Develop your mental skills and take your performance to new levels without sacrificing your enjoyment of your sport. What happens when sports psychology and positive psychology collide? A paradigm shift to a world where mental skills training facilitates flow and optimal performance in sport, and where sport is the vehicle to enabling greater fulfilment and wellbeing in life. Derek N. Tate provides a brilliant practical program that can be used by athletes and coaches to train and improve mental skills and to maintain mental fitness. This book is ideal for anyone who wants to perform at their best in sport and in their wider lives. Any athlete who is serious about maximising their performance will find this book invaluable and coaches will be able to expand their coaching toolbox giving them the confidence to help their athletes develop this crucial part of their game. In Six Steps for Training the Mind you will learn: How to develop a winning attitude The importance of instructional and motivational self-talk To use controlled breathing as a foundation for meditation, mindfulness, and relaxation A range imagery and mental rehearsal skills How to structure your pre-performance routines To use your mental skills to find flow and unlock your best performance This book contains 20 practical activities that you can easily incorporate into your overall training to compliment your technical, tactical, and physical development. Underpinning this book, and program, is the importance of mental health and long-term wellbeing which has never been more important in today’s world with all the challenges that are ever present. "Derek Tate’s considerable lived experience, honest reflections and extensive research has resulted in another practical book for anyone pursuing their own optimum performance or supporting others to achieve theirs. This will be well used in my house and my workplace". - Kelly Bishop (MSc Applied Positive Psychology) If you want to perform at your best, enjoy your sport to the full and look after your mental health click the ‘buy now’ button.
“Learn, Enjoy, Flow & Grow makes a great contribution to our understanding of flow and performance”. –Dr. Sue Jackson, co-author Flow in Sports. “Anyone interested in improving themselves and the quality of their lives will relate to this comprehensive and insightful book”. –Sheelagh Lennon (MIACP), counsellor and psychotherapist. A must-read book for anyone who is interested in helping themselves or others lead a more meaningful life. Learn, Enjoy, Flow and Grow is in essence a ‘coaching method’ that can be applied to yourself, or others with whom you work. Ultimately, it is a process of self-development and if you are open to learning and seizing opportunities, throughout your life, then you will give yourself the opportunity to learn, enjoy, flow and grow and, in turn, find more passion and meaning. In this innovative book, Derek Tate shows you how to be a lifelong learner who exudes passion, who understands how to achieve flow experiences, and who can unlock the full potential that lies inside you. “Engaging and fascinating”. – Jane Campbell Morrison, MBE, Sailing Coach “Encompasses the coaching approach I have used with Dave Ryding over the last ten years –Tristan Glasse-Davies, Dave Ryding’s lead coach since 2010
Develop your mental skills and take your performance to new levels without sacrificing your enjoyment of your sport. What happens when sports psychology and positive psychology collide? A paradigm shift to a world where mental skills training facilitates flow and optimal performance in sport, and where sport is the vehicle to enabling greater fulfilment and wellbeing in life. Derek N. Tate provides a brilliant practical program that can be used by athletes and coaches to train and improve mental skills and to maintain mental fitness. This book is ideal for anyone who wants to perform at their best in sport and in their wider lives. Any athlete who is serious about maximising their performance will find this book invaluable and coaches will be able to expand their coaching toolbox giving them the confidence to help their athletes develop this crucial part of their game. In Six Steps for Training the Mind you will learn: How to develop a winning attitude The importance of instructional and motivational self-talk To use controlled breathing as a foundation for meditation, mindfulness, and relaxation A range imagery and mental rehearsal skills How to structure your pre-performance routines To use your mental skills to find flow and unlock your best performance This book contains 20 practical activities that you can easily incorporate into your overall training to compliment your technical, tactical, and physical development. Underpinning this book, and program, is the importance of mental health and long-term wellbeing which has never been more important in today’s world with all the challenges that are ever present. "Derek Tate’s considerable lived experience, honest reflections and extensive research has resulted in another practical book for anyone pursuing their own optimum performance or supporting others to achieve theirs. This will be well used in my house and my workplace". - Kelly Bishop (MSc Applied Positive Psychology) If you want to perform at your best, enjoy your sport to the full and look after your mental health click the ‘buy now’ button.
In Derek Tate’s Transformational Flow Coaching he presents an innovative approach to development and growth whereby the Flow Coach can flexibly use a blend of transactional and transformational coaching with facilitating flow experiences being an integral part of the process. Flow is an altered state of consciousness that provides many benefits to those who experience it regularly including high levels of performance, increased productivity, enhanced learning, reduced stress, stronger self-concept, improved mental health and positive growth. 'Transformational Flow Coaching' is an approach to coaching that is designed to help facilitate flow experiences while at the same time promoting personal growth and development for individuals and groups. This holistic method mixes the best of transactional and transformational coaching with positive psychology to encourage the coachee to discover who they truly are - their authentic self - thereby enabling positive growth and greater well-being. This ebook introduces the 'Transformational Flow Coaching' model, explains how it works in practice both from the perspective of the coachee and the coach. It also provides an important link between the author's first book; Learn, Enjoy, Flow & Grow and his next book; 9 Habits of a Flow Coach.
The Interski Congress takes place every four years and brings together ski and snowboard instructors from all over the world to represent their national snowsport training and certification organisations. Over 30 countries are represented with the aim of collaborating, sharing and exchanging ideas surrounding technique, teaching methodologies and other issues pertinent to the snowsports teaching profession. Some of the best technical skiers and riders are present showing off their amazing skills. This Congress Report from Interski 2023, which was held in Levi, Finland, focuses on eight countries whose on-snow workshops and/or off snow lectures the author attended. It also includes 'top takeaways' from the event and lots of great links to further resources including video footage and further reading. This is a detailed report that will interest snowsport enthusiasts and is a must read for all snowsport instructors. "It was magical for me to experience how new connections and relations are so naturally built when you share such a deep passion with the people around you. I feel so fueled and deeply inspired by the views of new and old friends who came together in Levi." -Katrine Munkholm, Danish Interski Demo Team member "Representing an non-alpine country, it is an honor to be able to meet and share knowledge with colleagues at the Interski Congress. The Finnish culture and the proximity of mother nature guaranteed an inclusive, creative and even spiritual vibe that brought all of us close to each other as individuals, as national teams and as an international community. Interski gave us a huge amount of food for thought and perfect peace for the soul. Euphoria for the whole week in Levi! We are still in a state of flow that will remain with us for a long time." -Peter Dalos, Team Leader Hungarian Interski Demo Team
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