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Embracing Your PotentialEmbracing Your Potential by Terry Orlick
Buy new: £8.49 / Used from: £8.41
Useful for finding positive experiences, structure and purpose for sport and life in general. Easy to read with good suggestions.
In Pursuit of Excellence: How to Win in Sport and Life Through Mental TrainingIn Pursuit of Excellence: How to Win in Sport and Life Through Mental Training by Terry Orlick
Buy used from: £0.97
Useful for helping generate goals, remaining positive and learning from setbacks. Easy to read with good suggestions.
Successful CoachingSuccessful Coaching by Rainer Martens
Buy new: £23.62 / Used from: £19.15
A very useful, practical and concise book for coaches to help develop their awareness, skills and psychological understanding, allowing them to coach more successfully.
Competitive FireCompetitive Fire by Michael Clarkson
Buy new: £11.99 / Used from: £6.78
Emphasis on psyching up, becoming more motivated and focused, and less emphasis on finding peace, relaxation and harmony in sport and life.
Mastering Your Inner GameMastering Your Inner Game by David R. Kauss
Buy new: £12.99 / Used from: £6.55
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.
Flow in SportsFlow in Sports by Susan Jackson
Buy new: £12.99 / Used from: £5.40
If you've experienced being in a flow or zone state, you'll want to repeat it every time. It’s a time when performance appears automatic, effortless, enjoyable. Here are tips to experience it.
The 8 Traits of Champion Golfers: How to Develop the Mental Game of a ProThe 8 Traits of Champion Golfers: How to Develop the Mental Game of a Pro by Deborah Graham
Buy new: £8.09 / Used from: £4.02
Helps you compare your traits (e.g., abstract thinking, self-sufficiency) to those that the authors have found in successful golfers who’ve completed their test. Quite a lot of theory.
GolfGolf by Darren Clarke
Filled with accessible tips for improving your game. If you know what’s wrong with your game, you may well find a tip that will help.
Golf is Not a Game of PerfectGolf is Not a Game of Perfect by Robert J. Rotella
Buy new: £4.99 / Used from: £2.77
Useful book on how chasing a perfect round will almost certainly destroy your round. There are plenty of anecdotes and some and some examples of how players created a helpful mental approach.
Golf is a Game of ConfidenceGolf is a Game of Confidence by Bob Rotella
Buy new: £4.99 / Used from: £1.32
Useful books on how confidence and a positive approach is important in playing well. There are plenty of anecdotes and some examples of how players created a helpful mental approach.
Smart Tennis : How to Play and Win the Mental GameSmart Tennis : How to Play and Win the Mental Game by John F. Murray
Buy new: £12.59 / Used from: £5.75
This covers the main psychological techniques required for tennis. Useful for looking for weaknesses and if you want to develop your mental skills in general.