Sports Psychology category: 506 books
Intertwined. How to induce neuroplasticity.
A new approach to rehabilitating dystonias.
Language: English
Release Date: March 27, 2012
What do these have in common? A soprano who can’t sing from a printed score, a violoncellist who can’t keep from crying while playing, a woman who can walk backwards but not forwards, a man who can’t move his hands unless he’s playing the violin, a priest who can’t say the words “you”...
The Kevin Show
An Olympic Athlete’s Battle with Mental Illness
Language: English
Release Date: March 6, 2018
From the NYT bestselling author of The Monopolists, the "fascinating" (People) story of Olympian Kevin Hall and the syndrome that makes him believe he stars in a television show of his life.
Meet Kevin Hall: brother, son, husband, father, and Olympic sailor. Kevin has an Ivy League...
The Art of Fear
Why Conquering Fear Won't Work and What to Do Instead
Language: English
Release Date: June 13, 2017
A revolutionary guide to acknowledging fear and developing the tools we need to build a healthy relationship with this confusing emotion**—and use it as a positive force in our lives.**
We all feel fear. Yet we are often taught to ignore it, overcome it, push past it. But to what benefit? ...
by Joan Ryan
Language: English
Release Date: April 3, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: April 3, 2013
A sports reporter investigates the training of girls as professional gymnasts and figure skaters, arguing that the pressure to succeed and to look beautiful results in mental and physical harm, from eating disorders to psychological trauma.
How Not to Get Hit
The Art of Fighting Without Fighting
Language: English
Release Date: August 7, 2012
The average person isn't looking to be in a situation where fists are going to fly, but many of us have found ourselves there anyway. At that moment, it's probably too late to do anything about it. But how do we change circumstances, so those situations don't happen?
How Not to Get Hit is a...
by Dave Rineberg
Language: English
Release Date: August 17, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: August 17, 2015
The 100 Best Tennis Lessons, is a compilation of international tour coach Dave Rineberg’s actual on court lessons and information written in a coach-to-player voice. From junior prodigies to college All-Americans to the best players in the world, Dave has given a lesson to every level of player...
Riding on the Autism Spectrum
How Horses Open New Doors for Children with ASD: One Teacher's Experiences Using EAAT to Instill Confidence and Promote Independence
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2012
"An examination of autism, its characteristics, and how working with horses (equine-assisted activities and therapies) can help those with autism gain independence, confidence, and means of communication"--
by Robin Sacredfire
Language: English
Release Date: January 19, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: January 19, 2016
In Think and Focus Like a Star, the author shares his insights and thoughts related to success and the ability to achieve it every single time, whether it’s in painting, drawing, playing music, writing books, or most important, believing that you have the right to win and be famous when you’re...
Paediatric Biomechanics and Motor Control
Theory and Application
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2013
Paediatric Biomechanics and Motor Control brings together the very latest developmental research using biomechanical measurement and analysis techniques and is the first book to focus on biomechanical aspects of child development. The book is divided into four main sections – the biological changes...
The Fear Project
What Our Most Primal Emotion Taught Me About Survival, Success, Surfing . . . and Love
Language: English
Release Date: January 8, 2013
An epic adventure full of incredible characters, death-defying athletic achievement, and bleeding edge science, The Fear Project began with one question: how can we overcome our fears to reach our full potential?
Who among us has not been paralyzed by fear? In The Fear Project, award-winning...
Let the Tornado Come
A Memoir
Language: English
Release Date: June 24, 2014
Hailed as a “clear-eyed book written with poetry and compassion” by The Boston Globe, Let the Tornado Come is the “lyrical debut memoir” (Kirkus Reviews) of a runaway child, the woman she became, and the horse that set her free.
When Rita Zoey Chin was eleven years old, she began running...
Off the Deep End
A History of Madness at Sea
Language: English
Release Date: September 21, 2017
Confined in a small space for months on end, subject to ship's discipline and living on limited food supplies, many sailors of old lost their minds – and no wonder. Many still do.
The result in some instances was bloodthirsty mutinies, such as the whaleboat Sharon whose captain was butchered...
by Pat Jordan
Language: English
Release Date: April 3, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: April 3, 2014
On his way to writing the classic A FALSE SPRING, Pat Jordan wrote a series of essays for Sports Illustrated that was anthologized in THE SUITORS OF SPRING, a fascinating collection of character studies of pitchers great and not-so-great, along with a scout, a career minor league catcher, and legendary...
by Kwok Ng
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2012
"Sitting volleyball is a dynamic, exciting, fast and high spirited sport. It is a peaceful game that can be enjoyed by all. When played at the highest level, only people with physical disabilities are allowed. Coaches coming from a volleyball background will find they need to take into consideration...