The Ultimate Mental Toughness Guide: Roller Derby

by Naomi Sweetart Weitz, Skyler Weitz (Illustrations)

This book will help you to achieve your full potential in roller derby and in life! Mental toughness training uses psychological principles to improve an athlete's performance. An athlete's performance is at least 60% psychological. Some experts say mental toughness skills factor in even more! The Mental Toughness Roller Derby contains both theory and hands-on activities so you can begin to apply these skills right away. Some of the mental toughness skills you will learn are energy management, self-awareness, using imagery, sportsmanship, distraction control, negative thought-stopping, goal setting, relaxation training, and character development. This book will help you to maximize motivation, return after an injury, defeat self-doubts, create confidence, decrease anxiety, increase focus, prevent burnout, and lots more!

Genres: Roller Derby

266 pages, Paperback

First published December 4, 2014

Reviews

[Helen · Rating 5 out of 5]

I've read a couple of other sports psychology books before, and this book has a lot of the same information in it, but it's nice to see it tailored to roller derby. I also like this one because it has more things I can do, and put into practice than the other books, and I felt it went a bit more in depth into some subjects.

It's nice to see the comments in it from other roller derby players on their thoughts and feelings when they're playing or training.

I've marked it as finished only because I've read it cover to cover now, but this is a book that I will keep using. I want to give a copy to everyone on my team!