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.

What if you could more consistently play your best? What if you could develop a better mindset to take advantage of all of the hard work you put in practice everyday? Imagine the kind of athlete you could be if you learned how to leverage your love for your sport and believe in yourself when it counts the most? The world's best athletes know what it takes to consistently be their best and now you can too with the help of Play Your Best. This uniquely designed interactive journal will guide you through a twelve step system to develop the mindset you need to more consistently play your best. After working through each of the twelve steps you will: -Learn why your self-identity is the single most important mental quality for athletes -Discover the TRUTH about what it takes to improve mental toughness -Learn how to master your self-confidence in any situation -Discover the 4 stages that EVERY athlete must go through in order to be your best -Learn the critical conversations you need to have to give yourself a competitive edge In Play Your Best author Jeremy Boone goes beyond the traditional Sports Psychology approach to improving your mental game and gives you a blueprint that shows you HOW to develop a winning athletic mindset based on Sports Axiology, the science of human value and decision making in sports. This journal is part of the 'Your Best' Series that also includes the books Coach Your Best, Parent Your Best, and the Swim Your Best Journal in an effort to help clubs, schools, and other organizations build winning cultures.

Winning mindset = winning outcomes

An Olympic hopeful faces the end of his worst season yet. For a year he's been in a slump, not hitting his numbers. His trainer suggests a meeting with Loren Fogelman. After a single session with Loren, he ends the season on a positive note, winning the event and setting a new season best record.

A golfer complains of erratic, inconsistent play. New equipment doesn't solve the problem the way he thinks it should. Following Loren's advice, he transforms nearly every aspect of his mental game-he slows down, focuses his mind and concentrates on one shot at a time. Distractions disappear. Dedicated focus lowers his handicap. He's voted the most improved player in his club.

A dressage equestrian takes a bad fall during competition. The injury shuts her down for a long time. When she finally does compete again, she holds back-self-blame and the fear of being hurt again claw at her confidence. Her horse senses her apprehension. But when Loren inspires her to create a powerful vision that aligns with her goals, she becomes a top performer in her category.

What these athletes have in common: They know their negativity is diverting their energy and hindering their performance. They succeed with Loren's insights and create the specific mindsets and visions necessary to attain their goals.

Focusing on what's do-able helps you win big

In The Winning Point, Loren Fogelman asserts that anyone can be a champion-high performance isn't the trademark of gifted athletes alone.

Today is the day to claim what's rightfully yours. You have a choice. Stop settling for less than what you want to offer the world. Focus on your vision. Boldly go

Your mindset colors everything you do, on and off the field. Mastering your thoughts and harnessing your energy for high performance is critical to success in every area of your life. Strategically tap into your highest potential and soar to the top.

Loren throws a spotlight on what most mental game strategies miss. Her strategy ensures high performance. Learn powerful-but-simple actions you can take to boost confidence, improve focus, and remain present at all times.

Loren pulls back the curtain on a little known practice that is quickly gaining momentum and transforming lives: Emotional Freedom Techniques. Learn why some exceptional athletes struggle, despite their best efforts, and how to escape the same trap. Discover how athletes, at all levels of play, quickly achieve significant performance gains.

In The Winning Point, you'll learn how to keep distractions from burning up the energy you need to perform at your best. Fierce focus is frequently the factor that separates winning from losing.

At its core, The Winning Point helps you transform breakdowns into breakthroughs so the path to success is straightforward and uncomplicated. Loren says, "Don't play to avoid losing. Stop struggling-enjoy your adventure again. Don't let your recurrent fears steal away your remarkable future. I can show you how to reach your highest potential by sharing the strategies champion athletes use. Focus on what's possible to reach the destiny you want."

Now is the time for the champion inside you to focus fully on mastering your mindset and achieving your breakthrough.

Loren Fogelman is the founder of Expert Sports Performance where she inspires athletes to step up and play a bigger game. Her trainings and videos show athletes how to master winning mindsets.

