Performance Training

Competition anxiety and overthinking putting a wrench in your athlete’s chase after victory? Learn ways to help them overcome mental hurdles and embrace true potential. Struggling to find a training plan that doesn’t leave a young competitor impatient? Certain they could make it into the record books if they could just discover their edge? Wishing for a peek inside the minds of greats like LeBron James, Simone Biles, and Lionel Messi? After working with over 5,000 athletes, coach and author Andrew J Simpson has identified exactly what makes a champion tick. And now he’s here to help ...

An international best-seller from Brendon Burchard – the world's #1 high performance coach, New York Times bestselling author, and renowned speaker in self-improvement, mindset, and motivation. THESE HABITS WILL MAKE YOU EXTRAORDINARY and help you unlock your full potential! "Brendon Burchard...

If you want to be faster, stronger, and less prone to injury, it’s critical you understand how important the body’s fascia system is to athletic performance. Modern research and imaging technologies are showing us that it’s far more significant than we have long understood. That’s why Bill Parisi—founder of the Parisi Speed School—and extreme sports writer, Johnathon Allen, set out on a nationwide quest to interview the top experts in the field so they could present this new performance science in a paradigm shifting book that’s not only packed with practical information, but ...

You've probably heard a lot about Heart Rate Variability (HRV) lately. It's become a buzzword in the health and fitness community. Why all the buzz? Because research indicates that by tracking HRV you can optimize your workout routine, get better sleep, and even improve your mental health. And for the first time, the tools for tracking HRV are not limited to scientists, labs, or elite athletes. Thanks to Oura Rings, Whoop Bands, and Apple, Fitbit, Garmin and a host of other devices, HRV tracking is now available to everyone. But what is HRV? And how can you harness the power of your device ...

Modern soccer demands more than technical skill and fitness alone. Players must be strong, explosive, well-conditioned, properly fueled, mentally resilient, and physically prepared to handle the repeated high-intensity demands of training and competition throughout the entire year. Soccer Strength & Conditioning Guide delivers a complete, structured performance system that integrates weight training, plyometrics, conditioning, nutrition, recovery, and mindset—all organized into a clear, step-by-step periodization plan athletes can follow with confidence. This book is designed to eliminate...

Build Confidence, Focus, and Mental Strength to Win More Games Your pickleball skills can only take you so far — your mindset determines how well you play when it counts. Pickleball Mindset: Strategy and Training Guide helps you master the mental game so you can stay calm under pressure, refocus after mistakes, and perform with confidence on every point. Inside, you’ll learn proven techniques to sharpen focus, strengthen self-belief, and maintain composure through long rallies and tough matches. Whether you’re battling nerves, struggling with consistency, or looking for an edge ...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER ""Reveals how we can all surpass our perceived physical limits."" —Adam Grant Limits are an illusion: a revolutionary book that reveals the secrets of accessing your hidden extra potential Foreword by Malcolm Gladwell The capacity to endure is the key trait that...

What Is The Quickest Way To Get To The Next Level In Pickleball? Let me know if this happened to you... You go out to the courts, find some people to play, and find that most points end up in a banging match with very little skill and finesse. Lots of high balls, and lots of slams. As a result, even-though you play several times per week, you don't feel like you are getting any better. And honestly, it's not your fault... In fact, we were in your shoes when we first started out."If You Came From Another Racquet Sport (Tennis, Ping-Pong, Racquetball) Hitting Hard Is The Way To Beat Your ...

The Concise Art of Flow in Karate: Achieving Peak Performance and Presence By Kenji Nakamura Unlock the secret to mastering your mind, body, and spirit through the transformative power of flow. In The Concise Art of Flow in Karate: Achieving Peak Performance and Presence, renowned karate instructor and lifelong martial artist Kenji Nakamura delivers a focused, practical guide that brings the elusive state of flow within reach for every karate practitioner. Flow is that moment when everything clicks—the mind quiets, movements become effortless, and time seems to disappear. It’s not just ...

What does it take to go from good to great? Step up at work, in sports, and at home with this “transfixing book on how to sustain peak performance and avoid burnout” (Adam Grant). A few common principles drive performance, regardless of the field or the task at hand. Whether someone is...

