Achieving Excellence: Mastering Mindset for Peak Performance in Sport and Life

"The book explains specific mental skills and concepts from elite performers in and out of sport to perform well, recover from errors, and enjoy their lives. The book is aimed at athletes and coaches of all sports and career professionals in the general workforce"--
Perform to your potential with proven mental training techniques! Achieving Excellence: Mastering the Mindset for Peak Performance in Sport and Life offers a variety of peak performance strategies to help athletes, coaches, and performers of all kinds achieve a winning mindset. The book explores sport psychology concepts and provides practical, proven strategies to incorporate into your daily life and competitive career.Renowned mental skills coach and performance psychology expert Colleen Hacker has helped hundreds of Olympic and professional athletes to achieve their individual and team goals. In Achieving Excellence, she shares her approach for cultivating confidence, focus, and habits of excellence. She will teach you how to create action plans for success and develop performance routines that optimize achievement. Inside, you will discover the strategies and practical tools needed for success in life and sport, such as these:Bulleted checklists that offer step-by-step application tips for mental skillsSidebars that highlight strategies for overcoming common challengesSuccess stories from top athletes and firsthand accounts of their experiences using different techniquesInspirational quotes throughout the book will motivate you, and implementation worksheets—available both in the book and online through HKPropel—are provided to help you apply mental training strategies in competition or in other achievement domains.With Achieving Excellence, you will develop a winning mindset with evidence-based, step-by-step plans that lead you to peak performance.Note: A code for accessing HKPropel is included with all new print books.
Achieving Excellence offers a variety of mental training strategies to help athletes, coaches, and performers of all kinds achieve a winning mindset. The book explores sport psychology concepts and provides practical, proven strategies to elevate, enhance, and sustain performance.