The Confident Athlete: 4 Easy Steps to Build and Maintain Confidence

by Tami Matheny

Overview

Many athletes have roller coaster confidence. Their confidence is up when performing well and its down when performing poorly. The Confident Athlete gives 4 basic building blocks to ensure you start and end each performance with a tank full of confidence.

You will discover simple yet powerful ways to build and maintain confidence. The book will give you the tools to start each competition with a high level of confidence and be able to maintain confidence in the face of adversity. Confidence is a skill that can be cultivated through repetitions.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781640851702
Publisher:	Author Academy Elite
Publication date:	01/15/2018
Pages:	92
Product dimensions:	5.30(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.30(d)

About the Author

Tami Matheny is Owner and Director of Refuse2LoseCoaching, LLC and Co-Owner of Success for Teams, LLC. As a Mental Game Coach, she works with coaches, athletes and teams to improve areas such as confidence, focus, motivation, mental toughness, leadership, teamwork, etc. Matheny has a passion for sports and how the mental game affects performance. As an athlete, coach, administrator and now Mental Game Coach, she has seen first-hand the difference mental toughness coupled with physical training translates into individual and/or team success. In high school, Tami was a tennis and basketball standout at East Rutherford High School (NC). She graduated from Lenoir-Rhyne College with a degree in psychology, while playing basketball and tennis, and earned a master's degree in sports administration from the University of North Carolina. Prior to becoming a Mental Game Coach, Matheny was one of the most successful tennis coaches in USC Upstate tennis history, and elevated the men's and women's programs to levels never seen before. With the implementation of her "Mental Toughness Program, both Spartans tennis programs produced nationally ranked individuals and teams, conference championships, and numerous individual awards. She is one of few female coaches in the nation named Conference Coach of the Year for a men's sport. Tami has worked with various recreational, club, high school and collegiate individuals and teams in numerous sports. She has been a part of many state championships, conference championships, and a National Championship. When not training others, Tami remains physically active. She has completed a handful of marathons, including the Boston Marathon and ultramarathons. Her longest race to date is a 40 miler. She is an avid cyclist, completing rides over 70 miles. Matheny continues to seek new mental and physical challenges. Connect with Tami on twitter @R2LCoaching or @successforteams.

Table of Contents

Introduction

Chapter 1: Confidence is Talking the Talk

Chapter 2: Confidence is Walking the Walk

Chapter 3: Talking the Talk & Walking the Walk

Chapter 4: Confidence is Seeing It to Be It

Chapter 5: Confidence is Being Prepared

Chapter 6: Talk, Walk, See & Prepare

Editorial Reviews

I have always stood in awe of Tami's voice as a model and a teacher of mental confidence. She played a major role in my team's two back to back state championships. The Confident Athlete is an enormously powerful tool and step by step guide for coaches and athletes at all levels. Tami is an expert at putting athletes and coaches in the ideal state of mind and body that allows great performances to emerge. The knowledge to be gained from this book is fantastic and essential for success!

-Toni Leopard, former collegiate and high school basketball coach

Confidence- it's that thing that successful athletes seem to have so much of, and everyone else wants more. Tami teaches that confidence is a skill, and that everyone can have more of it. She has a knack for relating this to athletes of all levels. Use her 4-step process, and you will have a lot of ah-ha moments as your confidence grows!

-Angie Ridgeway, LPGA Tour Veteran, D1 Golf Coach

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