Psyched to Win.
Paperback. By Robert M. Nideffer
Most sport psychology books promise to improve your performance, but they don’t provide the important link between mental skills and physical results. Psyched to Win shows you how focusing concentration, controlling muscle tension, and thinking positively under stress create real physical changes that enhance sport performance. Anyone can develop these skills; the psychological skills training program in Psyched to Win shows you how.
Leading sport psychologist Robert Nideffer presents important sport psychology concepts in an easy-to-read style that makes the book a valuable reference for athletes at all levels. You’ll learn how to reduce the frequency of critical performance errors and to speed your recovery from things that do affect your performance. And the book includes many examples to help you understand how to apply these new principles.
Nideffer also shows you how to build psychological skills training into your regular practice routine. You won’t waste valuable practice time, and you’ll prepare yourself to apply your mental skills in performance contexts.
Psyched to Win poses four simple questions that help you distinguish between psychological problems and technical problems--an important first step to improving performance. Once you know the source of the problem, you’ll be able to find an appropriate solution.
Nideffer then concentrates on the concept of "playing in the zone"--an altered state of consciousness where time is slowed and performance flows easily. He teaches you four keys to entering the zone at will:
• Developing faith--Learn to trust in your abilities, training, coaching, and teammates, even when you aren’t performing well.
• Improving concentration--Tune out distractions that you can’t control, such as crowd noise and the performance of others.
• Practicing centering techniques--Create feelings of being grounded, calm, relaxed, and receptive.
• Using self-hypnosis--Stay centered and in control over the changes that interfere with your coordination, timing, and power.
Psyched to Win includes self-hypnosis scripts that you can record onto a cassette tape. Listening to the tape helps you enter a hypnotic state and teaches you to become immersed in your competitive environment. A general script is included, as well as sport-specific scripts for tennis, baseball, running, and golf. There are also suggestions for adapting the scripts to your particular sport.
The book also includes a troubleshooter’s guide that helps you overcome typical problems as you develop your training program.
Use the experience of one of America’s premier sport psychologists to improve your performance--Psyched to Win tells you how!
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