Ahead of the Game

Jeremy Lazarus

Description

Mental attitude in sport is the difference between winning/performing well and losing/performing badly. Many elite athletes say that the mental aspects of sport make the difference between being a champion or not. Whether at professional or recreational level, your mindset determines the degree of success and fulfillment you achieve from your sport. Ahead of the Game will teach you how to use your mind to win and perform to your best in sport.Ahead of the Game is written for sports coaches, athletes and players of all levels who want to learn some leading-edge yet tried and tested techniques to using your mind more effectively, and helping others to do the same. It draws on many of the techniques from Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP), proven methods to achieve success and better results, faster. Ahead of the Game takes you through the techniques and approaches step by step, and is full of practical exercises and examples of how these techniques have been used with athletes so that you can adapt the techniques to suit you in all sports, including major sports like athletics, football/soccer, tennis, golf, basketball and swimming.'Within the book, Jeremy simplifies the learnings of what at first glance are some complex areas through the activities that he presents, the tips that he supplies and the intriguing personal stories he provides as to how he has worked with athletes to enable them to make huge leaps in their performance - all of which allow the reader to extract the vital information presented quickly and effectively.I urge anybody who is an athlete wishing to improve their sporting potential, or anybody working within the athlete set-up to read this book and challenge themselves to implement the learnings from it in all aspects of their lives.'From the Preface by JJ Smith, Lecturer and Researcher of Sport Psychology, Loughborough University, England.

Sujets

• Sociologie, société et politique
• Sport psychology

Informations

• Publié par: The Lazarus Consultancy Ltd
• Date de parution: 10 avril 2014
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781910026007
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 1 Mo

