In pursuit of excellence : how to win in sport and life through mental training
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Bibliographic Information
In pursuit of excellence : how to win in sport and life through mental training
Human Kinetics, c2000
3rd ed
Available at 13 libraries
  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
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  United Kingdom
  Germany
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  France
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  United States of America
Note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
The author shows athletes how to focus their commitment, overcome obstacles to excellence and achieve greater personal and professional satisfaction. He outlines the seven essential elements of human excellence and detals how one athlete applied them to win an Olympic gold medal. He also provides a step-by-step procedure for planning a personal path to excellence.
Table of Contents
- Part 1 Visions of excellence: the wheel of excellence
- a journey to excellence. Part 2 Potential for excellence: commitment to excellence
- focused connection on goals
- meaningful perspectives. Part 3 Mental preparation for excellence: mission to excellence
- quest for consistency
- positive images
- relaxation and intensity
- distraction control
- simulation
- enter the Zen zone
- self-hypnosis
- strategies work for you. Part 4 Realising excellence: preventing panic situations
- solving problems with coaches
- building team harmony
- learning from setbacks
- preventing overload and embracing life
- from hero to zero and back
- choosing self-direction.
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