Learn from Olympic medalist, NCAA champion, and Academic All-American OBADELE THOMPSON, the "secrets" of how to: 1) Avoid common student-athlete mistakes and pitfalls 2) Improve your study habits and ace your classes 3) Train better and win bigger and more often 4) Get "paid" now by using your opportunities and resources 5) Establish power habits to succeed in college and beyond 6) Grow your brand, network, and relationships 7) Prepare for a professional sports career.
The premier NCAA student-athlete handbook, now in a second, updated edition designed for today’s competitive market and with a new chapter on name, image, and likeness (NIL) rights. Few student-athletes dreaming of athletic stardom ever make it to the pros. Yet, the discipline and skills they’ve developed while balancing a sport and academics make them ideally suited for satisfying careers elsewhere. The book’s authors draw on personal experience, interviews, expert opinion, and industry data to provide a game plan for student-athletes to help them transition from high school to college, navigate evolving rules about NIL rights, and find success in life after college. Modeled after Stephen Covey’s The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, this expanded and updated guide provides a much-needed strategy for student-athletes as they prepare for postcollege careers, while serving as a valuable resource for their parents, coaches, and sports administrators across the country.
An in-depth mental motivational book for all athletes from Olympian Dr. Joanna Zeiger that offers game-changing strategies for programming your brain to achieve physical excellence. Champions, as the familiar adage preaches, are not born—they're made. Reaching the top of any sport, or any aspect of life, takes years upon years of dedication and proper preparation. But if there's a huge pool of individuals who have undertaken the same commitment and steps towards becoming the best, what truly separates the winners from everyone else? Joanna Zeiger believes proper mental preparation is the answer. The Champion Mindset is a much-needed and long overdue look into how to program a competitor's mind to achieve optimal success. Changing behaviors and ways of thinking are never easy, but the chapters in this book aim to simplify this process to make it manageable and achievable. This book is for every athlete—from the weekend warrior, who wants to complete in his or her first 5k running race, to those who have aspirations of one day becoming Olympians and world champions. The Champion Mindset is a compendium of Zeiger's own personal journey from struggling novice swimmer to Olympian and World Champion. Through steps including: Proper Goal Setting, Keeping it Fun, Building Your Team, Intention in Training, Improving Motivation, Promoting Self-Confidence, and Mind/Body Cohesion, among others, Zeiger uses her decades of personal experience, doctoral-level research, and professional success, to prepare readers to go all-in with their mental game.
Think back to your last big game. Remember your heart pounding when it all came down to the last moment. Would you be triumphant or frustrated? All athletes want to master the secrets of the professionals because when they are in the heat of competition, they tighten up and struggle to perform at their best. Negative thinking becomes their Achilles heel. The good news is by working with a sports psychologist, world-class athletes develop mental conditioning skills that help them reach their highest goals. In A Champion's Mindset(c), I will share 15 mental conditioning steps that help you reach your optimal performance during your biggest competitive moments. You will learn the strategies to conquer the most common challenges. These 15 mental conditioning steps will come alive through helpful techniques, practical lessons, evidence-based research and real-life entertaining stories from athletes I have coached. You will learn to: -Master the Sports Psychology Triangle -Manage stress, thoughts and emotions -Develop mental toughness -Set realistic goals -Value maintaining an optimistic attitude After working with Olympians, professionals and elite nationally ranked junior athletes, I have found the earlier in your growth as an athlete you develop and master these 15 mental conditioning steps, the more successful you will be in the competitive arena and beyond. Now is the time to take your game to the next level as you develop A Champion's Mindset(c).
Award-winning coach and sports psychologist Jim Afremow has helped everyone from Olympians to professional athletes train their mind, body, and spirit. Now, in this new young adult edition of his highly praised The Champion’s Mind, Dr. Afremow is helping student athletes do—and feel—their best. Whether you are striving to balance your school and sports accomplishments, or just get that extra edge in your sport, his sage advice will be a much-needed guide in helping you navigate the field—or rink or court. New additions to The Young Champion’s Mind include such topics as:- Tips on how to get in a “zone,” thrive on a team, and stay humble- How to progress within a sport and sustain excellence long-term- Customizable pre-performance routines to hit full power when the gun goes off or the puck is dropped
Living Like a Champion is a roadmap for thousands of student athletes who have dedicated countless hours in order to be involved in sports. Few of them continue their playing days past college and for some, high school. The following information will become a tool that no student athlete should be without. Our journey will link the importance of sports and explain why we are so interested; specifically, how goals, planning, motivation, decision-making, communication, and conflict can affect our lives.
The 25 Secrets Every Uncommon Student-Athlete Should Know Inside any sport you play the Key for being an Uncommon Student Athlete is embracing the divine Word of God. These 25 incredible secrets will help unlock greater awareness to succeeding as a Student Athlete. The combination of being a student plus athlete comes with a great responsibility. While pursuing your academic and athletic endeavors always be aware the seasons of change that may appear during anytime of your mission. Life lessons are learned and build from being an uncommon student athlete. Striving for a Crown Corinthians 9:24 Do you not know that those who run in a race all run, but one receives the prize? Run in such a way that you may obtain it. And everyone who competes for the prize is temperate in all things. Now they do it to obtain a perishable crown, but we for an imperishable crown. Being in a student Athlete is not a easy task, sometimes being a student and athlete can feel like a daunting and overwhelming task. It takes time, patience, and focus to be a successful uncommon student-athlete. John Hudson provides practical and spiritual keys to successfully support Student Athletes in this, book, 25 Secrets Every Uncommon Student Athlete Should Know.
Even among the most elite performers, certain athletes stand out as a cut above the rest, able to outperform in clutch, game-deciding moments. These athletes prove that raw athletic ability doesn't necessarily translate to a superior on-field experience—its the mental game that matters most. Sports participation—from the recreational to the collegiate Division I level—is at an all-time high. While the caliber of their games may differ, athletes at every level have one thing in common: the desire to excel. In The Champion's Mind, sports psychologist Jim Afremow, PhD, offers the same advice he uses with Olympians, Heisman Trophy winners, and professional athletes, including: • How to get in a "zone," thrive on a team, and stay humble • How to progress within a sport and sustain long-term excellence • Customizable pre-performance routines to hit full power when the gun goes off or the puck is dropped With hundreds of useful tips, breakthrough science, and cutting-edge workouts from the world's top trainers, The Champion's Mind will help you shape your body to ensure a longer, healthier, happier lifetime.
More than 99 percent of student-athletes will go pro in something other than sports. This book is for those college athletes, their advisors, and their families. It provides advice and insights for the typical student-athlete on how to navigate the college experience and name, image, and licensing rights and to prepare for life after graduation.
