, and create and maintain a long term loving relationship with your child, and have an absolute blast during your sport parenting years Break free from the belief that youth sport is about either "winning" or "fairness." The truth is, the youth sport experience is really about teaching "mastery," it's about individual and collective goal setting, it's about developing interpersonal skills (which are the #1 predictor of leadership effectiveness), it's about learning from mentors, it's about controlling what you can and letting the rest go, and it's about action....and not action once in a while...it's about action every day

If you have a son or daughter who is a young athlete, you already know, or will soon know, that you are engaged in one of the most wonderful experiences of parenthood. Being the parent of a young and developing athlete can bring unsurpassed joy and excitement. It also brings significant responsibility. As a youth sport parent you want your athlete (and hopefully other athletes, as well) to have the very best of the positive potential that sports can offer. It is no secret that youth sports can fall short of this promise. They can be a stressful, negative, or harmful experience if they are poorly planned, unwisely trained, or are void of positive parental awareness and involvement. But that is a topic and discussion for another time, and is addressed elsewhere. The good news is that such bad news can be avoided. Youth sport is a formative and experience-filled intense emotional and psychological engagement for both athletes and parents. In that emotion is much of the promise and problem, the essence and excess of youth sports' impact. It is the understanding, training and mastery of the psychology and emotion of sport that will, to a great degree, define the quality of the experience for you and your athlete. In addition to talent and skill, it is the emotional component that paves the road to excellence in development of performance and sustained success. This book will help you begin to understand the concepts and techniques that lead to effective psychological skills that can maximize motivation, performance and enjoyment of competition. This is a set of skills that is commonly called "mental toughness." While there is much more to mental toughness than can be described here, this book will help you to assess whether your young athlete's training is providing exposure to and development in effective and healthy aspects of mental toughness. It will also help you to promote and reinforce healthy aspects of mental toughness. We will discuss the vague concept called mental toughness, why it is needed, why it needs to be trained (and why it is often not), and how it can be trained. Youth sports are a complex undertaking - organizationally, financially, socially, emotionally and psychologically. We will focus on just one aspect, a crucial one to be sure, but just one aspect of the competitive youth sports experience. We will assume that other factors in the foundation for a healthy and successful youth sports experience are in place. We will assume that as youth sport parents you have assured, to the best of your ability, that your athlete has access to a program built on sportsmanship and competent developmentally-focused coaching. We will assume that as youth sports parents you value goals such as the unique opportunity to bond with your young athlete, to fill leisure time with a safe and productive activity, to develop health and fitness, to train talent and develop skills, and to promote personal and interpersonal development, discipline, and respect for effort and achievement in oneself and others. We will assume that absent are problematic parental motivations such as over-identification with your athlete in a vain and ill-fated search for glory, selfish over-investment in a quest for financial and/or social status returns or parental competition (not just keeping' up with the Jones, but beating' them). We will also assume that you want to give your young athlete every opportunity to maximize his or her potential. By attending to the psychological and emotional components of competition - mental toughness - you are giving your athlete the best opportunity to truly become the complete athlete. Parents, though often maligned in youth sports, are rarely thanked enough for their efforts and, indeed, the sacrifices they lovingly make for their young athletes. Let us thank you right now for caring enough to give your athlete the full set of equipment to achieve excellence in his or her sport and life.

Sports in modern-day America are no place for fun and games. Scholarship, all-conference, all-state, all-America, player of the year-there's serious stuff at stake here. Competition is a killer instinct that coaches and parents have instilled in young athletes almost from the time they're old enough to walk. The idea of competing while having fun sounds as if it will smother that killer instinct. So maybe no coaches or parents or players will dare pick up this book. But I hope some of them will read it, regardless. Because I love sports, absolutely, truly, and deeply. I love the real essence of competition, whatever the venue. I care tremendously about protecting the good that athletic competition can do. I know without a doubt that we have moved far away from the original, true spirit of sport, and we're moving farther away all the time. I have written this book to show the way back.-Kevin Touhey

Do you remember your last peak performance? Do you remember asking: how do I do this? How can I do it again? If you have asked this question, and want to know the answer, then this is the book you have been searching for.The Holy Grail of performance has many names: the zone, peaking, even flow. The elements of this experience are many, yet the formula is all too personal. It is something you have to figure out for yourself. "Finding Your Flow" will help you do just that.By understanding the principles and applying the practices of "Finding Your Flow," you will not only develop the awareness of peak performance principles, you will put them to work in any "Meaningful Life Arena" you choose.Through your peak performance journey, you will develop your own Personal Flow Formula and clarify the core strategies that will help you increase your performance and maximize your personal potential.