Sports Performance

Saviez-vous qu’un simple changement d’état d’esprit pourrait vous permettre de booster vos performances ? Une minorité de sportifs ont adopté cet état d’esprit et c’est ce qui leur permet d’être là où ils en sont aujourd’hui. C’est entre autres le cas de Novak Djokovic, Kylian Mbappé ou encore Victor Wembanyama. Imaginez-vous aller à votre compétition en étant confiant quant à vos capacités à performer. Faire un carton plein. Puis rentrer chez vous avec fierté et satisfaction.

Not just another book about how to play pickleball, Pickleball Mindset dives deep into how to think on the court. Coauthored by Dayne Gingrich, top senior professional pickleball player and renowned mental performance coach, and Jill Martin, an attorney turned personal trainer and pickleball fanatic, this book follows their year-long coaching relationship in which Jill seeks to become mentally dominant on and off the court.

Despite the game of basketball frequently evolving, many coaching and organisational approaches have remained unchanged across the last several decades. Coaching practices within the basketball world are often based upon entrenched traditions, social norms and the way things have always been done. The potential to optimise basketball performance and access large competitive advantages through an evidence-based approach have not been harnessed. Until now.

Did you know there is an area of your brain known as the "Lizard Brain" that thinks only about the immediate moment and your means of survival? Yes, in certain circumstances, your "Rational Brain" can effectively "shut down" and you are at the mercy of a reptile... dry-mouthed, sweating, queasy, unable to think clearly - even though you know better. When does the Lizard Brain run the show? It can happen in any number of unfamiliar, uncomfortable, challenging, or "stressful" riding situations. But here's the thing: with the right kind of training, you can learn to manage the reptile within.

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER In “one of the most important athlete memoirs of its generation” (Kate Fagan, #1 New York Times bestselling author), Olympian Kara Goucher reveals her experience of living through and speaking out about one of the biggest scandals in running. Kara Goucher...

Twenty-six point two miles isn’t enough anymore. Obstacle course racing, which combines the endurance challenges of a marathon with the mind-bending rigors of overcoming obstacles along the way, is taking the world by storm. At the center of this phenomenon is Joe De Sena, the driving force behind the enormously popular Spartan Race. De Sena offers a simple philosophy: commit to a goal, put in the work, and get it done.

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER The Washington Post sportswriter and New York Times bestselling author of the “fascinating” (The Wall Street Journal) The Real All Americans presents a love letter to the extraordinary coaches and athletes she has covered over the years and the actionable principles...

Famous three-time Grand Slam winner Arthur Ashe pointed out that many in sports fall victim to “paralysis by analysis”. Athletes on any level can experience the pain of overthinking and sabotaging their performance. Blame many traditional methods of teaching and training. How can we train smarter, not harder? If only our body and mind could perform in a way that’s more natural and instinctive. The best athletes have this quality, but many feel it is simply unattainable for them. I assure you it is not.

Don't wait to revolutionize your coaching! Your journey to becoming a master of sports analytics starts with the first step. Sports Analytics Breakthrough! is your roadmap to a coaching future where technological insight and human wisdom work in perfect harmony. Begin your transformation into a tech-savvy, deeply empathetic sports leader today!

As a therapist, physician, and mental coach, Dr. Michael Lardon has dedicated his career to helping athletes understand and better achieve peak performance. In Finding Your Zone, he shares with listeners what he's discovered about reaching the state in which "thoughts and actions are occurring in complete synchronicity" and how this state is accessible to all, not just the few. In 10 key lessons - illustrated by personal anecdotes from his clients - Lardon teaches listeners how to access the zone not only in sports but in all aspects of their lives.

Apprenez à développer votre force mentale pour améliorer vos performances sportives. Vous savez que le mental possède une grande importance dans le sport. C’est pourquoi vous cherchez à progresser mentalement. Vous désirez travailler votre mental comme vous pourriez le faire avec votre physique. Si vous souhaitez apprendre à affronter les épreuves de la vie avec la stabilité d’un roc, vous allez devoir développer votre force mentale.

Drawing on two decades of leadership and coaching research, Vallée and Bloom reveal the proven strategies behind the University of Windsor women’s basketball team’s transformation from last place to five-time national champions. Dare to Win bridges the gap between theory and practice, blending leadership insights, real-world examples, and Vallée’s experiences as both an academic researcher and a championship-winning coach. This invaluable resource is perfect for anyone seeking to build successful teams and elevate leadership, management, and coaching skills in sports and beyond.

Achieve the champion mindset for peak performance. Reach new levels of success and mental toughness with this ultimate guide. Learn the "Science of Success" and prepare to excel. In this concise and highly acclaimed training guide, Peak Performance Coach DC Gonzalez teaches a blend of unique mental training technologies, sports psychology essentials, and peak performance methods that are effective and motivational. Get ready to increase your self-belief, self-confidence, and mental toughness using this powerful guide designed to help you reach new levels of success, sports performance and personal development.

NATIONAL BESTSELLER “I loved this book.... I looked forward to [it] more than any other in a long time, and Howard Bryant exceeded my great expectations. Kings and Pawns is brilliantly conceived and powerfully written.” — David Maraniss, author of Path Lit by Lightning A path-breaking work...

World-renowned sport psychologist Dr. Michael Gervais and Super Bowl-winning NFL Coach Pete Carroll, authors of Compete to Create, team up again for an intimate conversation about the psychology of sport and high performance. If you’ve ever wondered what makes Coach Carroll, known for his optimism and unconventional strategies, tick, here’s your chance to find out. In Finding Your Best, Dr. Gervais and Coach Carroll, who have worked together for almost a decade, explore some of the key tools and principles they use in their work with the NFL’s Seattle Seahawks.

The Secrets of Sports Psychology Revealed by Rick Wolff, one of the pioneers in the field of sports psychology, is based upon his many years of clinical, hands-on work with top professional and amateur athletes in a variety of sports. He provides real insight into what does - and doesn’t - work.

Everyone has a common misconception that sports for athletes must be grueling, exhausting, and herculean. But should that really be the case when it comes to sports nowadays? Science is in every aspect of our lives, evolving it for the better. And when it infiltrated the world of sports, something great came out.

Good coaching is a skill that requires a depth of understanding and plenty of practice if it is to deliver its astonishing potential. This extensively revised and expanded new audio edition of Coaching for Performance clearly explains the principles of coaching and illustrates them with examples of high performance from business and sport. It continues to follow the GROW sequence (Goals, Reality, Options, Will) and clarifies the process and practice of coaching.

Instead of relying on hand-holding by costly medical or performance professionals, Dr. David Meyer PT, DPT, tells you how to save you time, money, agony, and, most importantly, to empower you to utilize a seemingly negative physical challenge as a massive opportunity to retrain your mind, body, and spirit to achieve your fullest potential both on and off the field. Working from the belief that you can learn what he has by taking the time to understand it, Dr. Meyer PT, DPT, offers you his extensive academic training and experience working in Major League Baseball.

All golfers have fourteen clubs in their bag, but the real winners have a little something extra—that mental attitude that puts their game above the others. Dr. Bob Rotella, author of the bestselling book Golf Is Not a Game of Perfect, brings together his skills and years of experience as a...