Sports High Performance

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.

World-renowned sport psychologist Dr. Michael Gervais and Super Bowl-winning NFL Coach Pete Carroll, authors of Compete to Create, team up again for an intimate conversation about the psychology of sport and high performance. If you’ve ever wondered what makes Coach Carroll, known for his optimism and unconventional strategies, tick, here’s your chance to find out. In Finding Your Best, Dr. Gervais and Coach Carroll, who have worked together for almost a decade, explore some of the key tools and principles they use in their work with the NFL’s Seattle Seahawks.

If your coaching does not change behaviour, it is just a conversation. You want results that survive pressure. You want standards that do not collapse when motivation fades. High Performance Coach is a direct guide that trains you to coach people toward serious outcomes in work, sport, and home life, while protecting health, integrity, and the relationships that make life worth living. This book starts by clearing the fog around “high performance”. You learn why good coaching often feels warm, yet leaves habits untouched. You get a definition you can use in real meetings and real weeks....

As one of Britain's best-respected sports presenters, Jake Humphrey has witnessed first-hand the highs and lows of some of the most remarkable athletes on earth. And in his multimillion-download podcast, High Performance, he teams up with Professor Damian Hughes to examine the secrets of the world's highest-performing people - in sport, in business and in life.

The Architecture of Pressure: A Clinical and Zen Masterclass in High-Stakes Performance [A High-Impact One-Hour Masterclass / Kindle Short Read] Panic is not a psychological failing. It is a biological equation. And you are about to learn how to solve it. For decades, we have fundamentally misunderstood stress. We treat it as a modern disease to be medicated away or a weakness to be hidden. But step onto a multi-million-dollar trading floor, the 18th green of a championship, or the final table of the World Series of Poker, and a different reality emerges. In the crucible of high-stakes ...

Bloomsbury presents Joe Friel’s High-Performance Cyclist: The Complete Training Manual by Joe Friel, read by Brian Arens ‘A must read … High Performance is a mindset, not a pay check’ - Andrew Pruitt, EdD 'Joe Friel is one of the world's foremost experts on endurance sports' – Outside...

The modern day youth sports environment has taken the enjoyment out of athletics for our children. Currently, 70% of kids drop out of organized sports by the age of 13, which has given rise to a generation of overweight, unhealthy young adults. There is a solution. John O'Sullivan shares the secrets of the coaches and parents who have not only raised elite athletes, but have done so by creating an environment that promotes positive core values and teaches life lessons instead of focusing on wins and losses.

What makes a team great? Not just good and not just functional—but great? Over six years, long-time Sports Illustrated editor Don Yaeger was invited by some of the greatest companies in the world to speak about the habits of high-performing individuals. From Microsoft and Starbucks to the New...

LOCK IN: The 30-Day Mental Game Playbook That Turns Nervous, Self-Doubting Athletes Into Focused, Confident Competitors Just 5 minutes a day. No lectures. No boring theory. Just short, science-backed drills any 12- to 18-year-old athlete can do in their room, in the car, or right before they take the field. You have watched it happen. Your athlete has the talent. They put in the hours in the gym, the pool, the field. But the moment the pressure turns up, something breaks. They freeze. They overthink. They come home after a loss and spiral into "I'm just not good enough." You cannot buy them...

This book is written for football (soccer) players, coaches and clubs. It teaches you about team-spirit, mental patterns and habits, spatial-attention, focused-attention, intuitive play, the flow state, using audience euphoria, hidden success strategies, how to recover from injury more quickly, performance enhancement, advanced states of concentration, how and why to play for a higher purpose and so much more not taught in mainstream sports coaching. While focused on soccer, many principles also apply to other team sports.

Whether you’re chasing a personal best or gearing up for your very first ultra, The Ultra Marathon Plan is your go-to guide for running stronger, longer, and smarter. Packed with practical tips and cutting-edge science, this isn’t just another sports nutrition book—it’s a deep dive into the advanced fueling strategies, recovery techniques, and performance bio-hacks used by elite endurance athletes. Now, they’re yours too, whether you're a seasoned runner or just starting out. Inside, you'll learn how to: Fuel your body for long-distance endurance Enhance oxygen levels for maximum ...

Bloomsbury presents The Midlife Cyclist written and read by Phil Cavell. 'I am blown away by the level of detail Phil Cavell brings to his work.' – Elinor Barker MBE, multiple world champion and Olympic gold medallist 'The Midlife Cyclist is a triumph' – Cycling Plus 'An amazing...

*** Shortlisted for William Hill Sports Book of the Year 2013 *** Is Usain Bolt a superhuman one-off? Are sports stars like Paula Radcliffe and Tiger Woods born or made? Could we all be Olympians if we trained hard enough? And is the answer to be found by looking at Alaskan huskies? In this...

Duff Gibson has spent the better part of three decades in a hotbed of Olympic sport. Despite its mischaracterization in popular culture, the mental side of sport is perhaps the most significant aspect, and what very often makes the difference between success and failure, in particular at the highest level. The Tao of Sport explores the commonality amongst elite performers relating to purpose, passion, and growth, as a means to achieving high performance, or as a means to an end in itself.

Famous, three-time Grand Slam winner, Arthur Ashe, pointed out that many in sport 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.

Parents, do you want to know how college coaches evaluate your child and who and how they recruit? Written by a former NCAA head coach and—more importantly—a baseball dad, The Process shares with you what it takes to get there from Little League through high school. Walter Beede is a baseball dad who played and coached for the last forty years. He has helped develop both of his sons into college ball players, and his son Tyler into an MLB player for the San Francisco Giants and Pittsburgh Pirates. Having lived through the entire process as a student-athlete, a college head coach, and a ...

What if the next superstar is running drills on a dusty field, far from the spotlight—and no one is watching? Diamond in the Data is a groundbreaking guide for coaches, scouts, recruiters, and football visionaries who are tired of relying on flawed rankings, highlight reels, and hype. In this powerful blueprint, veteran coach and football analytics expert James Roden introduces a revolutionary system for uncovering hidden talent using verified data, customized scoring models, and modern technology. From rural districts to small schools, from overlooked late bloomers to misclassified ...

The Athlete’s Ascent shows how you can harness the wisdom of martial and Zen arts to develop the profound connection between mind, body and breathing that leads to the coveted flow state. Drawing on a lifetime of deep practice, Jayne Storey has streamlined centuries-old disciplines – including Tai Chi and Zazen meditation – into a simple, proven and trusted Performance Practice that helps both amateur and professional athletes ascend to higher levels of enjoyment and performance.

This is no ordinary book about the mental side of golf because what makes this book distinctly unique is that it answers the three questions that have baffled sports psychologists for many years. What is the zone? How do you get there? Why can you play so well when you are there? This knowledge will empower you and automatically take your golf up to another level as you see how easy it is to intentionally put yourself into the zone. Now you know how it all works there will be no more waiting for the magical day to come along because now you will be in control thanks to the ten specifically ...

Football Strength & Conditioning Guide is a comprehensive training resource built to help football players become faster, stronger, and more explosive on the field. The book focuses on position-specific strength training, speed and power development, conditioning, and recovery methods designed for the physical demands of football. It also covers smart nutrition strategies and injury prevention to help athletes train harder, perform longer, and compete at a higher level. Whether you’re a youth player, high school athlete, or serious competitor, this guide provides the tools to train like a...