Sports Psyching: Playing Your Best Game All of the Time

I had the good fortune to attend a seminar through at that time the United States Gymnastics Federation and Thomas Tutko was a featured teacher. I bought his book. I coached gymnastics at that time. Turned his book into a curriculum for my top girls. This I did in the summer when my best trained about 25-30 hours a week. It took every bit of an hour of workout time and about 8 weeks to get well in place with my girls. Gymnastics is an incredible "head" sport once the physical mastery is done. The scores went up 20-30% across the board- and my girls did not get rattled in the wide range of "stuff" that can happen in the gymnastic arena. The next year I attended another workshop by Dr. Tutko...told what I had done with his book- the results my girls got - his book sold out that day. I still have my copy. His book made an impact never forgotten. I would like to thank him!

In the late 70s early 80s I coached gymnastics professionally. During that time at a couple of the national conventions in that profession Thomas Tutko gave workshops. The first time I took his workshop, was impressed and then bought his book. I LITERALLY made it into a curriculum for my gymnasts. It took about 6-8 weeks to get it between their ears that summer. But the following year my gymnast's scores and performances DRAMATICALLY improved. They also had a much higher degree of enjoyment of their hard work. At the next national convention I took his workshop again and commented on what a major impact his book had on my athletes. His book sold out that day! ANYONE doing anything competitive at all I highly recommend this book, and I refer people to it often. The applications to sports can also be converted to many other facets of life. I am not in general big "fan" of psychology. Some psychology is a form of intellectual narcissism, arrogance and heresy. Sports Psyching is the finest information in that field I have experienced YTD. And applying techniques from this book actually had MEASURABLE RESULTS when I coached women's gymnastics. Investing in this book has a great pay pack.

Sports Psyching gives you a roadmap to achieving your personal best in sport through mental training. Combined with the testing program by Dr. Tutko, called The Mental Game Plan, a test that appraises your attitudes against thousands of other athletes, this information allows you to implement a plan for better game performance and improved communication between coach and athlete.