Sports Success

When we first meet the young man at the center of this extraordinary and moving story, he is one of 13 children by a mother addicted to crack; he does not know his real name, his father, his birthday, or any of the things a child might learn in school. And he has no serious experience playing organized football.

One of the most respected and successful athletes ever to grace a major-league pitcher's mound, Orel Hershiser had an approach to the game that put him in a class by himself. Now that he's retired, this Cy Young Award winner, MVP of division- and World Series-winning teams, and Sports Illustrated "Sportsman of the Year" looks back on the people, events, and decisions that most affected his life, on the field and off.

TennisWorldItalia presenta Concentrarsi sotto stress di Alberto Cei. Avvertire un senso di stabilità e di solidità prima di giocare una partita di tennis è fondamentale: talvolta i giocatori (a volte in modo del tutto inconsapevole) eseguono un respiro profondo, ma spesso non è altro che un tentativo mal riu-scito di riduzione dello stress. Anche quando lo eseguono bene la loro mente continua a essere preda di pensieri inutili e dannosi.

Here's a fact you just can't escape - you need huge reserves of mental toughness in just about every sphere of life to achieve personal and professional goals. This book will guide you through the notion of mental toughness for peak performance. You will learn more of what it takes to rise above adverse situations, unforeseen circumstances and challenges in pursuit of your ambitions.

Metti insieme uno dei volti più noti del telegiornalismo italiano, un filosofo francese di successo e il simbolo del tennis internazionale. Il risultato? L'audiolibro "I silenzi di Federer" di André Scala edito da Volume Audiobooks. Un saggio raffinato e illuminante su Roger Federer scritto da un filosofo e scrittore francese, acuto nell'analisi e nella sua capacità di valorizzare del campione svizzero persino la comunicazione non verbale e quella intra-personale.

The fourth volume of the Tracks directory gives information about career pathways in construction, land and sea work, sports, and fitness.

David L. Angeron maps the road to excellence with an in-depth look at performance psychology by way of the all-time greatest moments in sports history and relevant examples of contemporary athletes at the peak of their careers. David L. Angeron reveals the secrets of Olympians, MVPs, World Cup winners, record breakers, history makers, and sports legends in The X-Factor for Success, the definitive guide to upping your game.

An engaging blend of business and baseball that inspires and entertains, Small Ball Big Results is about the little things that add up to the big wins in baseball, business, and life. Leaders and team players alike will draw vital lessons from stories that transport you from the baseball field to the board room revealing what it takes to build an unbeatable culture. Emmy Award-winning sports broadcaster Joel Goldberg shares tales of perseverance, patience, grit, and gratitude from soldiers, executives, entrepreneurs, baseball players, and many more.

Often, to build ourselves up after a terrible physical or mental setback, we must start with our bodies. Gaining confidence in our physical selves can provide the space to find our inner resilient athlete. Saved by Sport shares the stories of ordinary individuals who have suffered significant traumas and discovered sport as the vehicle to heal their minds, bodies, and spirit.

In Path to Mastery Applications I cover three applications of the concepts already mentioned in the Enhancing Performance series. These will be mastering golf, accelerated learning, and achieving abundance or having an abundance mentality. Demonstrations will be presented for each skill. For each, I will demonstrate how hypnosis can be easily and quickly used. Once this technique is quickly mastered, you can apply it to just about any form of learning or skill mastery. Demonstration included.

Most books on teaching the martial arts, pertain primarily to one’s wallet. The Broken Rice Bowl is a book which appeals to one’s heart. It is not a quick fix to anything. Rather, it is the telling of a tale of one man, on the quest for making better human beings through individuals stories across time. In The Broken Rice Bowl, such stories focus on what makes for a less-than-worthy teacher, and how to avoid such pitfalls with common sense and technical know-how.

The Empty Cup provides listeners with the eight keys to developing a proper mind-set for success in their martial arts training. Presented in the form of parables, these life lessons are analyzed and explained in a way that is easy to understand.  Accompanied by real-life examples from the author’s 35 years of experience in the field, The Empty Cup is a must-listen for everyone who is serious about martial artists, regardless of rank, style, or lineage.

We all have mountains to conquer and in the process of climbing them, we find that we're really conquering ourselves. By stepping beyond my comfort zone to discover what I was made of, I learned some valuable lessons about habits, discipline, mindfulness, friendship, challenges, attitude, mindset, comfort, mental strength, and my perceived physical limitations. Listening to this audiobook, you’ll learn a lot about them as well!

What's Next? is a self-help book aimed primarily at college and professional athletes who have left their sport, or are preparing to leave, and seek guidance as to what they need to do next. Author Derrick Furlow, Jr., a former college and professional football player, has been in those shoes. Some things he has learned the hard way, parlaying challenging, even dire, circumstances into sources of innovative solutions; other points of action he has sought out and implemented on his own. Furlow now offers sound advice and encouragement to athletes in transition.

Discover your dreams and take them from inception to a flourishing finish. Whether you’re competing in an actual race or navigating the marathon of life, developing a strong mental game is vital for your success. In this inspiring audiobook, the author uses examples from her running experience and relating them to success principles that you can apply to any area of your life.

E.C. helps take care of the tennis courts at an old country club. He also plays tennis and teaches tennis in the parks. These are his reflections on his work, his life, and the game of tennis. And it includes ideas from talking with a wise old tennis player.

Todd Gerelds, author of the best-selling book and hit movie Woodlawn, believes the most meaningful life lessons he has learned have been on the playing field. The voice of his coach rings in his head when life gets tough or when his day becomes off-kilter. It just happens that his coach's voice is also his father's. His dad was Tandy "The Coach" Gerelds, the subject of Woodlawn and the man who led his team to victory in the racially charged atmosphere of 1970s Alabama. Here, Todd reflects on 52 of his dad's most formative "coachisms."

Want more energy? Getting Up! will help you generate extra energy to accomplish more in less time, reduce stress, and balance your career and lifestyle. This book is about getting up the energy to be ready, willing, and able to live the successful life you want.

In this "powerful and inspiring" true story, follow Joe Moglia's legendary career transition from head football coach at Coastal Carolina University to the CEO of TD Ameritrade, one of the country's most successful financial firms. By the time Joe was in his early 30s, he had risen through the high school and college football ranks to become the defensive coordinator at Dartmouth. His dream was very much within reach. Problem was, Joe wasn't making enough money to support his growing family.

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