The Mental Athlete by Kay Porter

The Mental Athlete by Kay Porter

Improved mental ability means improved sports performance. Athletes who excel do so not just because of their physical abilities but because of their mental awareness, preparation, and skills as well. "The Mental Athlete" aims to help improve your overall performance by providing the tools, guidance, and practical insight you need to sharpen your mental skills. This conditioning manual for the mind should help you: further enhance mental strengths and address weaknesses through effective self-assessments; increase confidence in personal abilities and avoid the fear of failure; heighten awareness of inner-thought processes and learn ways to improve them; and be free of inhibitions to initiate action and to respond intuitively and positively to challenges.

Kay Porter, PhD, has worked in the sport psychology field since 1979 and has trained hundreds of athletes and teams. She is the owner of Porter Performance Systems, a training, counseling and consulting company. Formerly a professor at the University of Oregon, she spent 13 years as a sport psychology consultant to the athletic department.

She is a member of the U.S. Olympic Committee Sport Psychology Registry and a consultant in sport psychology, certified by the Association for the Advancement of Applied Sport Psychology (AAASP). She is considered an international expert in the field of mental training and has given presentations and workshops at conferences nationally and internationally.

Porter is a former varsity athlete in tennis and was a national champion in master's track in the 1500 meters and competed in master's running for 20 years. Additionally, she coaches a walking group every year for the Portland Marathon. Porter has published more than 30 articles on mental training and peak performance and has produced two videotapes and 20 recorded guided visualizations for sports performance. She wrote The Mental Athlete in its original version and was published in English, German, French, and Japanese. Additionally, she is the author of a book titled Visual Athletic published by W.C. Brown/McGraw-Hill.

Porter lives in Eugene, Oregon, and enjoys running and walking marathons, hiking, meditating, and traveling. For more information on Kay Porter visit www.thementalathlete.com.

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ISBN 13	9780736046541
ISBN 10	0736046542
Titel	The Mental Athlete
Autor	Kay Porter
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Bindungsart	Paperback
Verlag	Human Kinetics Publishers
Erscheinungsjahr	2003-07-08
Seitenanzahl	224
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