Win: Proven Strategies for Success in Sport, Life and Mental Health.

by Brent Pope, Jason Brennan

Overview

From well—known personality and rugby commentator Brent Pope and psychotherapist and mental skills coach Jason Brennan, Win: Proven Strategies for Success in Sports, Life and Mental Health examines the mindset behind the psychology of winning and how the mental skills applied in sports can be adapted for success in everyday life.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781473667020
Publisher:	Hachette Ireland
Publication date:	04/30/2019
Edition description:	Reprint
Pages:	384
Product dimensions:	5.12(w) x 7.75(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

Brent Pope (Author)
Brent Pope is a well-known New Zealand rugby analyst and sports personality who has been living and working in Ireland for many years.

Jason Brennan (Author)
Jason Brennan is a psychotherapist, counsellor and mental skills coach from Ireland who lived and worked in Wellington, New Zealand. During his time there he worked with a number of All Black players and the Super Rugby team The Hurricanes. He still works with New Zealand's national women's cricket team, the White Ferns, as well as with soccer, netball and tennis. He is a regular speaker on stress management for businesses.

Table of Contents

Prologue Brent Pope 1

Introduction Jason Brennan 7

Authors' Note 13

Part 1 Steps to Success 17

Chapter 1 What Are Mental Skills? 19

Chapter 2 The Mental Skills We Need to Win: in Sport, Business, Life 33

Chapter 3 Winning: What Does It Mean? 59

Chapter 4 Working to Win in a Team 77

Part 2 Managing Roadblocks 103

Chapter 5 Dealing with Mental Blocks 105

Chapter 6 What to Do with Fear 123

Chapter 7 When Fear Becomes Panic 137

Chapter 8 Rethinking Fear 155

Part 3 Building for Success 171

Chapter 9 The Big Day 173

Chapter 10 Handling Pressure During Performance 191

Chapter 11 Managing Pain and Fatigue 215

Chapter 12 Supporting Your Team During Performance 237

Part 4 Try, Fail, Try, Succeed 249

Chapter 13 Handling Setbacks: Illness, Injury and Downtime 251

Chapter 14 Handling Setbacks: Losses, Lapses and Disappointments 273

Part 5 The Strength to Win 291

Chapter 15 Dealing with Depression and Anxiety 293

Chapter 16 Resilience 317

Chapter 17 Driving Happiness 331

Glossary of Mental Skills 337

Tips for Getting a Good Night's Sleep 363

Useful Resources 367

Acknowledgements 370

Endnotes 372