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Transform youth sports anxiety into mental toughness with practical sports psychology tools for parents and coaches. Whether you are commuting to practice or navigating the tense car ride home after a tough loss, this uplifting guide provides a clear roadmap for resilience. You will easily learn...

Conquer the 50K distance and master ultramarathon training with a practical, step-by-step roadmap for everyday runners. Designed specifically for busy adults balancing demanding jobs and family life, this guide replaces start-line anxiety with grounded, reassuring strategies. Whether you are...

Swift, brutal, and utterly final: with knockouts, there are no grey areas; a KO is a KO. But what actually is a knockout, and why are we so fascinated by it? The Knockout is the most dramatic and devastating moment in sport. There is nothing to rival it: Not the last second goal, not the basket...

Michael Jordan defied gravity, transcended the world’s expectations, and exceeded the limits of age, soaring to fame as the world’s greatest basketball player of all time. While his talent was breathtaking to behold—those flying dunks and record-breaking sixty-point games have inspired generations—the unseen forces behind his success are the kind we can all harness for our own. M. J. and his accomplishments were founded on discipline, hard work, and knowing how to channel the deep competitive drive within.

Extreme physical effort, especially when coupled with risk and deprivation, has been known to produce strong effects in people. These range from "runner's high" or being "in the zone" to far more mystical experiences: visions, hallucinations, and superhuman performance. Bone Games is the story of Rob Schultheis' exploration of this strange terrain - the altered states of consciousness that can be an elusive product of extreme sports.

In Which Comes First, Cardio or Weights?, physicist and award-winning journalist Alex Hutchinson tackles dozens of commonly held beliefs and looks at just what research science has - and has not - proven to be true. This myth-busting book covers the full spectrum of exercise science and offers the latest in research from around the globe, as well as plenty of practical tips on using proven science to improve fitness, reach weight loss goals, and achieve better competition results. 

Distilling the primary lessons of Ferguson's phenomenal success as manager at Manchester United and showing how you can apply them to you own personal goals, this book explains Ferguson's approach to people management, changing mind-sets, visualisation, building confidence and embracing change - all techniques at the heart of turning Manchester United into a winning machine.

Discover the untapped power of the human mind How do champions like Lewis Hamilton, Novak Djokovic and Usain Bolt suppress their fear of failure and find the belief to win? How did Michael Phelps and Jessica Ennis-Hill visualise their own future? What exactly is 'The Zone'? And how do you get...

Penguin presents the unabridged, downloadable audiobook edition of Run for Your Life by William Pullen, read by Roy McMillan. Anyone who has ever gone for a run, jog or even a walk knows that uplifting, happy feeling they get at the end of their journey. Some call it the 'runner's high', others...

Преодолейте границы физической выносливости и подготовьтесь к своему первому экстремальному ультразабегу без травм. Если вы ищете масштабный вызов и хотите...

筋トレと有酸素の二者択一という妥協を捨て、干渉効果を克服して圧倒的な筋力と無限の持久力を同時に手に入れる、革新的なハイブリッドトレーニングの極意。ジムへ向かう通勤中やワークアウト前の高揚感の中で耳を...

Bygg en insatsberedd fysik och oslagbar mental tålighet för att klara extrem stress, oförutsägbara skift och tunga lyft. När larmet går eller fältarbetet pressar dig till bristningsgränsen handlar det inte om vem som är starkast på gymmet, utan vem som håller ihop när det verkligen...

Sconfiggi l'ansia da prestazione e forgia una mentalità vincente per dominare il campo da tennis sotto pressione. Quando la mano trema sul match point o le gambe si bloccano nei momenti cruciali, il talento tecnico non basta più. Serve una psicologia sportiva d'acciaio per trasformare la...

Zbuduj żelazną odporność psychiczną i osiągnij szczytową formę dzięki sprawdzonym technikom treningu mentalnego. Kiedy stres przed ważnym startem dławi oddech, a presja na bieżni czy boisku paraliżuje ciało, odpowiednia wizualizacja staje się twoją najpotężniejszą bronią...

In the 1970s the US military believed they could create a ‘super soldier’ - one who could use psychic powers to walk through walls, disarm the enemy through telepathy or kill a goat by staring at it. The brain behind these techniques was Michael Murphy, one of the founders of New Age spiritualism in the hippy enclaves of San Francisco. But Murphy’s primary goal was to use these powers in sport to create a supreme athlete capable of extraordinary feats.

Penguin presents the audiobook edition of Play On by Jeff Bercovici, read by Adam Sims. Sports are about challenging our physical limits. But the greatest limit of all remains undefeated: age. We're taught to believe that ageing thwarts effort and grace, talent and grit, outstanding teamwork and...

The power to become better, greater, more refined versions of ourselves is something that each one of us possesses. It is a power with which we are born, like infinite gold inside the equally infinite mine shafts that are our minds. Now, to get at that gold - there is the rub. Since time immemorial people have struggled to manage the darkness within themselves. How do we reckon our possibilities with our capabilities? How do we overcome the difficulties within? How do we shake off the invisible sandbags that seem to drag us down and run faster, jump higher, push harder?

Plunge into elite motorsport where cutting-edge engineering and raw human courage collide at blistering speeds. Turn your morning commute or daily workout into a front-row seat to the grid. Feel the exhilarating adrenaline of the race start as physics, software, and split-second decisions merge...

À 18 ans, après une adolescence passée à parcourir le monde pour en dompter les vagues, Johanne Defay voit son rêve de devenir surfeuse professionnelle vaciller. Son sponsor la lâche, en partie à cause de son physique. Brune, petite et musculeuse, elle ne correspond pas à l'image de la...

Sports can build character. But it doesn't happen automatically. And good intentions are not enough. PRIMED to Compete: Coaching for Character is the definitive book for coaches who want to optimize young peoples' experience of competition and promote their character, performance, and overall...