Mindfulness for Student Athletes
A Workbook to Help Teens Reduce Stress and Enhance Performance
by Gina M. Biegel
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Pub Date Aug 01 2018 | Archive Date Jul 10 2019
New Harbinger Publications, Inc. | New Harbinger
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Description
If you're like many other high school or college students, you probably feel pressure to perform at a high level -both in the classroom and on the field. Unfortunately, this pressure can cause lots of stress and anxiety. To make matters worse, you may find it difficult to effectively manage all of these demands on your time, energy, and health. This is where mindfulness can help.
Mindfulness allows you to stay present, focus, and be calm with your thoughts and emotions, no matter how stressful life gets. In Mindfulness for Student Athletes, you'll find practical and tactical ways to cope with stress and anxiety in the moment, prevent stress in the future, and experience more satisfaction and enjoyment while playing sports. You'll also find proven-effective tools to naturally enhance your performance.
The mindfulness skills outlined in this workbook will not only help you on the field-but in life as well. You'll be able to take what you've learned and apply it to any situation, from job interviews to scoring a touchdown. What a gift to have!
Advance Praise
“I have been a
longtime proponent and practitioner of the philosophies and exercises presented
by Gina Biegel and Todd Corbin. These techniques have allowed my fencers
to reach numerous World Junior/Senior Championships, Pan Am Games, and four US
Olympic Teams, moreover to succeed in their life after athletics. I strongly
recommend this for all athletes, competitors, family members, coaches, and
professional personnel.”
—William
E. Reith, former US Olympic fencing coach,
and owner of
Alcazar Fencing
“Mindfulness for Student Athletes is a one-of-a-kind
workbook that will enable athletes of all ages, levels, and sports to take
their performance to the next level. The exercises are engaging, thought-provoking,
and fun. Biegel and Corbin have masterfully created exercises which build upon
each other, and like a road map will guide the student athlete to tone, flex,
and strengthen their mental muscles.”
—Rob Polishook, MA, mental training coach,
founder of Inside the Zone Sports Performance Group, and author of Tennis Inside the Zone
“This
book offers student athletes simple, useable skills. Incorporating these skills
into practices, competition, and daily life will allow athletes to gain and
enhance their performance in every domain.”
—Amy Saltzman, MD, author of A Still Quiet Place for Athletes
“Gina
and Todd have created an incredible book for all who want to really learn how
to apply mindfulness training to sports. I find their book very helpful when
working with athletes at all levels, and recommend it to all who want to break
through their barriers and reach new levels in life and sports.”
—Graham Betchart, MA, mental skills coach
and consultant to USA Basketball
“Whether it’s
to gain a mental advantage over the competition or to
overcome performance anxiety, Mindfulness for Student Athletes
can be integrated into every facet of an athlete’s practice, game, and life.”
—Pete
Kirchmer, director of the University of
California, San Diego’s Center for Mindfulness mPEAK Program
“This workbook is a fantastic resource not
only for student athletes, but also for individuals of all ages pursuing
athletic endeavors. It is full of engaging activities as well as powerful
messages to help instill confidence, learn how to manage stress, calm the mind,
and improve performance. A must-read for student athletes!”
—Stacie Cooper, MA, PsyD, teen life
coach, mindfulness and Pilates instructor, and author of The Masks We Wear
“Many professional athletes and
Olympic medalists use mindfulness and visualization to enter into a state of
flow, to de-stress, and to cultivate greater focus. Now, with this wonderful
book, youth can utilize these same amazing techniques to excel at sports and to
cultivate the many benefits of mindfulness for their personal lives in the
process.”
—Daniel Rechtschaffen, MFT, director
of Transformative Educational Leadership, and author of The Mindful Education Workbook and The Way of Mindful Education
“A wonderful book that gives any athlete
of any sport a nimble, agile, and yet powerful set of skills to maximize
performance and joy from the practice fields to the competitive places they
boldly choose to go.”
—Jeffrey
Bernstein, PhD, child and
teen psychologist, and author of Mindfulness
for Teen Worry and 10 Days to a Less
Defiant Child
“Biegel and Corbin’s Mindfulness for Student Athletes is a brilliant workbook for
students and coaches. How I wish my own daughter had this resource when she was
a high school and collegiate runner. Mental well-being is a well-known key for
athletic achievement, but achieving it is easier said than done. Gina and Todd
help teens expertly explore the processes through which mental stability and
athletic performance merge. Through thirty-two exercises, students learn for
themselves how to address thoughts, emotions, senses, body awareness, fear,
pressure, gratitude, and so much more. The authors share wisdom from dozens of
renown athletes of a wide variety of sports. This accessible book is easy to
understand, and students may find it hard to put down. I did!”
—Laurie
Grossman, director of program development and outreach at Inner
Explorer, cofounder of Mindful Schools, and coauthor of Master of
Mindfulness
Available Editions
EDITION | Other Format |
ISBN | 9781684030798 |
PRICE | $16.95 (USD) |