- Hardcover: 240 pages
- Publisher: McGraw-Hill (April 10 2001)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0809296748
- ISBN-13: 978-0809296743
- Product Dimensions: 18 x 13.5 x 3 cm
- Shipping Weight: 340 g
- Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #767,752 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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"Mind Gym hits a home run. If you want to build mental muscle for the major leagues, read this book." -- Ken Griffey, Jr., Major League MVP
"A great read that helps you understand the importance that your mind plays in reaching the top." -- Michele Timms, WNBA All-Star and Olympic silver-medal winner
"Gary is a genius on how to convince yourself you can do anything you set your mind to." -- Jeremy Roenick, NHL All-Star
"A great read that helps you understand the importance that your mind plays in reaching the top." -- Michele Timms, WNBA All-Star and Olympic silver-medal winner
"Gary is a genius on how to convince yourself you can do anything you set your mind to." -- Jeremy Roenick, NHL All-Star
Book Description
Golfing great Bobby Jones said, "Competition is won or lost on the six-inch playing field between the ears." How do the best athletes gain an advantage on that playing field? In Mind Gym, noted sports psychology consultant Gary Mack teaches athletes the lessons he's learned about how the mind influences athletic performance as much as physical skill does, if not more so.
Through forty accessible lessons and inspirational anecdotes from prominent athletes--many of whom he has worked with--Mack shares the same techniques and exercises he uses to help elite athletes build mental "muscle."
Achieving this inner excellence requires time and effort. The more you work on the inside, the more it shows on the outside. These engaging stories--covering such themes as overcoming adversity, staying motivated, and following one's dreams--will enable you to perform at your best by choice rather than chance.
Mind Gym will give anyone who spires to be a better athlete the "head edge" over the competition.
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The Most Important Part of the Game,
By "jhicks74" (Kent, CT) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Mind Gym : An Athlete's Guide to Inner Excellence (Hardcover)
As the mild winter weather promises an earlier than usual start to the golf and tennis seasons, I am thinking about equipment, exercises, instructional videotapes and maybe a short "spring training" trip to Florida. But at the top of my list this year will be a re-read of a little book by Gary Mack that will have more impact than all of the above preparations combined. I learned from "Mind Gym" that, for most of us, how we approach our games mentally is the greatest key to improvement. It made a dramatic difference for me -- in attitude, enjoyment and score!
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Appréciation,
This review is from: Mind Gym: An Athlete's Guide to Inner Excellence (Paperback)
Daniel Brière m'avait référé ce livre il y a quelques temps. Je l'ai acheté et lu avec intérêt. Comme je donnais des cours en psychologie du sport à des jeunes du niveau secondaire à l'école j'ai trouvé le contenu très facile à vulgariser. Les nombreux exemples sont très bon et facile à appliquer en pratique. Le format du volume est très pratique aussi car les athlètes peuvent l'apporter avec eux en voyage soit dans l'autobus ou l'avion. En connaissant nos athlètes ont peut leur reférer certain groupe de leçons qui s'adresse plus particulièrement à eux et leur demander de les relire constamment avant chacune de leur compétition. Suite aux commentaires positifs des athlètes que je suis plus étroitement je vais reférer le livre aux autres athlètes professionels et amateurs que je suppervise pendant l'année.
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This review is from: Mind Gym: An Athlete's Guide to Inner Excellence (Paperback)
Loved the book. Help me finish off the triathlon training prep for 2010 season.
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