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Jeremy Lazarus 2006
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Contents
Acknowledgements
Preface by Dr Jonathan Smith, Lecturer in Sports Sciences, Loughborough University
Introduction
Part I: The Building Blocks
Chapter 1: A Communication Model
Chapter 2: Your Mind
Chapter 3: The Mindset for Success in Sport
Chapter 4: Winning Goals
Part II: What Stops You?
Chapter 5: Internal Factors
Chapter 6: External Factors
Part III: The HOW TO
Chapter 7: Being In THE Right State
Chapter 8: Using The Language of Your Mind
Chapter 9: Changing Beliefs
Chapter 10: Visualisation and Mental Rehearsal
Chapter 11: Dealing with Setbacks and Difficulties
Chapter 12: Gaining Other Perspectives
Chapter 13: Preparation and Other Topics
Chapter 14: Finding a Mental Skills Coach
Part IV: What They Probably Don t Teach You at Coaching School
Chapter 15: Fundamental Filters and Motivation
Chapter 16: Language Tips for Coaches
Chapter 17: Other Advanced Coaching Tools and Tips
Chapter 18: Final Comments
Appendices
1: Building Rapport
2: List of Submodalities
3: Elicitation of Submodalities
4: Submodalities Mapping Across
5: Examples of Limiting Beliefs
6: Collapsing Anchors
7: Giving Feedback
8: Fundamental Filters Profile Worksheet and Example
9: Representational Systems Words and Phrases
10: Answers to Exercise 16.6
11: Sample Coaching Agreement
12: Guideline Script for The Peripheral Vision Exercise
13: The Perceptual Positions Technique
Further Reference Material
Glossary
Index
About The Author
Acknowledgements
There are several people who I am indebted to. This is in no order of importance. My parents, for having taught me right from wrong, and everything else they did for me, (whether I appreciated it at the time or not!) My Uncle Roger, for the countless hours he spent with me as a boy teaching me how to play football and cricket A certain sports master at school (who will remain nameless) who told me I d never be any good as a sportsman - fortunately I channelled the initial disappointment into motivation All the founders and subsequent developers of NLP The many people who have taught me NLP, especially (in alphabetical order) Shelle Rose Charvet, Robert Dilts, John Grinder, Tad James, Ian McDermott, Tony Robbins, David Shephard, Suzi Smith and Wyatt Woodsmall (apologies for any omissions) My students and clients, whose courage is an inspiration to me Lisa Wake, my friend and fellow traveller on life s journey, for her love, support and encouragement, and feedback on the book Karen Moxom, the courageous head of the Association of NLP and a true inspiration Gabriella Goddard, who planted the seeds of this book and encouraged me to write it JJ Smith, for his wisdom, knowledge and support Sally, Jo and Tom for reading through and commenting on the draft Those friends and colleagues who helped and encouraged me in a large or small way to write the book, especially Yvette, Lynda, Sanjay, Dave, Julie, Derian, Ros and Marcia Authors of the books referred to in this book Wyatt Woodsmall, for providing information about his involvement with the US Olympic Diving team Mindy Gibbins-Klein for her wisdom, encouragement and guidance in writing this book Andy and Martin Coote of Ecademy Press for their patience!
All references made in this book to Jeff Grout Sarah Perrin, Mind Games - Inspirational Lessons From The World s Biggest Sports Stars, Capstone Publishing Ltd, 2004 have been reproduced with permission of John Wiley Sons Ltd on behalf of Capstone Publishing Ltd. I thank them for this permission.
All references made in this book to Romilla Ready and Kate Burton, Neuro-linguistic Programming for Dummies, John Wiley Sons, 2004 have been reproduced with permission of John Wiley Sons Ltd. I thank them for this permission.
All references made in this book to Lew Hardy, Graham Jones and Daniel Gould, Understanding Psychological Preparation for Sport, John Wiley Sons, 1996 have been reproduced with permission of John Wiley Sons Ltd. I thank them for this permission.
All references made in this book to David Hemery, Sporting Excellence. What Makes a Champion? CollinsWillow, 1991 have been reprinted by permission of HarperCollins Publisher Ltd David Hemery 1991. I thank them for this permission.
Preface
Wow! What an honour it has been to be asked to write this opening extract for what is an exciting, thought provoking, and behaviour changing book. I have known Jeremy for only twelve months and within this period my knowledge, understanding, and ability to help athletes make performance changes has grown dramatically.
As a lecturer and researcher of Sport Psychology at Loughborough I have spent almost ten years understanding the impact of the mental side of sport on athletes performance and as importantly their enjoyment. All of this knowledge and experience I have then used within my work as an Applied Sport Psychologist to both junior and senior elite sportsmen and women including a past National Skeet shooter and Commonwealth Silver medallist, U18 England Rugby Players, and Junior National tennis players. What I have found from my experience is that there is an exceptionally high knowledge within the sport psychology community of the impact of the mind on sport performance and the mental qualities need to be an elite performer, due to the enormous amount of research that has been undertaken. However, what I have always craved to read more about and better understand is the knowledge of the HOW to make the most difference at its most nitty gritty - how do you improve an athlete s confidence who has just lost a match and has to compete again in five minutes? How does an athlete ensure they play well one day, and the same the next, and how can a coach help the athlete stay continually motivated?
Where sport psychology answers the Why , Neuro Linguistic Programming answers the How . It allows a coach, sport scientist or sport psychologist to understand how the athlete thinks and how to help the athlete change the way they think, giving them the tools to achieve their aims and goals whether it is to win Gold at the Olympics or win their local squash league - and NLP enables them to make these changes quickly.
What Jeremy does on his training courses and achieves as effectively throughout this book is bring together his expert knowledge of NLP, his personal experiences over many years delivering coaching in business and sport, and his engaging personality, to explain the why and the how to of developing individuals and teams to reach their true potential.
Within the book, Jeremy simplifies the learnings of what at first glance are some complex areas through the activities that he presents, the tips that he supplies and the intriguing personal stories he provides as to how he has worked with athletes to enable them to make huge leaps in their performance - all of which allow the reader to extract the vital information presented quickly and effectively.
I urge anybody who is an athlete wishing to improve their sporting potential, or anybody working within the athlete set-up to read this book and challenge themselves to implement the learnings from it in all aspects of their lives. The implementation of the knowledge I personally gained from completing the NLP Practitioner course with Jeremy and the reading (and re-reading!) of this book has been invaluable whenever I work with an athlete or look to change my own behaviour. Ahead of the Game - How to Use Your Mind to Win in Sport is an essential handbook for sport psychologists, coaches and athletes alike.
JJ Smith
Applied Sport Psychologist
Lecturer and Researcher of Sport Psychology
NLP Practitioner
Introduction
Welcome to Ahead of the Game - How to Use Your Mind to Win in Sport. It has been written for mental skills coaches, sports coaches, athletes, sportsmen and sportswomen of al