Secrets of Sports Psychology Revealed (eBook)

Proven Techniques to Elevate Your Performance

Rick Wolff (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2018
184 Seiten
Skyhorse Publishing (Verlag)
978-1-5107-1638-4 (ISBN)

Infos

You can really improve your game if you put your mind to it!

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The world of sports psychology and in the introduction of mental skills coaches has exploded into the athletic mainstream over the last few decades. Before then, the attitude regarding such training was extremely conservative and ';old school'the prevailing philosophy was that ';any athlete who needs to talk with a shrink needs to have their head examined.'Fortunately, with today's modern athletes, the dark ages of mental training in sports have gone away and times have changed for the better. But as with any growing industry, there are lots of new and untested pathways to one's mental performance training in practices and games. But depending on who you talk to, the advice that is given can vary widelyand sometimes, even be contradictory. The Secrets of Sports Psychology Revealed by Rick Wolff, one of the pioneers in the field of sports psychology, is based upon his many years of clinical, hands-on work with top professional and amateur athletes in a variety of sports. He provides real insight into what doesand doesn'twork. Specifically:Do pre-game visualization techniques really work?Is it OK to be superstitious, or are those rituals counterproductive?Does taking a deep breath or two in a tight situation really help?What's the best way to learn how to make adjustments in one's game?These direct questions, and many others, are presented and answered in this easy to use how-to guide aimed directly at athletes and coaches. The answers are right to the point and are based upon the author's observations and work over the years with top athletes.

Autor

Rick Wolff is a nationally-recognized expert in the field of sports psychology. Wolff, a former professional baseball player in the Detroit Tigers’ organization, also served as the roving sports psychology coach for the Cleveland Indians from 1989 to 1994 and has worked with numerous top professional and collegiate athletes. A direct protégé of the famed sports psychology coach Harvey Dorfman, Wolff can be heard every Sunday morning on WFAN Sports Radio in New York City where he discusses key sports parenting and sports psychology issues. An honors graduate of Harvard University as well as Long Island University, Wolff was a member of the Crimson baseball team that played in the College World Series in 1971. He was ultimately drafted and signed by the Tigers after his junior year. Always in demand from the national sports media, Wolff has appeared on all the major television networks to provide his insights on sports.He resides in Armonk, New York.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 16.1.2018
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport
• Themenwelt: Weitere Fachgebiete ► Sportwissenschaft
• Schlagworte: Adjustment • amateur sports • Athlete • athlete mentality • athlete supersitition • athletic • becoming a better athlete • books for athletes • books for coaches • books on mental training • books on psychology • books on sports • books on sports psychology • books on training • college sports • Competition • Competitive • deep breath • do the impossible • harvey dorfman • high school sports • hot hand • how to • how to achieve your goals • how to be a better athlete • human behavior • individual sports • in the zone • limitless • Mentality • mental skills • mental state of athletes • mental toughness • Mental Training • mental training for sports • Methodology • methods to improve sports performance • methods to improvesports performance • Mind-body • mind over body • Mindset • Olympic sports • peak sports performance • Physiology • pre-game visualization • professional sports • psych yourself up • pushing your limits • setting goals • sports mentality • sports psychologist • sports psychologists • Sports psychology • sports superstitions • Sports Training • Strength • strength of will • technique • tight situation • Train your brain • willpower • winning mentality
• ISBN-10: 1-5107-1638-6 / 1510716386
• ISBN-13: 978-1-5107-1638-4 / 9781510716384