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.

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.

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

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.

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)

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.

For centuries, the game of golf has captivated everyone from the poor working class to the upper crust of society. There is something enigmatic about the game that sets it apart from all other sports. Rife with strict rules on etiquette, yet often played in solitude, golf truly tests the body, mind, and spirit.In this collection of 18 short stories, "The Guru of Golf" celebrates perhaps one of the most widely popular of athletic pursuits. Thomas Moore shows us how golf can be a perfect metaphor for life itself--endlessly mysterious, joyful, and fascinating; while at times frustrating, infuriating, and unbearable. From the tee to the green, Moore intertwines modern and classical tales that illustrate the challenges players face--both on and off the course.Humorous and insightful, "The Guru of Golf "captures the range of emotions associated with its players' ardent determination; searches for meaning behind quiet moments; and reveals the struggles that try our patience, as well as the victories that make the game--and life--worthwhile.

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.

After a successful career in sports, retirement can lead to confusion and a lack of identity for athletes. It doesn't have to be that way. Athletes have skills and talents that will help them build a new life but often need guidance. In Success Beyond Sport, 2000 Olympian Annette Huygens-Tholen, shares the story of her successful transition to the business world after reprenting Australia in Beach Volleyball for 15 years. Huygens-Tholen shares her 8 Winning Steps that will help professional athletes move into a new life after retirement, whether that retirement was due to injury, declining performance, or by choice. The book offers a fascinating look at the life of a high-level professional athlete as well as life lessons that apply to anyone interested in personal and professional development. Readers will learn how to use the skills lead to sporting success in the professional world, how to create goals that will motivate them as much as competition used to, how to see themselves as more than just their sporting history, and to create a plan for a new life that challenges and fulfills them. Forward by Chris Howard, International Lifestyle and Wealth Strategist and Best-selling Author "Success Beyond Sport is a must-read for any professional athlete who has put blood, sweat, and tears into his or her sport but must, at some point, retire and become a 'normal person." Simon Arkell, Two-Time Olympian "Extremely helpful in creating momentum and direction in the career search process." Erica Wheeler 1996 Olympian

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.

Sport psychology is the study of a person's behaviour in sport. It is also a specialisation within the brain psychology and kinesiology that seeks to understand psychological/mental factors that affect performance in sports, physical activity, and exercise and apply these to enhance individual and team performance. This book presents current research in the study of sport psychology including such topics as the social and environmental influences on athletic motivation; superstitious beliefs on athlete's cognitive and affective responses; socio-psychological risk among at-risk student athletes; and mental toughness in sports.

What are the raw ingredients of long-term success, and how are they best mixed together to achieve your business goals? This book tells you how. Steve Redgrave is uniquely placed to provide a crystal-clear look at what long-term success is and how you might achieve it. During his sporting career, which spans nearly a quarter of a century, Steve learned to face the challenges of redefining goals, learning new skills, fighting off renewed competition, making difficult choices and staying motivated. In ENDURING SUCCESS, Steve mixes his take on the nature of success with the key lessons of leading businesses, people and brands. The result is a fresh look at long-term success.

This book captures the contributions of world-wide experts, based upon earlier special editions of a peer reviewed sport psychology journal titled Athletic Insight. Most often sport psychology books either contain similar chapters across books pertaining to theoretical concepts or applied practices. On occasion, textbooks also contain a special topics section placed at the very end of the compendium with a few contributions regarded as a special topics issue. The present compilation is built entirely of special topics, where the focus is to forefront diverse perspectives through three distinct sections, each with contributions pertaining to research and practice. Section One is comprised of practical application. Within Section One the reader will find contributions pertaining to applied practice with Olympic and professional athletes based upon the first-hand experiences of elite practitioners from several continents. The intent through Section One is to propose strategies, reflecting several national perspectives that applied practitioners might employ as they enter the field or seek positions with elite sport organisations in the global sport community. Section Two reflects contributions about Cultural Sport Psychology (CSP). CSP is a burgeoning research and practice trajectory within sport and exercise psychology, launched formally through a special instalment of Athletic Insight. Most recently the International Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology, the peer reviewed journal for the International Society of Sport Psychology has also featured a devoted instalment to the topic (Autumn, 2009). Section Two provides the reader with the most current work on CSP written by several highly creditable researchers a the forefront of the trajectory. Section Three is devoted to the intersection of sport psychology and ethics. Within Section Three the authors provide their respective views on the topic, carrying from the role of student practitioners struggling with matters of ethic to consultants of high-risk Olympic and professional sport teams faced with the ethical implications they encounter when working in the field.

