Sports Mental

Are you sick and tired of making a promise or decision to yourself that could potentially change your life, but struggle to follow through? Are you tired of having a complete lack of self-restraint and get easily distracted and side-tracked by temptations? Have you tried everything under the sun to improve your willpower and self-discipline but nothing seems to work out for you, or you simply run out of willpower before you can see results?

Nile Wilson has always been one of life's winners; a charismatic young man with an Olympic bronze medal in the Horizontal Bar at just 21 years old. But after a serious neck injury, forcing him to retire early and miss taking part in the Tokyo Olympics, Nile's world fell apart. Swamped with depression, anxiety and addictive behaviours, his mental health went over a cliff. Over the past few years, Nile has had to face down his demons and accept his new reality, and this is the book he wish he'd been given before it all began.

Many golf psychology guides offer mental strategies and techniques to cope with the apparent pressures of the game and to address how golfers feel on the golf course. This audiobook is different. It reveals the cause of the doubts and fears rather than trying to fix the symptoms.

Unlock your true fighting potential with the MMA Affirmations Workbook. This captivating audiobook is designed to transform your mindset and propel your MMA performance to unprecedented heights. Whether you're a professional fighter, a dedicated enthusiast, or a beginner stepping into the cage for the first time, these empowering affirmations will revolutionize the way you approach your training and competition.

Ever felt nerves jeopardize your performance? Lost focus in a game, or had a mental block at a critical moment? You're not alone. The secret to overcoming these moments? Mental Strength. Perfect for young athletes, parents, and coaches, this book is your ultimate guide to developing the mental toughness that sets champions apart.

In the high-pressure world of sports, female athletes often face a unique set of challenges. The expectations to be tough, competitive & to win, can conflict with the expectations to be feminine, flexible, and to conform to idealized body standards can be overwhelming. These pressures can impact performance, self-esteem, and well-being.

Mental training is a must for high performance both on the field and off. But simply hoping for mental toughness isn't going to build any mind muscles. You need a proven routine of daily exercises to get you where you want to go. 10-Minute Toughness is your personal coach for boosting brainpower and achieving a competitive edge in whatever game you play. With quickness and ease, you'll learn how to master your own mind and psych out your opponents using personalized techniques from one of America's most successful sport psychology consultants.

After 33 seasons managing in Major League Baseball, Tony La Russa thought he had seen it all - that is, until the 2011 Cardinals. Down ten and a half games with little more than a month to play, the Cardinals had long been ruled out as serious postseason contenders. Yet in the face of those steep odds, this team mounted one of the most dramatic and impressive comebacks in baseball history, making the playoffs on the night of the final game of the season and going on to win the World Series despite being down to their last strike - twice.

Tennis is more difficult mentally than most other sports. It feels more important than it is, has a diabolical scoring system, drawn out competitive matches are highly stressful, and losing can be very painful. During competition emotions get out of hand, fears and nerves are hard to control, and confidence comes and goes. This book attacks these and other issues faced by players of all levels. Dr. Allen Fox’s solutions are logical and straightforward and, most importantly, they have been tested on the court and they work.

Every strong relationship is rooted in good conversation, and that's true for your relationship with yourself, too. In How Am I Doing?, Dr. Corey Yeager guides you through a series of reflective questions to help you gain the self-compassion, personal awareness, and healing you seek. So let's check in: How are you doing?

Now in his sixties, big-wave surfer Joe Sharkey has passed his prime and is losing his “stoke.” The younger surfers around the breaks on the north shore of Oahu still idolize the Shark, but his sponsors are looking elsewhere. One night, while driving home from a bar after one too many, Joe accidentally kills a stranger near Waimea, a tragedy that sends his life out of control. As the repercussions of the accident spiral ever wider, Joe's devoted girlfriend, Olive, throws herself into uncovering the dead man’s identity and helping Joe find vitality and refuge in the waves again.

Looking to dominate the green? "DRIVE: Mental Toughness for Young Athletes—Mastering the Sports Psychology of Golf" is the game-changing guide you need. This transformative book equips young athletes with essential tools and strategies to conquer the mental challenges of golf and achieve unparalleled success. Inside, you'll embark on a journey to enhance your golf performance. Learn to cultivate a winning mindset, master unwavering focus and concentration, harness visualization techniques, set inspiring goals, develop effective pre-game rituals, and conquer performance anxiety.

On April 18, 1981, a ball game sprang eternal. What began as a modestly attended minor-league game between the Pawtucket Red Sox and the Rochester Red Wings became not only the longest ever played in baseball history, but something else entirely. The first pitch was thrown after dusk on Holy Saturday, and for the next eight hours the night seemed to suspend its participants between their collective pasts and futures, between their collective sorrows and joys....

Moneyball showed how statistics were revolutionizing baseball. The Sports Gene revealed the role genetics play in sports. Now, Head in the Game examines the next evolution: how mental engineering - the manipulation of the cognitive processes of the brain - can make gifted athletes even better.

In an introduction into sports psychology for athletes, Benjamin Bonetti provides you with deep and meaningful insights into your own mind, making it possible for you to effect massive shifts within yourself and follow a path toward ultimate strength, speed, agility, and athletic achievement. We all struggle, yes, but Mr. Bonetti, armed with a wealth of knowledge and a unique understanding of the athlete's mind, will minimize the struggle that you face and maximize the results that you are getting out of your training.

No matter how many times you’ve failed before, you can awaken into the person you want to become. It’s easier than you think. In this audiobook, I’ll lay out the exact steps to transform you into the assertive, successful champion you’re destined to be.

Your sporting performance is 100 percent driven by what goes on inside your head. Your thoughts affect your actions and can make or break you.... The level of sporting excellence is raised every time someone wins a race or game…so how can you succeed in an ever-tougher sporting world?

Want to become more mentally tough? This audiobook will teach you how. Whether you are an athlete, coach, parent, dancer, musician, or any other performer, this book gives you strategies you can start using today that will help enhance your performances and ultimately, your life. Focusing on the five cardinal skills of mental toughness as taught by Dr. Keith Henschen for over 40 years, you will learn the same techniques used by elite athletes and performers around the world.

Improve your practice and accelerate your progress! Whether you dream of becoming a UFC champ, writing a best-selling novel, or starting a million-dollar business, you know you need to practice your craft. After all, nobody starts out great. To get good at anything, you have to train. But are you getting the most from your training? You want to immerse yourself in your art, engage with it on a deep level, learn all you can, and master the required skills as quickly as possible. But even beyond that, you want to enjoy it.

Paris Fury is Tyson's rock, the wife he thanks for all his success. Both from Traveller families, she married him at 19 and is hands-on mother to their six children, as well as at his side through every fight. Always glamorous, strong, grounded and her own woman. When Tyson's struggles with depression, OCD and alcohol have threatened to overwhelm them, she has held them together and helped to see Tyson through to the greatest boxing victories. With all her warmth, humour and honesty, she tells her story.