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Sports Psychology eBooks

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  • Why Michael Couldn't Hit, and Other Tales of the Neurology of Sports

    And Other Tales of the Neurology of Sports

    The author who told us why Toscanini fumbled and why Newton raved takes us on a tour of the great brains of great athletes in --baseball players and basketball players, track stars and golfers--to show how both accomplishment and tragedy may be the result of some unusual neurons.In Why Michael Couldn't Hit, Dr. Harold L. Klawans joins his two lifelong passions for neurological discovery and sports ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • Mind Over Golf

    How to Use Your Head to Lower Your Score

    Whether you struggle to break 100 or consistently break par, you've already discovered that golf is the most mentally demanding of all sports. Dr. Richard Coop, one of the foremost sports psychologists in the country, has developed a unique mental approach to the game, helping both skilled pros and beginning amateurs alike to play better. Mind Over Golf examines all the demanding psychological ... Read more

    $10.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Wooden: A Lifetime of Observations and Reflections On and Off the Court

    by John Wooden ...
    NATIONAL BESTSELLER"I am just a common man who is true to his beliefs."--John WoodenEvoking days gone by when coaches were respected as much for their off-court performances as for their success on the court, Wooden presents the timeless wisdom of legendary basketball coach John Wooden.In honest and telling passages about virtually every aspect of life, Coach shares his personal philosophy on ... Read more

    $15.99 USD

  • The Making of High Performance Athletes

    Discipline, Diversity, and Ethics

    by Debra Shogan ...
    Series series Heritage
    Highly skilled athletes are produced by technologies of training which seek to create the athlete as a singular identity. Yet the disciplinary model of modern sport is consistently disrupted by the diversity and hybridity of the participants. Using Foucault's work on disciplinary power as a theoretical framework, Debra Shogan, an academic in sports ethics and a coach of high performance athletes, ... Read more

    $29.99 USD

  • Exploring the Zone

    The Mysterious Phenomenon of Spontaneous Excellence

    It has been referred to as the mysterious phenomenon of spontaneous excellence. It has been applauded as the model for achievement in everything from athletics to child rearing, and it relates to every aspect of our lives, from the food we eat to the art and music we surround ourselves with."Being 'in the zone' has been popularized greatly by the sports media, and, as so often happens with buzz ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Complete Idiot's Guide to Football, 2nd Edition

    The Complete Idiot's Guide® to Understanding Football, Second Edition, provides new and intermediate football fans with all the information they need to understand and enjoy football. From high school to the NFL, coverage includes the basics of offense and defense, players, rules, strategies and even what to wear! New coverage for this edition includes: the draft—how it works for teams and players ... Read more

    $10.99 USD

  • Mind Gym : An Athlete's Guide to Inner Excellence: An Athlete's Guide to Inner Excellence

    An Athlete's Guide to Inner Excellence

    Drawing on his work with some of the top teams in professional sports, noted sport psychology consultant Gary Mack shares with you the same techniques and exercises he uses to help elite athletes build mental "muscle." These 40 accessible lessons and inspirational anecdotes will help you gain the "head edge" over the competition. ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Education, Sport and Leisure

    Connections and Controversies

    presents topical and trenchant thinking on cultural and curricular issues in education, sport, and leisure. It underlines the need for critical evaluations of the changing role of the teacher and of the development of a revised physical education curriculum, among other topics. ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Think Like Tiger

    It may be true that no athlete is bigger than the game, but one thing is certain: Tiger Woods is golf*.* From dominating the junior ranks in his boyhood, to becoming the first player in history to hold four major championship trophies at once—the Masters, U.S. Open, British Open, and PGA—it has been his mental game that fuels his fire.For the first time ever, John Andrisani explores the mind and ... Read more

    $10.99 USD

  • The Mental Athlete

    by Kay M. Porter ...
    Improved mental ability means improved sports performance. Athletes who excel do so not just because of their physical abilities but because of their mental awareness, preparation, and skills as well. The Mental Athlete will help improve your overall performance by providing the tools, guidance, and practical insight you need to sharpen your mental skills. This conditioning manual for the mind ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • Catch Them Being Good

    Everything You Need to Know to Successfully Coach Girls

    This guide to coaching female athletes of all ages shows how to build a team and provides invaluable advice on the differences between coaching males and females. The authors include exercises that foster teamwork and develop essential skills. They also answer parents' most common questions, such as how to tell if the coach is doing a good job and what to do if a child wants to quit. Filled with ... Read more

    $12.99 USD $10.99 USD

  • Rammer Jammer Yellow Hammer

    A Journey into the Heart of Fan Mania

    "Fresh and funny… St. John has crafter a winner.” —Tony Horwitz, author of Confederates in the AtticIn the life of every sports fan, there comes a moment of reckoning. It may happen when your team wins on a last-second field goal and you suddenly find yourself clenched in a loving embrace with a large hairy man you’ve never met. . . . Or in the long, hormonally depleted days after a loss, when you ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • Critical Moments During Competition

