Peak Performance: Zen and the Sporting Zone
- ISBN-10
- 0863275265
- ISBN-13
- 9780863275265
- Series
- Peak Performance
- Category
- Mind and body
- Pages
- 188
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1996
- Author
- Felicity Heathcote
Description
The author has helped several sportsmen and women achieve peak performance, including: Olympic gold medalist, Micheal Carruth; World Rowing Champion, Niall O'Toole; Commonwealth boxing gold medalist, Wayne McCullough; European Champion swimmer, Michelle Smith; European boxing gold medalist, Paul Griffin; and the walker, Bobby O'Leary. Covering soccer, athletics, rugby, hockey, boxing, sailing, swimming, rowing, canoeing, tennis and cycling, this handbook is for those who need to know how to compete and prepare, and how to cope with stress and injury and still enjoy the game. The reader can follow two basic programmes of practical meditation, concentration, breathing techniques, relaxation and psychological tricks to perfection and winning.
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