Product Description

Even the most physically gifted athletes struggles in competition when they lose control over their thoughts and emotions. This book arms athletes with the tools they need to understand, manage, and maximise their mental and emotional forces - factors that often determine who's an all-star and who's an "also-ran". Kauss looks at how athletic performance fits into each client-athlete's lie experience. His "total athlete" system takes into account each athlete's internal strengths and weaknesses instead of applying a predefined set of mental training exercises. The author presents five case studies illustrating real challenges faced by real athletes. He helps readers identify the people and events in their lives that have either contributed to their success or in some way undermined their sport performance. Once they have pin-pointed these underlying factor, he teaches the athletes how to develop individualised mental training packages that will help them perform their best no matter how difficult the challenge. By analyzing and then rechanneling these forces in positive ways, athletes are better able to reach their potential.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #326192 in Books
• Published on: 2000-10-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 280 pages

Customer Reviews

Going deeper into what makes you tick
This book takes a different approach to helping you become a better athlete. The book gets you to dig a bit deeper than other general sport psychology books. It focuses on helping you identify those people, experiences and daydreams that have given you drive and helped you excel - e.g., bouncing back from being bullied, motivated to show your coach that you have talent. Then it helps you use these experiences to further motivate and drive you on.