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New: Mental Toughness: The Mindset Behind Sporting Achievement

'Mental toughness' is one of the most ubiquitous terms used in sport - by athletes, coaches, owners, spectators, and the media - and also one of the most misunderstood.

This book provides a definitive and readable overview of the area, and takes the reader to the frontiers of mental toughness research.

This will be an invaluable resource for sport and exercise psychology and science students and lecturers, and an important reference for sport participants, coaches, and enthusiasts.

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Read what The Times' chief sportswriter has to say about mental toughness.

New: Human Potential: Exploring Techniques Used to Enhance Human Performance

This book examines a range of techniques that are intended to help improve some aspect of performance, and examines how well they work.

The techniques covered include hypnosis, sleep learning, subliminal training, audio and visual cortical entrainment, mnemonics, meditation, speed-reading, biofeedback, neurofeedback, and mental imagery practice.

This is the first time such a broad range of techniques has been assessed in one place. It will be useful to all psychology and sports science students, practicing psychologists and life coaches.

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Liverpool Football Club endorses Sport Psychology: A Student's Handbook by Matt Jarvis

"I have used Matt Jarvis' book as the basis for our in-service sessions with our elite coaches at our Academy.", says John Owens, Academy Manager at Liverpool Football Club.

"Most coaches tend to come through their training as a coach with a very good understanding of the technical, tactical and physical areas of development for young players."

"This book offers a comprehensive coverage of the main topics in sports psychology which gives the coaches an excellent introduction to the subject. The breadth of the key issues covered allows our coaches to attach their own ideas and experiences to the framework provided by this book."

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Bestselling textbook: Sport Psychology, 4th Edition

This new, updated, fourth edition of Arnold LeUnes's textbook has comprehensive coverage of sport psychology with a healthy balance between theory and application.

The strong applied approach is emphasized throughout but is essentially apparent in the second half of the book.

In addition, a website of supplemental resources, free of charge for instructors and students, makes this new edition even more accessible and student-friendly.

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Now available: Pure Sport — Practical Sport Psychology

Are you "only as good as your last game"?

Is there an "I" in team?

Is it really just a matter of "keeping your eye on the ball"?

Pure Sport explains in everyday language the whys and wherefores of contemporary sport psychology, pinpointing what works and what doesn’t when it comes to performance enhancement. This is a 'must-read' for coaches and athletes.

"A welcome and important guide to any athlete, coach or spectator at any level in sport interested in improving their game or knowledge of their sport." - Kieran Shannon, in the Sunday Tribune

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From now on, UK customers only need to spend £20 to qualify for free shipping (reduced from our previous post-free threshold of £30).

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