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Psychology of champions : how to win at sports and life with the focus edge of super-athletes
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Psychology of champions : how to win at sports and life with the focus edge of super-athletes

Author: James J Barrell; David Ryback
Publisher: Westport, Conn. : Praeger Publishers, ©2008.
Edition/Format: Book : English
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Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: James J Barrell; David Ryback
ISBN: 9780313354366 0313354367
OCLC Number: 213133276
Description: xxxviii, 196 p. ; 25 cm.
Contents: What fuels our fires -- Big goals -- How challenges motivate the super-athlete -- Little goals : the aim in competition -- Results of process -- Comparing the goals of super-athletes with others -- Believing in yourself -- What the super-athletes say about confidence -- When confidence is lacking ... how to build it -- Putting confidence to work -- Being in the moment -- What super-athletes say about concentration -- Broad and narrow attention -- Inside that elusive "now-zone" -- Helpful rituals and visualizations -- Where it all comes together, under pressure -- How super-athletes deal with pressure -- Getting rid of your performance anxiety -- The focus edge formula for dealing with pressure -- Applying the focus edge mindset.
Responsibility: James J. Barrell and David Ryback ; foreword by Gordie Howe.

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