Mental Toughness For Young Athletes: Eight Proven 5-Minute Mindset Exercises For Kids And Teens Who Play Competitive Sports

Fantastic book with easy to understand examples and exercises to overcome obstacles to success - even though many of the examples were related to basketball, they were easy to apply to other disciplines. In our case ski racing. When you sign up on the author's website he sends occasional emails with reminder material and thoughts for parents which is great to keep you on track and stop you falling back into your old ways. Highly recommend to anyone with an ambitious kid who wants to make it into a chosen field...

Excellent read for my boy who is currently finding football mentally tough at the moment .

I bought this for my son who's recently been accepted into a basketball academy and is having to step out of his comfort zone. I like that it's written from the child/teen point of view and it's not just an adult giving advice. Very well written and easy to read. Thanks for your valuable insights. Totally recommend

Call it mental toughness or rules for success. These are what you need to succeed in life. Yes, this book is written for sports in mind and especially for younger athletes/children (teens mostly). However, the techniques are useful for anyone and can be transferred to all aspects of life. He is right it is adifficilt treck yo get kids yo read this ad my basketball crazy son will not give it a second look as he "has to pratice". However, I would encourage any parent to read this even if it is just to quote some of the greats so kids listen and maybe decide to pick up the book themselves.

This is a great little book. I purchased it for my partner who, despite not falling under the category of "young athlete" (well, she's 30, she'd argue THAT toss with me), she's not as into reading sports psychology tomes as I am, and I was looking for something a little simpler that I could distill for her. It absolutely did not disappoint. As someone who has spent over 20 years reading all manner of sports psychology books, there wasn't anything new here that I had not read elsewhere, but I'm not the target audience. Young athletes won't have spent the time I have reading as widely as I have. So this should be new to them. Although there's nothing I've not read here before, this is the first time I've found all of these tips in one single place. It's a one stop shop. I really love this book for it's simplicity but also breadth. Yeah, you could want to read deeper into some aspects, but you don't *need* to to get the full benefit of these exercises (and I know from experience that they do work. But you've got to do them every day, for years, to get the full benefit of them. They're not a magic wand). I've already purchased the follow up and the parent's guide as well. I've seen in some reviews complaints about grammatical errors, but I found about two in total. So I assume these have been editted out in future editions. It is certainly not a jarring read and my praise is not in spite of the presentation of the text. So don't let those reviews put you off.

So, my daughter decides to take up Football (Soccer) having had no interest until nearly 8 years old, when suddenly the bug takes hold following a school trial session and a suggestion from a friend to give it a go. Fast forward nearly three years and she has made fantastic progress in a very short time with a recent invite for an academy trial with the biggest local team! Now the road to this point has been bumpy and props to my daughter for showing the courage to continue despite them but, one thing that did significantly help her (and myself as ‘Dad coach’), was this little gem of a book I stumbled upon whilst considering how to help her become more focused and able to understand that sport comes with it’s bumps and bruises and it’s ok to be competitive and ‘give it back’ as it were (within the rules) as sport is a different thing than our day to day manner, something I noticed many similar age struggle with. We read through the book together one chapter at a time and then I would sit back and let the ideas marinate only to stand back in awe to see her apply the very ideas and have a new level of determination show through in the very next game! So much so, her coaches were taken aback too and it made for a new central position in the team with her new found battling instinct to pair with her already formidable athleticism and rapidly improving skills and tactical understanding. Regardless of the sport your little one has chosen, the path will have many similarities given it’s ‘the mind the drives the thing’, so consider purchasing this very reasonably priced and highly accessible little book for them to read and watch how it influences them to show their best selves too!

The way the book is written fantastically!

The book is good for kids and for parents too. Only one thing - so many advertisement of the website “gamereadycourse”. I have visited this website and it’s nothing there, I don’t want to share my, or my children’s emails, but it’s pushing me. Honestly, now I not sure what I have a full information from the book, maybe it’s something on the website, but I paid for the book…