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"...offers answers from sporting leaders to help us mere mortals make a go of things in all walks..." (Lads Mag)
“…fresh insights…” (Director, September 04)
“…4 stars…a cracking read…” (Business Life, September 04)
“…reinforces the power of the mind and leaves you in no doubt that sports psychology is worth looking into further.” (British Runner, October 2004)
“...identifies the attitudes and approaches that enable sporting stars to reach their peak, and applies them to the corporate world…” (Human Resources, October 04)
“…will delight sports fans and those who get turned on by all that locker–room talk of “pressure” and performance” (Accounting and Business, October 2004)
“both writers have lots of experience of these mental disciplines and the sporting contributions are all household names.” (City to Cities, November/ December 2004)
"...offers answers from sporting leaders to help us mere mortals make a go of things in all walks..." (Lads Mag)
“…fresh insights…” (Director, September 04)
“…4 stars…a cracking read…” (Business Life, September 04)
“…reinforces the power of the mind and leaves you in no doubt that sports psychology is worth looking into further.” (British Runner, October 2004)
“...identifies the attitudes and approaches that enable sporting stars to reach their peak, and applies them to the corporate world…” (Human Resources, October 04)
“…will delight sports fans and those who get turned on by all that locker–room talk of “pressure” and performance” (Accounting and Business, October 2004)
“both writers have lots of experience of these mental disciplines and the sporting contributions are all household names.” (City to Cities, November/ December 2004)
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British Runner, October 2004
"...reinforces the power of the mind and leaves you in no doubt that sports psychology is worth looking into further."
--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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12 of 14 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Sadly this book isn't what at all what I expected, and overall it's very disappointing. It seems to be more of an advert for a certain mental conditioning company, which is mentioned on just about every other page and at one stage is called by different names. There are several interview extracts with famous sportsmen and women, sadly not too many from the very elite top end (Michael Jordan, Roger Federer, Pete Sampras, Michael Schumacher etc) and far too much repetition of facts, names and stories. It's also poorly written in places and badly structured throughout, but the worst thing was it taught me nothing I didn't already know.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
For readers of sports books this one will become frustrating and cause you to skip pages at a time. Sitting uncomfortably between a self-help book and a performance analysis book this fails to deliver on either front. Blindingly obvious statements are drawn out in minute detail in each chapter and then are covered again in summaries at the end of each chapter. The 'learning' points are so basic as to insult anyone motivated enough to try to find books to help them and the summaries are merely text copied and pasted from the chapters without any additional value added.
If you are inspired by Clive Woodward's performance in the real world then read his book "Winning". This one will certainly not give you any insight into his thoughts.
If you are a student of sports looking for helpful hints for mental performance then read "The inner game of golf".
As a student of sporting performance paying money to buy a book that tells me, "practise is important" or "remaining focussed is key" without giving me any information to back these up or hints as to how to do it is incredibly annoying. Invest your money elsewhere and good luck in your sporting endeavours.
If you are inspired by Clive Woodward's performance in the real world then read his book "Winning". This one will certainly not give you any insight into his thoughts.
If you are a student of sports looking for helpful hints for mental performance then read "The inner game of golf".
As a student of sporting performance paying money to buy a book that tells me, "practise is important" or "remaining focussed is key" without giving me any information to back these up or hints as to how to do it is incredibly annoying. Invest your money elsewhere and good luck in your sporting endeavours.
5 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This book is full of tips that you can adapt to your normal life, a good example is Alan Shearer's way of blocking out a missed goal by blowing air through his lip and visualing blowing away the memory to ensure he does not dwell on it.
Lots of inspiring comment and anecdote allow readers who don't have access to motivating speeches by these sportspeople to catch up and be enthused by great sporting heroes
Lots of inspiring comment and anecdote allow readers who don't have access to motivating speeches by these sportspeople to catch up and be enthused by great sporting heroes
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Without doubt one of the best books on the mental aspect of sport i have ever read. This book is as good as if not just better than "Football For Life" By Simon Cooper as the best... Read more
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