Thinking Inside the Crease: The Mental Secrets to Becoming a Dominant Lacrosse Goalie

by Christian K Buck

"Thinking Inside the Crease" is a guide for lacrosse goalies to learn how to dominate in the cage psychologically. Playing goalie is 100% physical as well as 100% mental. The competition in high school and college has gotten so stiff that the best goalies must have the mental game to back up their technique. Chris Buck, a coach and sport psychology consultant, has worked with hundreds of goalies from youth to the MLL over the past twenty years, helping them with their technique but realized the best goalies in the world are the ones with the best mental game as well. The strategies inside this book are utilized by the best in the sport and now they are passed down to the next generation of goalies. From MLL to high school, the goalies who have followed Coach Buck's process have gone on to play at the highest level.

144 pages, Paperback

Published April 2, 2016

Reviews

[Michael Piotrowski · Rating 4 out of 5]

Thinking inside the Crease by Christian Buck covers everything you need to know about the mental aspect of playing lacrosse goalie. If you have a weak mental game it doesn’t matter how much skill you have. As soon as an athlete gets inside their own head its very hard to recover. One of my favorite quotes in the book was, “It is my belief that playing sports is 100% mental and 100% physical” (pg xii). This idea reinforces that your just as strong mentally as you are physically. Buck covers every aspect of the position and different things you can do to shake off previous goals or how to train to keep your mind right. This could be through yoga or meditation. As long as your doing something to stay strong and prepare for stressful situations on the field. To be the most dominate player you can be on and off the field it’s absolutely crucial that every athlete trains their mind just like they were their body.

[Michael Smith · Rating 4 out of 5]

Book is geared to Lacrosse goalies and provides some tools for the individual.