Sports Psychology category: 506 books
by Giuseppe Righini
Language: Italian
Release Date: July 11, 2014
Language: Italian
Release Date: July 11, 2014
Il manuale ha lo scopo di fornire elementi indispensabili per la sopravvivenza acquatica agli addetti ai lavori (studenti di Scienze Motorie, istruttori di nuoto, assistenti bagnanti, ecc.) e soprattutto ai genitori, i quali sono i primi “maestri” per la vita futura dei bambini.
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by Fry Koskenin
Language: English
Release Date: June 9, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: June 9, 2014
Bar Pool is a book about gamesmanship, and its goal is to survey the many comical situations and fascinating subtleties that arise from playing pool in dingy dive bars. It focuses on the psychological tactics that are so successful in achieving victory within that dark arena, while hinting at their...
Playing Hurt
My Journey from Despair to Hope
Language: English
Release Date: August 8, 2017
For the first time ever, the popular late host of ESPN's The Sports Reporters and ABC's college football openly discusses a lifelong battle with depression.
During his three decades on ESPN and ABC, John Saunders became one of the nation's most respected and beloved sportscasters. In this moving,...
The Winning Mind
How to win in "the top two inches"
Language: English
Release Date: January 8, 2019
How to win in "the top two inches": An examination of/on "the last unexplored frontier", that is the human mind.
A look at the psychology of sport. From the basic amateur sportsperson to the professional sportsman or woman.
PART ONE
A basic introduction to the psychology...
The Little Book of Talent
52 Tips for Improving Your Skills
Language: English
Release Date: August 21, 2012
A manual for building a faster brain and a better you!
The Little Book of Talent is an easy-to-use handbook of scientifically proven, field-tested methods to improve skills—your skills, your kids’ skills, your organization’s skills—in sports, music, art, math, and business. The product...
Life is Not a Game of Perfect
Finding Your Real Talent and Making It Work for You
Language: English
Release Date: April 2, 1999
Most people think talent is genetically determined. Either you can sing or you can't. You get calculus or it's beyond you. You have what it takes to succeed -- or you don't.
The truth about human performance is far more encouraging, says Dr. Bob Rotella in Life Is Not a Game of Perfect. Dr. Rotella,...
Growing up Green
Living, Dying, and Dying Again as a Fan of the New York Jets
Language: English
Release Date: February 7, 2014
Andrew Goldstein delved into the world of football at age five and, through a mistake that is equal parts painful and wonderful, somehow ended up rooting for the New York Jets. Thirteen years later, he decided to write a book about it. The uplifting, disheartening, wonderful, awful, hilarious, and...
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Language: English
Release Date: January 17, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: January 17, 2013
The Routledge Handbook of Motor Control and Motor Learning is the first book to offer a comprehensive survey of neurophysiological, behavioural and biomechanical aspects of motor function. Adopting an integrative approach, it examines the full range of key topics in contemporary human movement studies,...
by Ralph Wright
Language: English
Release Date: November 28, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: November 28, 2011
Global Religion brings humor smack back into the center of sport. The sport 'pie,' that goes back way beyond Homer, has many ingredients. Fun, recreation, competition, exercise, teamwork, entertainment — all play various roles in various games. Recently work, money and politics have taken...
Game Changers
How a Team of Underdogs and Scientists Discovered What it Takes to Win
Language: English
Release Date: August 30, 2018
At the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, Great Britain ranked thirty-sixth in the medals table, finishing below countries like Algeria, Belgium and Kazakhstan. It was their worst ever record, a dismal performance labelled a national disgrace. But then something happened. In Sydney in 2000 and then Athens in...
by Luca Basso
Language: Italian
Release Date: February 18, 2015
Language: Italian
Release Date: February 18, 2015
Questa pubblicazione colma una enorme lacuna: i nuovi piloti che hanno desiderio di evolversi in sicurezza, in tempi accettabilmente ristretti e di arrivare a buoni livelli hanno uno strumento sul quale studiare, lavorare e applicare quanto suggerito adattandolo al loro personale fabbisogno ed alle...
Perceived Exertion Laboratory Manual
From Standard Practice to Contemporary Application
Language: English
Release Date: November 7, 2014
This manual provides laboratory-based learning experiences in perceptually and psychosocially linked exercise assessment, prescription, and programming. The primary pedagogic outcome is the ability to use applied theory and practice in perceptual and psychosocial exercise assessment...
Leisure, Health and Well-Being
A Holistic Approach
Language: English
Release Date: March 7, 2017
This book explores health and leisure as a holistic phenomenon with individual and social dimensions. Contributors to this edited volume explore the physical, mental, emotional, sexual and social aspects of health and leisure as well as the influence of moral and religious principles. The connections...
Crazy Is My Superpower
How I Triumphed by Breaking Bones, Breaking Hearts, and Breaking the Rules
Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2017
**The New York Times Bestseller
Recently retired WWE superstar AJ Mendez Brooks is a powerhouse—strong, quirky, and totally confident. But that wasn’t always the case. With humor and tremendous heart, she opens up for the first time about her harrowing struggle to understand her demons...