Don't Choke (eBook)

A Champion's Guide to Winning Under Pressure

Gary Player (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2015 | Second Edition
224 Seiten
Skyhorse Publishing (Verlag)
978-1-63450-030-2 (ISBN)

Infos

Gary Player is one of golfs greatest champions. As one of the Big Three of golfs golden era (with Jack Nicklaus and Arnold Palmer), he helped launch golf as a major international sport. He sits fourth on the list of most major victories on the PGA Tour, and he built a reputation of being fearless on the course and steely on the greens. Now in its second edition, revised and updated, Dont Choke is Players look at what it takes to achieve success when the pressure is on. Player explains how and why he became a champion and what it takes to win in big-time golf, but he also explains how learning to cope in high-pressure situations can help anyone.This book is not all about golf. Player has had a long, successful career in business since his playing daysdesigning golf courses, marketing golf equipment and sportswear, and more. If you want to do better in a boardroom or in your next job interview, Players advice will help. This glimpse into the mind of a champion offers lessons to everyone who faces pressure.Skyhorse Publishing, as well as our Sports Publishing imprint, is proud to publish a broad range of books for readers interested in sportsbooks about baseball, pro football, college football, pro and college basketball, hockey, or soccer, we have a book about your sport or your team.In addition to books on popular team sports, we also publish books for a wide variety of athletes and sports enthusiasts, including books on running, cycling, horseback riding, swimming, tennis, martial arts, golf, camping, hiking, aviation, boating, and so much more. While not every title we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller or a national bestseller, we are committed to publishing books on subjects that are sometimes overlooked by other publishers and to authors whose work might not otherwise find a home.

Autor

Gary Player is considered one of the greatest golfers of all time, having eighteen major wins. He is also considered the most accomplished international golfer of all time, winning 164 tournaments around the globe over five decades.Dr. Bob Rotella is consistently recognized as the world’s premier sports psychologist. He has dedicated his life to helping coaches, athletes, business leaders, and salespeople use their minds and emotions to take them to the top of their chosen professions. Rotella is the author of Golf Is Not a Game of Perfect, as well as several other top-selling books. Rotella is a columnist for Golf Digest magazine and a contributing editor for Sports Psychology Journal.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 10.3.2015
• Vorwort: Bob Rotella
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Beruf / Finanzen / Recht / Wirtschaft ► Bewerbung / Karriere
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie ► Lebenshilfe / Lebensführung
• Themenwelt: Sport ► Ballsport ► Golf
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte
• Schlagworte: Architecture • Arnold Palmer • avid golfer • basketball performing • books on directories • books on mental games books on nicklaus • books on negative thinkings • books on pars • books on partners • books on pga tours • books on professional athletes • books on success principles • books on under pressures • Breakfast • career success • Champions • Championships • choke • chokers • Coaches • Conscious mind • continued success • Directory • Effortless • Finance • golfers • golf game • golfing • greatness • greens • Habits • Handicap • highly successful people • how successful people • Jack Nicklaus • lebron james • Majors • Managing • mental approach • mental aspects • mental game • Mindset • national championship • negative thinking • Nicklaus • optimism • PARS • Partners • Pelz • PERFORM • PGA Tour • play golf • playing golf • positive thinking • professional athletes • putters • Putting Green • putts • Routine • Sport • sports psychologist • Sports psychology • Strokes • successful people • Success principles • Superstar • Swing • Swoboda • Textbook • under pressure • Visualisation • visualize yourself • William James • Yips
• ISBN-10: 1-63450-030-X / 163450030X
• ISBN-13: 978-1-63450-030-2 / 9781634500302