PSYCHING FOR SPORT Mental Training for Athletes

• Main Author: Orlick, Terry
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: Champaign, Ill. Leisure Press 1986
• Subjects: Sports > Psychological aspects
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• Physical Description: viii, 207 pages illustrations 23 cm
• Bibliography: Bibliography: p. 207
• ISBN: 0880112735

Athletes need more than physical skill to reach their goals-they need psychological skills, too. Psyching for Sport: Mental Training for Athletes presents a complete psychological training program for developing mental skills. Athletes who follow this step-by-step program will learn to play better and enjoy competition more fully by controlling their thoughts and emotions. Let Psyching for Sport put you in your right mind. Coaches can help athletes get into their right minds for competition by using this book along with its companion, the Coaches Training Manual to Psych ing for Sport, which is also available from Leisure Press. Sport psychologist Terry Orlick developed the mental training program ex- plained in Psyching for Sport through his work with the Canadian women's alpine skiing and speed skating teams, the canoeing and ski jumping teams, and national team members from a variety of other sports. His experiences as a collegiate gymnast and coach ensure the applicability of the concepts he presents. Since receiving his PhD in 1972, Dr. Orlick has been a leader in the New Games movement, has written several books on youth sports and psychological training, and has traveled extensively throughout the world making presentations to coaches, athletes, tehers, and parents. At some, Terry enjoys cross-country skiing, canoeing, kayaking, running, and spend- ing time with his daughter.