Mentality examines how 16 leading sports personalities in Britain made it to the top. What does it take to perform at the highest level? What can we learn from their experiences? With an enlightening collection of insights by Joe Sillett and summaries from Europe's leading Mind Coach Karl Morris, the book is described by The Daily Telegraph as a "must-read for sports fans and coaches alike." The full list of contributors is as follows: Ben Ainslie, John Amaechi, Geoffrey Boycott, Laura Davies, Sir Ranulph Fiennes, Andrew Flintoff, Dr Janet Gray, Alan Hansen, Damon Hill, Georgina Hulme, David James, AP McCoy, Scott Quinnell, Dennis Taylor, Phil "The Power" Taylor and Lee Westwood.

There has been considerable debate on sport psychology about the status and the function of cognition and action in sport. This debate is very relevant since there was a refinement of the different positions, and there were several attempts to integrate apparently contrasting perspectives. A main goal of this book is to put the links between cognition, perception and action into the discussion both oriented towards theory and practice, and thus, cast a new look on cognition and action in sport. The book is organised in three sections. Section I discusses the organisation of action attending to its dynamics and complexity. It shows how multiple levels of complexity are involved in performance and learning. Section II discusses not only what is knowledge, but also how athletes use it during performance. Section III presents different perspectives about judgement and decision-making as well as applications to training.

The MACH 4 Mental Training System Tennis Workbook was created to be a supplement to my book titled "MACH 4 Mental Training System A Handbook for Athletes, Coaches and Parents." By implementing MACH 4 during practice sessions, lessons, and matches, players and coaches will have the complete package. Ultimately, the mind is in control and will determine whether technique and physical training will all come together at the same time to produce the best results. The goal of this Workbook is to help players become more aware of their thoughts, emotions, and behaviors (physical feelings) so that they can consistently play their best.

This book is aimed at managing performance anxiety in tennis from a sports psychology perspective. Have you ever found yourself worried and tense about a game you were due to play? On court, have you ever felt your breathing becoming laboured, your legs heavy and butterflies in your stomach? Have you cursed your inability to play simple shots, either under your breath or out loud? In a match, do you ever miss shots that you make consistently in your coaching sessions or practice games? Do you double fault at crucial points?
For most of us, many of these descriptions will sound similar. Would you like to understand why you have experienced them? Would you like to do something to prevent them happening again in the future? If the answer to any of these questions is 'yes', then this book is for you.
This book is unique to the market. Whilst there are several books to help with the general mental side of the game, none focus specifically upon managing anxiety in order to help improve tennis when it matters most ? in a match.
The book is organised into two parts. Part one is theoretical. It explores the meaning of anxiety, how anxious thoughts and feelings can lead to behaviour which inhibits performance, how individuals differ in their propensity to feel anxious and how we respond differently to stressful situations, such as playing in front of an audience.
Part two focuses on specific psychological techniques to manage tennis anxiety. It is full of practical advice on matters such as deep breathing, relaxation, distraction, positive self-talk, visualisation, body language and coping with pressure. If you read this book and put into practice just one or two of itssuggestions, your game will improve; if you practice all of the suggestions, your game will improve further still.