Book Description

Develop your mental skills and take your performance to new levels without sacrificing your enjoyment of your sport. What happens when sports psychology and positive psychology collide? A paradigm shift to a world where mental skills training facilitates flow and optimal performance in sport, and where sport is the vehicle to enabling greater fulfilment and wellbeing in life. Derek N. Tate provides a brilliant practical program that can be used by athletes and coaches to train and improve mental skills and to maintain mental fitness. This book is ideal for anyone who wants to perform at their best in sport and in their wider lives. Any athlete who is serious about maximising their performance will find this book invaluable and coaches will be able to expand their coaching toolbox giving them the confidence to help their athletes develop this crucial part of their game. In Six Steps for Training the Mind you will learn: How to develop a winning attitude The importance of instructional and motivational self-talk To use controlled breathing as a foundation for meditation, mindfulness, and relaxation A range imagery and mental rehearsal skills How to structure your pre-performance routines To use your mental skills to find flow and unlock your best performance This book contains 20 practical activities that you can easily incorporate into your overall training to compliment your technical, tactical, and physical development. Underpinning this book, and program, is the importance of mental health and long-term wellbeing which has never been more important in today’s world with all the challenges that are ever present. "Derek Tate’s considerable lived experience, honest reflections and extensive research has resulted in another practical book for anyone pursuing their own optimum performance or supporting others to achieve theirs. This will be well used in my house and my workplace". - Kelly Bishop (MSc Applied Positive Psychology) If you want to perform at your best, enjoy your sport to the full and look after your mental health click the ‘buy now’ button.