The Athlete's Mind Ebook

The Athlete's Mind

The Key to Being a Successful Athlete is Achieving Your "Ultimate Performance Zone" Every Time You are in Competition!

The Athlete's Mind shows you what you need to do in order to find this state of mind that gives you the advantage over other athletes! You are about to take the first step in being the best athlete you can be and reaching your full potential!

• Are you constantly losing to opponents who you know you should be beating?
  
• Do you suffer from the yips in golf?
  
• Are you ready to learn and master the one key ingredient to success that you have been lacking?
  
• Do you fall to pieces when you are in competition?
  
• Can you jump higher, lift more weight, are faster and more agile than you opponents but still lose?
  
• Are You Ready To Achieve Your Full Potential as an Athlete and Get the Results that You Have Been Training For?

What is The Athlete's Mind?

Then "The Athlete's Mind" addresses one of the most neglected aspects by athletes of all levels and that is to understand the power of the mind and why you will be able to achieve your "Ultimate Performance Zone" on a more consistent basis. You can spend countless hours on the practice court, practice greens or on the playing field but until you are able to learn how to achieve your "Ultimate Performance Zone' on a consistent basis you will always suffer from the very frustrating ups and downs in performance levels.

Why is it called "The Athlete's Mind?" Quite simply this book focuses on the specific needs of the athlete and is written by a former professional athlete and coach along with special comments from a Sports Psychologist. Forget about those theory driven and research based books that can only be read by experts in the field of psychology. This book has been written from an athlete's perspective and as a result the end product is one that provides the reader with an easy to read style and format that covers every aspect of being successful as an athlete.

My name is David Horne and as a former professional athlete I realised just how important it was to achieve the right state of mind every time I went into competition. This should be the goal of every athlete; however, over the last 15 years of training and coaching athletes i found that athletes devoted 90% of their time to working on preparing their body physically, as well as working on the technical and tactical aspects or their sport and very little time on getting their mind ready to perform at the highest levels.

As an Exercise Physiologist I was primarily responsible for designing the fitness and training programs for athletes. Don't get me wrong as this is an essential element in match preparation but i soon realised that there was no one else preparing the athletes mentally for competition.

By Reading this Book:

• You will learn how to become a more successful athlete and perform at a higher level on a more consistent basis.
  
• You will learn about all of the key elements that are required to be at your very best mentally.
  
• You will learn about how to deal with performance slumps.
  
• You will be motivated to achieve your own personal goals regardless of what they may be.
  
• Learn how to better deal with stressful situations.
  
• You will learn about the "Ultimate Performance Zone' that I have created which allows you to have a plan of action rather than wandering aimlessly without guidance.
  
• You will learn about the importance of imagery and why it is quite simple to implement into your daily routines.
  
• The power of positive self-talk will not only improve your success in the playing arena but also in every day life.
  
• You will learn about how negative issues in your own personal life can be affecting your success as an athlete.
  
• See why you must devote more time to the "mental" side of being an athlete.
  
• If you are a coach or are in a leadership position you will learn about what it takes to be a successful leader.

Table of Contents (includes just some of the topics discussed):

Chapter 1: Your Ultimate Performance Zone (UPZ)

Chapter 2: How to be successful as an athlete

Chapter 3: Goal setting

Chapter 4: Confidence and Dealing with slumps in performance

Chapter 5: Motivation and an athletes drive to succeed

Chapter 6: Determination and overcoming adversity

Chapter 7: Concentration

Chapter 8: Dealing with stress, anxiety and pressure

Chapter 9: Visualization / Imagery

Chapter 10: Mental Toughness

Chapter 11: Leadership and athlete recruiting strategies

Chapter 12: Dealing with a cheating opponent - Strategies

Chapter 13: Developing routines as an athlete

Chapter 14: Personal accountability as an athlete

Chapter 15: Ultimate Performance Zone - Model for success

Chapter 16: Your formula for success as an athlete - 10 steps to success!

Chapter 17: Words of Wisdom from the world's most successful people (quotes)

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