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In Pursuit of Excellence: How to Win in Sport and Life Through Mental Training 4th Revised edition


In Pursuit of Excellence: How to Win in Sport and Life Through Mental Training 4th Revised edition

Paperback by Orlick, Terry

In Pursuit of Excellence: How to Win in Sport and Life Through Mental Training

£15.99

ISBN:
9780736067577
Publication Date:
09 Oct 2007
Edition:
4th Revised edition
Publisher:
Human Kinetics Publishers
Pages:
320 pages
Format:
Paperback
For delivery:
Estimated despatch 14 - 16 May 2024
In Pursuit of Excellence: How to Win in Sport and Life Through Mental Training

Description

Author Terry Orlick, an internationally acclaimed sport psychologist, has helped hundreds of Olympic and professional athletes maximise their performances and achieve their goals. In this fourth edition, Orlick provides new insights and a powerful step-by-step plan for the reader to develop their own personal path to excellence.The reader will learn to focus for excellence and high-quality living. Through this book, the reader will gain a more positive outlook, a more focused commitment, better ways of dealing with distractions and strategies for overcoming obstacles.This new fourth edition guides readers to achieve greater personal and professional satisfaction and discover better ways to work with team-mates, respond more effectively to coaching and become more self-directed in thoughts and actions.Both practical and inspirational, In Pursuit of Excellence is a guide to daily living and motivation as well as a road map to long-term achievement. Read it, use it and win with it - on and off the field.

Contents

Selected Chapters -; Wheel of Excellence; Self-Examination; Intensity Spectrum; Distraction Control; Positive Images; Goals; Strategies; Challenges; Poise; Balance; Consistency; Team Orientation.

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