Dr. Chris Stankovich discusses the psychology of human performance, including the importance of attitude, getting in the zone, setting effective goals, anxiety reduction strategies, galvanizing human resiliency, using stress for success, plus much more.

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Pool may be as "mental" of a game as there ever was, as players regularly depend on self-confidence, focus, and concentration in order to help with overcoming nerves and making big shots in tournament play. Mind of Steel: Mental Toughness for Pool Success DVD will immediately help you play at your highest level - especially in clutch situations.

Mind of Steel for Pool Success DVD will teach you:

• How to develop an approach to pool that will allow you to reach your full potential
• How to use proven sport psychology mental training skills to increase self-confidence, focus, concentration, and resiliency
• How to reduce anxiety and "choking" so that you can play with the best
• Specific pre-tournament and pre-shot routines that will help you get "in the zone" and sharpen your focus
• Plus much more!
  

Dr. Chris Stankovich covers all the key sport psychology components to developing the mental toughness needed to reach full athletic potential, including strategies to help get in the zone, sharpen focus, improve motivation, beating pressure and "choking," and strengthening resiliency.

How much of the game of baseball is "mental?" While that question is difficult to answer precisely, most baseball players will tell you that at least 50% of baseball success relies on developing "mental toughness." Specifically, players who learn how to increase self-confidence, sharpen focus, minimize anxiety, and strengthen resiliency are the ones who develop precision mind-body synchrony and inevitably reach their full baseball playing potential.

Mind of Steel for Baseball Success, developed by nationally respected sport performance scientist, Dr. Chris Stankovich, will teach you how to:

• Develop specific, measurable, controllable goals that will help you maximize your baseball potential
• Incorporate proven sport psychology skills to help you get in the zone on a regular basis
• Minimize debilitating anxiety that often disrupts important muscle memory necessary for fast reactions on the field
• Create pre-game, pre-pitch, and pre-AB routines designed to improve confidence and focus
• Utilize "bounce back" strategies to help immediately dismiss errors and other negative events on the field
• Develop a perception focus of "playing to win" rather than playing to avoid losing
• Minimize "choking" so that you can make every pitch and AB count!
• Plus much more!
  

OWN THE GAME: Developing a Mind of Steel for Mental Toughness in Sports is a scientifically based, hands-on program designed to immediately improve mental toughness and help athletes reach their full athletic potential. Learn how to develop a holistic training approach that includes key mental toughness training techniques, including confidence development, focus, motivation, and resiliency. Additionally, Dr. Stankovich offers important insights to help athletes get "in the zone" more regularly, as well as stay calm in pressure situations. Finally, key bonus chapters on pre-game routines and eliminating "choking" are included so that athletes can develop a mind of steel and "Own the Game!"

OWN THE GAME will help you:

• Develop a holistic, maximum production approach to sports training
• Set effective goals for future success
• Refine focus so that you reach your full potential
• Minimize anxiety and maximize self-confidence
• Get "in the zone" for games and practices
• Strengthen resiliency and use mistakes as teachable moments
• BONUS: Learn about pre-game routines that work and techniques to minimize "choking"
  

Dr Chris Stankovich will help you understand both traditional and contemporary sport issues that kids commonly experience while competing in youth and interscholastic sports, allowing you to help your child have a safe, fun, and meaningful sport experience.  The Parent's Video Playbook is filled with easy-to-understand, professional advice based on Dr. Stankovich's research findings and practical applications working as a professor and researcher in the field of Sport Psychology/Athletic Counseling. 

The Parent's Video Playbook will help you:

• Understand why kids play - and stop playing - sports
• Lean the realities of earning college scholarships
• Decide between specializing or sampling sports
• Familiarize yourself with today's big sport issues, including sports burnout
• Help your child develop emotional intelligence and learn invaluable life skills while playing sports
• Teach your child how to develop self-confidence, minimize anxiety, and ultimately play at his or her highest level
• Communicate more effectively with the coach, especially about issues like playing time concerns
• Use sport psychology skills to enhance on-field sport proficiency
• Understand the athletic identity and impact on human development and growth
• Prepare and successfully respond to the inevitable sport retirement transition every athlete eventually experiences

Did you know that many of the problems wrestlers experience in matches are due to mental breakdowns and mistakes, not physical breakdowns? When wrestlers struggle with confidence, focus, concentration, nerves, and bouncing back from adversity, these are all aspects of mental toughness. This is where Wrestling Your Best can help!

Dr. Stankovich's new DVD for wrestlers will help you reach your full wrestling potential by teaching you:

• How to increase self-confidence and develop a winning focus
• How to set effective goals that will lead to maximum wrestling development
• How to develop a personal pre-match routine to maximize mind-body synchrony needed for superior muscle memory
• How to stay calm, especially in pressure situations
• How to minimize "choking" and quickly bounce back after losses
• Plus much more!