The Psychology of Performance: How to Be Your Best in Life

De: Dr. Eddie O'Connor, The Great Courses

Narrado por: Dr. Eddie O'Connor

"How do you get to Carnegie Hall?" "Practice. Practice. Practice." Today, the relatively new science of performance psychology tells us that old answer is incomplete at best. In The Psychology of Performance: How to Be Your Best in Life, clinical sport psychologist Eddie O'Connor, PhD, shares the best ways for you to reach your personal Carnegie Hall based on the latest scientific research - whether your performance environment is music, dance, business, or sport. These often surprising research results will make you rethink your own performance strategies, offering approaches you might never have considered and busting myths you might have taken as truth.

As Dr. O'Connor explains, the work of a sport psychologist is not defined by sport, but by the science of performance psychology, the mental aspects of superior performance in settings where excellence is central - usually sports, the performing arts, business, and high-risk professions such as the military. In Dr. O'Connor's work and in this course, sport is a lens through which to view the issues of practice, anxiety, injury, confidence, and more - issues that apply to any performer.

We've always known that physical training can reshape our bodies. This exciting research reveals that mental training also can modify the structure and function of our brains, resulting in increased neurological ability to perform a particular skill. Purposeful practice gets you there. Learn why it's the only thing that can.

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How practical frameworks are provided with relevant information, stories and applicable and practical examples.

I’m a football coach with over 25 years of experience and after listening and reading many books and attending many trainings, this course audiobook should be read by any coach of any athletic discipline or sport. This book is perhaps the best of its kind, using research and science and being explained in simple usable terms and dialogue. The author not only did an outstanding job in making every chapter easily digestible but also narrates it in a very engaging way as if he were next to you having a conversation. The knowledge given throughout provides each and every important aspect of how we as coaches can immediately apply in our coaching interactions with our athletes, student-athletes and/or teams. This audiobook course is a must-have for every coach and I would there to say for every parent of student-athletes and by the athletes themselves; especially if they are striving to become high performing athletes. Dr O,Connor’s course is a hidden gem and I’m grateful for his commitment to excellence. Coach Franco Arellanos

Good read, sport psychology focus.

pretty good book. heavy focus on sports psychology wish it had general information as well.

Excelent material

I enjoyed it very much. rich content and eell strructured. Aplicable outside sports as well.

Hard to finish

Sounds quality isn't great. Dry and less interesting than other great courses. Not very memorable.

a must listen for sports trainers and coaches of all topics!

dr. o’connor brings the complexity of sports preference to light with appropriate examples and concise yet complete explanations of the psychological theories involved in being a successful competitive athlete.

very useful advice for all levels of athletic performance for both parents and athletes.

thanks for sharing your knowledge and experience dr. o’connor!