Sports Psychology category: 506 books
by Luis Ruvalcaba
Language: English
Release Date: November 14, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: November 14, 2017
This book which is meant to inspire and motivate, will help you see many life lessons that a runner learns on the road, and how they translate to lessons on the road of life. Running, A runner battles fatigue, battles thirst, battles the elements, and most importantly battles themselves, this is life....
Breaking the Slump
How Great Players Survived Their Darkest Moments in Golf--and What You Can Learn from Them
Language: English
Release Date: October 6, 2009
In Breaking the Slump, NBC golf commentator Jimmy Roberts shares the “slump stories” of some of the greatest professional golfers of all time—from Arnold Palmer, Jack Nicklaus, and Tom Watson to Phil Michelson and Dottie Palmer—offering valuable tips and strategies to help any player overcome that inevitable stretch of absolutely wretched golf.
Rugby - The Afterlife
Former All Blacks tell their stories
Language: English
Release Date: April 12, 2018
Way back when there was a clear distinction between work and rugby, great names of the game spent their time working in an office or at a trade or out on the farm, all the while fitting in training and then playing at the weekends. That job/play distinction became hazier through the 80s and 90s until,...
Family
Life, Death and Football: A Year on the Frontline with a Proper Club
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2017
From the award-winning author of NO HUNGER IN PARADISE
Outside the global spotlight, footballers don't drive Aston Martins or pose for underwear ads. This is war. This is life. This is football.
Michael Calvin turned up for the first day of pre-season training at Millwall FC. 333 days...
What Doesn't Kill Us
How Freezing Water, Extreme Altitude, and Environmental Conditioning Will Renew Our Lost Evolutionary Strength
Language: English
Release Date: January 3, 2017
What Doesn't Kill Us, a New York Times bestseller, traces our evolutionary journey back to a time when survival depended on how well we adapted to the environment around us.
Our ancestors crossed deserts, mountains, and oceans without even a whisper of what anyone today might consider modern...
by Zach Davis
Language: English
Release Date: January 20, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: January 20, 2017
Thru-hiking the Pacific Crest Trail is 90% mental.Each year, thousands of backpackers take to the Pacific Crest Trail with the intention of successfully thru-hiking the 2,650-mile footpath that extends from Mexico to Canada. Despite months of research, thousands of dollars poured into their...
Martial Arts Training: A Mixed Martial Arts Handbook on the Best Martial Arts Styles & Self Defense Techniques
How to Defend Yourself - MMA Training Tips of Wing Chun, Hapkido, Muay Thai Training, Kung Fu Training, Tae Kwon Do, Judo and More
Language: English
Release Date: February 7, 2013
Martial Arts Training: A Mixed Martial Arts Handbook on the Best Martial Arts Styles & Self Defense Techniques
How to Defend Yourself - MMA Training Tips of Wing Chun, Hapkido, Muay Thai Training, Kung Fu Training, Tae Kwon Do, Judo and More
Anytime an individual...
The Confident Athlete
4 Easy Steps to Build and Maintain Confidence
Language: English
Release Date: January 11, 2018
Many athletes have roller coaster confidence. Their confidence is up when performing well and its down when performing poorly. Matheny gives 4 basic building blocks to ensure you start and end each performance with a tank full of confidence.
Coaches, athletes, teams and even parents will discover...
The Art of Captaincy
What Sport Teaches Us About Leadership
Language: English
Release Date: June 18, 2015
'The best book on captaincy, written by an expert' - Mike Atherton
Mike Brearley is one of the most successful cricket captains of all time, and, in 1981, he captained the England team to the momentous Ashes series victory against Australia.
In The Art of Captaincy, his study on leadership...
Mind Power
Secret Strategies for the Martial Arts (Achieving Power by Understanding the Inner Workings of the Mind)
Language: English
Release Date: August 30, 2011
Learn to harness your spiritual and mental energy to acquire the tools for survival and success in martial arts.
In Mind Power: Secret Strategies for the Martial Arts, Kazumi Tabata, Grandmaster in the Shotokan and Shorinji styles of Karate, offers his personal teachings as to how martial arts...
Your Short Game Solution
Mastering the Finesse Game from 120 Yards and In
Language: English
Release Date: March 3, 2015
Supported by state-of-the-art motion analysis research, "short game guru to the pros" James Sieckmann unveils his "finesse wedge" swing -- a proven and pragmatic way to learn, practice, and perform with each wedge in the bag in every situation -- and shows players that upgrading...
by John Norsworthy
Language: English
Release Date: August 18, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: August 18, 2011
About Good Golf is Easy
In this book John Norsworthy shows you how to:
• Make your swing and your overall golf game consistent and reliable.
• Rediscover and draw upon your innate skills of coordination, timing and feel you first learned as a child.
• Save shots on...
by Whipplesnaith
Language: English
Release Date: July 27, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: July 27, 2012
The Night Climbers of Cambridge was first published in October 1937 with a second edition rapidly following in November of the same year. Reprinted in 1952, the book has since been unavailable and has built up a cult following with copies of either edition becoming increasingly rare. Authored under...
by Geoff Miller
Language: English
Release Date: July 22, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: July 22, 2012
“Intangibles is filled with lessons and tools for helping baseball players in all stages of their development.”
—Fredi Gonzalez, Manager, Atlanta Braves
“Geoff Miller is insightful in explaining the mental aspect of baseball with real issues, simple terms and practical solutions.”
—Dave...