    A Mind-Body Model of Sport Performance When It Counts the Most

    This book presents first-time research findings and new empirically based perspectives and applications in sport psychology.Highly provocative data derived from the largest single study ever on athletes is used to advance an original model of peak performance centering on a clearly emerging athlete's profile. Central to the book is the Theory of Critical Moments, which proposes that mental factors ... Read more

    $56.99 USD

  • Culture, Sport and Physical Activity

    Culture, Sport, and Physical Activity focuses on the influences of culture and society on human movement, such as sport, physical activity, and fitness. The text introduces and analyses current issues of importance for those concerned with human movement and culture, whether it is in the context of teaching physical education, coordinating / marketing sport and recreational programs, coaching or ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • The Winner's Mind

    A Competitor's Guide to Sports and Business Success

    by Allen Fox ...
    Acknowledging the conventional wisdom that "winning isn't everything," this guide takes the position that winning is still eminently preferable to losing and lays out a step-by-step plan for succeeding at any of life's endeavors. In addition to sharing his personal experiences as a world-class tennis player and successful businessman, Allen Fox unveils the secrets of champions and reveals how ... Read more

    $14.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Saving Par

    How to Hit the 40 Toughest Shots in Golf

    by Todd Sones ...
    Drop strokes from your golf game with these proven techniques for confronting and solving tricky lies, deep rough, sand bunkers, and other devilishly challenging shots that can make the bogeys mount.What are your options when you encounter a fluffy lie in the rough near the green? How do you execute a super lob to a tight pin on an elevated green? What should you do when you're facing the perils ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • Fearless Golf

    Conquering the Mental Game

    A detailed plan for conquering the FEAR that sabotages swings and ruins psyches, from the pioneering psychologist whose techniques have benefited Davis Love III, Justin Leonard, and numerous other world-class golfers.As Jack Nicklaus once observed, fear is the golfer’s greatest enemy, inspiring Tiger Woods to "refuse" to give in to this debilitating emotion. It can turn professionals into jelly ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • The Last Pick

    The Boston Marathon Race Director's Road to Success

    "If you can dream it, it can happen."In this heartening book, Boston Marathon race director and motivational speaker David McGillivray shares the challenges he has overcome to inspire readers to similar triumphs in their own lives.Always the last pick for team sports because of his small stature, David McGillivray drove himself to excel at individual sports. Whe he was 16, he set himself up for ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • Paper Tiger

    An Obsessed Golfer's Quest to Play with the Pros

    by Tom Coyne ...
    "Think country-club clinic meets Navy Seals training. I will pay any price, bear any burden, leave my home to follow the seasons, build my own swing studio in the basement, construct a practice green in my backyard. . . . Everything the big boys have access to, I want double." Like most amateur golfers, Tom Coyne had often wondered whether the pros won because they were more talented or because ... Read more

    $11.99 USD $5.99 USD

  • Acquiring Skill in Sport: An Introduction

    Series series Student Sport Studies
    This user-friendly, accessible text will enable new students to understand the basic concepts of sport skills acquisition. Each chapter covers important theoretical background and shows how this theory can be applied through practical examples from the world of sport. The book also examines the ways in which skills can be developed most effectively and addresses issues such as:characteristics and ... Read more

    $62.99 USD

  • Why Alligators Make Good Golfers

    A Guide to Thick Skin and Mental Toughness

    The fundamentals are a golfer's most important skills. They are the building blocks of success. While many books address the fundamentals of the physical side of golf, the one-of-a-kind Why Alligators Make Good Golfers: A Guide to Thick Skin and Mental Toughness identifies and gives instruction on the fundamentals of the mental side.On the golf course, mental skills are just as vital as physical ... Read more

    $3.99 USD

  • Extraordinary Putting

    Transforming the Whole Game

    The co-author of the classic Extraordinary Golf offers an innovative approach to improving the overall game by focusing on putting, which accounts for more than one third of the strokes in a typical round. Not just a tips-and-techniques book, Extraordinary Putting features a series of illustrated exercises that will help golfers:- Develop the inner freedom to trust themselves and recognize self ... Read more

    $8.99 USD $7.99 USD

  • The Psychology of Baseball

    Inside the Mental Game of the Major League Player

    by Mike Stadler ...
    Get inside the minds of the stars of the diamond in this extraordinary tour of brain power, psyche, and sheer will.Yogi Berra once said, "Baseball is 90 percent mental. The other half is physical." Even so, the Yankee great may have underestimated the brain power professional baseball players routinely draw on to perform such astounding feats of athleticism as hitting 98-mph fastballs and diving ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • Zen Putting

    Mastering the Mental Game on the Greens

    by Joseph Parent ...
    The bestselling author of Zen Golf (more than 100,000 copies sold) presents a new book of profound wisdom and proven techniques for achieving the confidence in putting that all golfers know is the key to peak performance on the greens.Blending Buddhist wisdom, modern psychology, and practical golf instruction, Dr. Joe Parents 2002 book Zen Golf broke out to become the top instructional book in ... Read more

    $15.99 USD