The Mental Athlete

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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 you
·further enhance mental strengths and address weaknesses through effective
self-assessments,
·increase confidence in personal abilities and avoid the fear of failure,
·heighten awareness of inner-thought processes and learn ways to improve them,
and
·be free of inhibitions to initiate action and to respond intuitively and
positively to challenges.
No matter what sport you play and at what level you play, you will find this practical, reader-friendly book useful because it not only lets you know what you need to do to improve your mental abilities, but it also shows you how to improve them. It contains exercises, tests, and worksheets that help you move through the steps of mental achievement.
In addition, The Mental Athlete contains the following features:
·Sections that cover specific sports and issues
·Sport-specific visualizations for football, soccer, volleyball, and many
other sports
·Information on issues such as team building; recovering from injuries; and
letting go of mistakes, losses, anger, and fear
Take full advantage of your physical skills by fully developing your mental skills—the aim of The Mental Athlete!

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Product Details:

Author:	Kay Porter
Paperback:	224 pages
Publisher:	Human Kinetics
Publication Date:	July 08, 2003
Language:	English
ISBN:	0736046542
Product Length:	8.94 inches
Product Width:	6.38 inches
Product Height:	0.56 inches
Product Weight:	0.81 pounds
Package Length:	8.9 inches
Package Width:	5.9 inches
Package Height:	0.6 inches
Package Weight:	0.8 pounds
Average Customer Rating:	based on 3 reviews

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Average Customer Review: 4.5

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44 of 44 found the following review helpful:

Mental Athlete is the most beneficial book I've ever read! Feb 24, 2006
By N. Tompkins "caledoniamist"
This is the best mental training book that I have ever found. In 1985 I was on the National Team for my sport, but I was not up to par for the other aspects of my sport. I found "The Mental Athlete" and it totally changed my athletic life. The book teaches you how to visualize, do relaxation exercise, run mental training programs, etc. Even though it is not specific to my sport, you can incorporate the techniques into any sport. It is an amazing book. It is not a boring, hard to understand technical book, it is written very well. This book took me from a good athlete to a National Champion (many times over). This book is worth it's weight in gold.

10 of 10 found the following review helpful:

Easy to read with step by step instruction Jan 25, 2009
By Jazz lover
I bought this book along with "The Mental Edge" for my college freshman daughter who is extremely busy with school and basketball. I wanted an easy step by step guide to help her with the demands and pressure of basketball. The author gives many examples of positive affirmations and actual scripts of visualizations, for specific sports, that are easy for someone who isn't used to self help type language to understand. There are good sections on an athlete's anger (which I consider frustration since it's anger at yourself) and fear (choking). The book isn't full of cheesy anecdotes. I considered this book far better than The Mental Edge.

One disappointment is the part on breathing. I can't even call it a section since it's basically a paragraph. If one isn't familiar with breathing techniques from yoga, martial arts, lamaze etc. than it isn't very clearly explained. A few diagrams and breathing execises should have been used since this is an important aspect of mental strength and is mentioned elsewhere in the book.

3 of 3 found the following review helpful:

Great for focus Aug 09, 2010
By Vicky Mello
I read this book while training to walk my first marathon. It gave me some great tips for preparing for the "Big Day". Kay provides some wonderful pointers to turn your mind from saying "I can't go on" to saying "I will finish this race". I used her ideas in my race and was successful. I would recommend this book for all athletes.

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