In The Mental Game of Soccer, mental conditioning expert Brian Cain takes you through the process of playing the game one touch at a time so that you give yourself the best chance for success on the field and in life.Cain works with top college and high school soccer coaches, players and programs on developing mental toughness and having a system to play their best when it means the most.In The Mental Game of Soccer: Playing the Game One Touch at a Time you will learn how to:Train your mental toughness just like you train your body to be a one-touch warrior.Establish and live program core values that create a championship culture.Compete one touch at a time, fully focused in the present moment.Focus on the process of becoming a champion, which results in championships.Moving from spending time at practice and in film to investing time so you get a return.Keep a positive and aggressive attitude in a game of adversity and failure.Take your preparation to the next level, both physically and mentally.Create routines for everything in soccer so you become a machine of consistency.Stay in control of your emotions so you can stay focused on what really matters.Choose your response in any adversity by developing response-ability.Use mental imagery for enhanced confidence and skill development.Stay inspired and motivated throughout the grind of the year-long soccer season."I've been coaching soccer for over 20 years, and this is the best book I have ever read."Levi TeasleyHead Soccer Coach Ellensburg High School"The Mental Game of Soccer gives you the complete system for playing the game one touch at a time. What Cain has done is simplify the process of exactly how to give yourself the best chance for success on the pitch and build true mental toughness. This book is a game changer."Dina GravesHead Soccer CoachThe Woodlands High School2010 Texas 5A State Champions

Elite tennis players like Rodger Federer or Rafael Nadal not only perceive everything that is happening around them, but they also foresee the next game situations. This "mental speed" lays the foundation to build master performances in extremely complex situations. The Mental Game: Cognitive Training, Creativity, and Game Intelligence in Tennis provides a theoretical framework in which anticipation, perception, attention, and memory processes play a big role in a tennis player's ability to win on the court. The diagnostic tools and useful examples aid the training of cognitive abilities. With more than 50 on-court practice drills to build game intelligence, every tennis player will strengthen their mental game and win their matches.

This book will help you to learn the secrets of developing mental toughness. The authors have brought to soccer their vast experience of working with the world champions and Olympic gold medalists, and provide a set of no-nonsense, practical tips and techniques. Soccer The Mind Game enables you to take the mental side of your game to a higher level. It presents a seven-step plan to help you maintain performance consistency by concentrating on the key principles of success.

Soccer Tough demystifies mental toughness and football psychology and offers practical techniques that will enable soccer players of all abilities to actively develop focus, energy, and confidence. Soccer Tough will help banish the fear, mistakes, and mental limits that holds players back.

Goes beyond conditioning and Xs and Os to reveal an overlooked yet crucial part of playing sound soccerthe mental game. The book introduces numerous concepts, including mental mechanics, performance barriers, expanding player capacities, mechanical breakdowns, automaticity of performing, and mental-skills training strategies. Dr. Mike Voight takes the most current research in sport science, sport psychology, motor development, and exercise physiology, and distills it into easy-to-understand and apply language that can be used by coaches at any age and skill level.

Sports psychology, exploring the effects of psychological interventions on important performance-related outcomes, has become ever more popular and prevalent within elite level soccer clubs in the past decade as teams look to gain psychological as well as physiological advantages over their competitors. The Psychology of Soccer seeks to present the detailed understanding of the theories underpinning the psychological issues relating to soccer, along with practical insights into effective psychological interventions and strategies This book uses contemporary theory and research to elucidate key concepts and applied interventions. It includes world-leading expert commentaries of contemporary theoretical and applied approaches in understanding critical issues in soccer, and provides practical implications and insights into working effectively in soccer-related contexts. The Psychology of Soccer is an evidence-based resource to guide research and facilitate practice and will be a vital resource for researchers, practitioners, and coaches within the area of sport psychology and related disciplines.

COMPETE MENTALLY TOUGH! WINNING STATE Women's Soccer focuses on competing. It shows players how to take their mental game to a winning level. WINNING STATE instantly improves tournament performance. It gives players the mental toughness skills to eliminate distractions and crush apprehension, so they can execute in competition as well or better than they do in practice. WINNING STATE is for all ages and abilities. It's for players who consistently want to bring their "A-Game" to the competitive arena. WINNING STATE inspires players to face the pressure head on, believe 100%, and execute with conviction. Players get the skills to conquer the nerves, fiercely compete, and win! Your mind is your most powerful weapon. Train it! WINNING STATE Women's Soccer: The Athlete's Guide to Competing Mentally Tough

Are you ready to take your soccer game to the next level? Improving your mental strength could be the answer. Things don't always go our way. That is true in life, in our career, in our relationships and, of course, in sport. That sweet hit from the tee that lands perfectly on the fairway, and races on and on...and on, straight into the bunker. Or the day that our serve just will not function. Is there anything more frustrating than sending hit after hit into the net? Well, of course, there are many things harder to bear, but it doesn't seem so at the time. Or the day we play the boss at squash, and aim to push him just so far before he defeats us with a series of devastating volleys and bias shots to the corner. Except, they just don't come off, and we end up winning, knowing that the lift will continue to stop for us at the fifth floor, at least until next time. But these are all examples of individual sports; occasions where if things go against us it is only we that suffer, as annoying as that is. But in team games, such as soccer, we can end up letting down the entire team. Nobody wants to do that. Perhaps more significantly, we do not want the fear of that happening. Often it is the fear of doing something wrong, of making a mistake, of giving the referee a chance to award a penalty against us, that causes that particular disaster to occur. The mark of the very best players is that they have the mental toughness to overcome these moments of adversity. To accept that there are times when matters do not pan out as they hope, and having accepted them, move on without allowing their confidence to drop. Call it resilience, spirit, mental strength or whatever, without a doubt such a mindset is as crucial as having the skills to play at the level to which we aspire. Here's What You'll Learn from This Book: Importance of Mental Toughness Understanding Your Role in the Team Getting Along with Your Team Mates Difficulties on the Pitch Overcoming Personal Difficulties Improving Self-Discipline Top Mental Exercises and Visualisations Build a Personal Improvement Plan Scroll up and Download Now

From the FIFA World Cup to pick-up games at your local park, soccer is the closest thing in our world to a universal entertainment. Many writers use this global popularity to describe the game’s winners and losers, but what happens when we use social science to explore how soccer intersects with culture, society, and the self? This book provides a thinking fan’s guide to the world’s most popular game, proposing a way of engaging soccer that sparks intellectual curiosity and employs critical consciousness. Using stories and data, along with ideas from sociology, psychology, and across the social sciences, it provides readers with new ways of understanding fanaticism, peak performance, talent development, and more. Drawing on concepts ranging from cognitive bias to globalization, it illuminates meanings of the game for players and fans while investigating impacts on our lives and communities. While it considers soccer cultures across the globe, the book also analyzes what makes U.S. soccer culture special, including its embrace of the women’s game. As a scholar, former minor league player and coach, and fan, Andrew Guest offers a distinctive perspective on soccer in society. Whatever name you call it, and whatever your interest in it, Soccer in Mind will enrich your own view of the one truly global game.