Praise for Mind Gym
"Believing in yourself is paramount to success for any athlete. Gary's lessons and David's writing provide examples of the importance of the mental game." --Ben Crenshaw, two-time Masters champion and former Ryder Cup captain
"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 Baseball MVP
"I read Mind Gym on my way to the Sydney Olympics and really got a lot out of it. Gary has important lessons to teach, and you'll find the exercises fun and beneficial." --Jason Kidd, NBA All-Star and Olympic gold-medal winner
"I love the book Mind Gym." --Madison Kocian, 2016 U.S. Women's Gymnastics Team, 2015 Uneven Bars World Champion, as told to Us Weekly
In Mind Gym, noted sports psychology consultant Gary Mack explains how your mind influences your performance on the field or on the court as much as your physical skill does, if not more so. Through forty accessible lessons and inspirational anecdotes from prominent athletes--many of whom he has worked with--you will learn the same techniques and exercises Mack uses to help elite athletes build mental "muscle." Mind Gym will give you the "head edge" over the competition.

Mind Gym : An Athlete's Guide to Inner Excellence

MACK, Gary

Sports & Outdoors

McGraw=Hill

Firefighters and fire officers have very stressful roles.Whether career or volunteer, critical situations demanding physical exertion, uncertainty and compressed time frames for action put extraordinary pressure on the minds and bodies of firefighters and fire officers.Mental training is a key component of progressive training and safety programs.This book provides the best road map available to implement a structured curriculum dedicated to minimizing mental letdowns and maximizing performance. It has been developed in a format that is easily adaptable as a self-study program or can be used by students and instructors as a workshop curriculum.The M.A.P. consists of a set of learned behaviors and mental skills that improve performance under stressful conditions. Mental Aspects of Performance for Firefighters and Fire Officers is a mental fitness program designed to help you develop emotional muscle and mental toughness so that you can excel throughout your fire service career. It is an inexpensive and powerful performance improvement concept that can be integrated into any training curriculum and program.The M.A.P. will help people get along better with others, teach a class, give a speech, handle disciplinary matters, and improve performance in emergency situations of all kinds.CHAPTERS:* Dedication/Preface* Introduction to The M.A.P.: Control Keys - Success C's - Master Skills* Growth - Challenged - Goal-Setting* Attention - Concentration - Centering* Motivation - Commitment - Mental Discipline* Energy - Composed - Dynamic Relaxation* Thought - Constructive - Self-Instruction Training* Image - Confident - Sensory-Enhancement Education* Performance - Conditioned - Situation-Evaluation Training* Self - Controlled - Positive-Affirmation Training* Some Final Thoughts* About the Authors8 1/2" x 11", 143 pages, softbound

The Mental Aspects of Performance for Firefighters And Fire Officers (The M.A.P.)

Engineering & Transportation

Compton, Dennis

Engineering

Intl Fire Service Training Assn

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