“Joe is a master in teaching Agile with meaningful real-world non-software examples.” – George Tome, Enterprise Agile Coach, John Deere “One of the best professional trainings in the world” – Fabian Delava, Partner, Bain & Company“You really rocked your roles as instructor, cheerleader, and host” – Ken Merchant, 3 Star General, USAF Retired“Joe has broken new ground using Scrum in manufacturing” -- Dr. Jeff Sutherland, Co-creator of Scrum

Achieve the champion mindset for peak performance. Reach new levels of success and mental toughness with this ultimate guide. Learn the "Science of Success" and prepare to excel. In this concise and highly acclaimed training guide, Peak Performance Coach DC Gonzalez teaches a blend of unique mental training technologies, sports psychology essentials, and peak performance methods that are effective and motivational. Get ready to increase your self-belief, self-confidence, and mental toughness using this powerful guide designed to help you reach new levels of success, sports performance and personal development.

Are you ready to unlock peak performance in sports and life? Discover the essential mental strategies that top athletes use to overcome challenges, build resilience, and stay ahead of the competition. In "Peak Performance Through Mindset," you'll dive deep into the psychological toolkit that transforms good performers into unstoppable champions. Drawing from the experiences of legendary athletes and cutting-edge performance psychology, this game-changing guide reveals how champions think, train, and perform when it matters most. You'll explore powerful strategies including: • Mindset ...

Famous three-time Grand Slam winner Arthur Ashe pointed out that many in sports fall victim to “paralysis by analysis”. Athletes on any level can experience the pain of overthinking and sabotaging their performance. Blame many traditional methods of teaching and training. How can we train smarter, not harder? If only our body and mind could perform in a way that’s more natural and instinctive. The best athletes have this quality, but many feel it is simply unattainable for them. I assure you it is not.

No more information dumps! Map It helps you turn training requests into projects that make a real difference. You'll learn how to: Help the client identify what's really causing the performance problem. Determine the role (if any!) of training. Create realistic activities that help people practice what they need to do, not just show what they know. Choose the best format for each activity -- online, projected to a group, on paper, as a small-group activity, over email... Provide each activity at the best time -- in the workflow, available on demand, spaced over time... Let people pull the ...

Until now, sport training has been more witchcraft than science. Traditional coaching is based on copying recipes written in old books, with little science and more answers than questions. Traditional physiology, also marked by reductionism and the idea that the organism works like a machine, gives us incomplete and unsatisfactory answers that are inadequate when we leave the theoretical world to go to the real world. In this book, we approach the world of training from the perspective of Complex Systems, which will offer us a new vision of the world, health and organisms. In this book, you...

Karate Under Pressure Train the Mind That Runs the Technique You don’t rise to the level of your technique. You fall to the level of your psychology. Why do students freeze in gradings? Why does kata fall apart under pressure? Why does sparring feel completely different from drilling? Because karate is not just physical. It is cognitive. Karate Under Pressure reveals the hidden mental systems that drive timing, distance, decision-making, confidence, and composure inside the dojo. Drawing on performance psychology, motor learning science, and practical dojo experience, this book shows you ...

If you are planning an HPDE Track day and wondering how to prepare look no further. With so many choices available all over the internet, this guide will help reduce your research time spent looking for what you need to know for what’s best for you. It is written by a certified Instructor to help prospective students avoid the fluff written by unqualified people on community sites. • How to choose an HPDE organization to run with • How to prepare for the event. • How to prepare your car, the key to safety and enjoyment-A checklist • What you need to bring to the track. A checklist...

Did you know there is an area of your brain known as the "Lizard Brain" that thinks only about the immediate moment and your means of survival? Yes, in certain circumstances, your "Rational Brain" can effectively "shut down" and you are at the mercy of a reptile... dry-mouthed, sweating, queasy, unable to think clearly - even though you know better. When does the Lizard Brain run the show? It can happen in any number of unfamiliar, uncomfortable, challenging, or "stressful" riding situations. But here's the thing: with the right kind of training, you can learn to manage the reptile within.

Delegating work, responsibility, and authority is difficult in a company because it means letting others make decisions which involve spending the owner-manager's money. At a minimum, you should delegate enough authority to get the work done, to allow assistants to take initiative, and to keep the operation moving in your absence. This guide discusses controlling those who carry responsibility and authority and coaching them in self-improvement. It emphasizes the importance of allowing competent assistants to perform in their own style rather than insisting that things be done exactly as ...