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Rebound: Train Your Mind to Bounce Back Stronger from Sports Injuries
Written by a leading mental skills coach and a contributing writer to Runner's World , this is a practical guide to building the mental skills athletes need to recover from injury and rebound stronger.
Weaving together personal narratives from athletes, scientific research, and the specialized clinical expertise of mental skills coach Carrie Jackson Cheadle, Rebound contains more than 45 Mental Skills and Drills athletes can use at every phase of their recovery process. These same strategies can help athletes who aren't currently injured reduce their vulnerability to injury and enable any individual to reach new heights within their sport and beyond.
Injuries affect every athlete, from the elite Olympian to the weekend racer. In the moment, a traumatic crash, a torn muscle, or a stress fracture can feel like the most devastating event possible. While some athletes are destroyed by the experience, others emerge from their recovery better, stronger, and more confident than ever.
Not everyone can recover swiftly enough to notch a winning performance in two weeks, of course. However, anyone can work toward a swifter, stronger comeback using mental skills, psychological tools that enable them to take control of their recovery and ultimately use the experience to their advantage. Injury and other setbacks are inevitable--but with training, you can learn to overcome them skillfully and confidently, the same way point guards and forwards practice rebounds.
Weaving together personal narratives from athletes, scientific research, and the specialized clinical expertise of mental skills coach Carrie Jackson Cheadle, Rebound contains more than 45 Mental Skills and Drills athletes can use at every phase of their recovery process. These same strategies can help athletes who aren't currently injured reduce their vulnerability to injury and enable any individual to reach new heights within their sport and beyond.
Injuries affect every athlete, from the elite Olympian to the weekend racer. In the moment, a traumatic crash, a torn muscle, or a stress fracture can feel like the most devastating event possible. While some athletes are destroyed by the experience, others emerge from their recovery better, stronger, and more confident than ever.
Not everyone can recover swiftly enough to notch a winning performance in two weeks, of course. However, anyone can work toward a swifter, stronger comeback using mental skills, psychological tools that enable them to take control of their recovery and ultimately use the experience to their advantage. Injury and other setbacks are inevitable--but with training, you can learn to overcome them skillfully and confidently, the same way point guards and forwards practice rebounds.
240 pages, Paperback
Published October 15, 2019
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About the author
Carrie Jackson Cheadle
2 books10 followersCarrie Jackson Cheadle lives just north of San Francisco, California and has been working on the performance of teams, organizations, and individual athletes and exercisers since 2002. She is a Certified Mental Performance Consultant through the Association for Applied Sport Psychology and author of the book On Top of Your Game: Mental Skills to Maximize Your Athletic Performance and co-author of Rebound: Train Your Mind to Bounce Back Stronger from Sports Injuries as well as the co-host of the podcast The Injured Athletes Club.
She has been interviewed as an expert resource for articles that have appeared in publications such as Outside Magazine, Shape Magazine, Men’s Fitness, Women’s Health, Runner’s World, Women’s Running Magazine, Bicycling Magazine, New York Times, and HuffingtonPost. She is a sought-after speaker and has spoken and consulted with many collegiate teams, cycling teams, and triathlon teams, as well as corporate organizations including CamelBak. She’s also been featured in the TrainingPeaks blog and webinar series as an expert in Mental Skills Training.
Carrie has worked with athletes of all ages and at every level, from recreational athletes to elite and professional athletes competing at national and international levels. Carrie also specializes in working with athletes and exercisers with Type I Diabetes and she’s the director of the Mental Skills Training Program for Diabetes Training Camp.
She received her Bachelor of Arts degree in psychology at Sonoma State University and her Master of Arts degree in sport psychology at John F. Kennedy University. Carrie has taught both undergraduate and graduate levels for psychology classes and is currently adjunct faculty for John F. Kennedy University.
Carrie is engaging, energetic, and fun. She has a great sense of humor and employs a reallife approach to working on the mental aspects of sport and performance with her clients. Carrie has her own personal commitment to lifelong fitness and when she isn’t working you might find her hiking a trail, playing guitar, or hitting the slopes on her snowboard.
She has been interviewed as an expert resource for articles that have appeared in publications such as Outside Magazine, Shape Magazine, Men’s Fitness, Women’s Health, Runner’s World, Women’s Running Magazine, Bicycling Magazine, New York Times, and HuffingtonPost. She is a sought-after speaker and has spoken and consulted with many collegiate teams, cycling teams, and triathlon teams, as well as corporate organizations including CamelBak. She’s also been featured in the TrainingPeaks blog and webinar series as an expert in Mental Skills Training.
Carrie has worked with athletes of all ages and at every level, from recreational athletes to elite and professional athletes competing at national and international levels. Carrie also specializes in working with athletes and exercisers with Type I Diabetes and she’s the director of the Mental Skills Training Program for Diabetes Training Camp.
She received her Bachelor of Arts degree in psychology at Sonoma State University and her Master of Arts degree in sport psychology at John F. Kennedy University. Carrie has taught both undergraduate and graduate levels for psychology classes and is currently adjunct faculty for John F. Kennedy University.
Carrie is engaging, energetic, and fun. She has a great sense of humor and employs a reallife approach to working on the mental aspects of sport and performance with her clients. Carrie has her own personal commitment to lifelong fitness and when she isn’t working you might find her hiking a trail, playing guitar, or hitting the slopes on her snowboard.
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November 14, 2019
Should be owned by every athlete. Really good book for anyone recovering from any injury that takes them away from a sport that is important to them. Helpful exercises too. Will be passing along to many friends and clients.
October 5, 2025
Been struggling a lot with the mental side of injury, so decided to get this book for my birthday. It has been well worth it. Main aspects of the book that I loved are:
- Choose to feed your monster or your athlete. Negative thoughts feed your monster, positive thoughts feed your athlete.
- If you return to sport with too much trepidation, you are more likely to get injured.
- Hidden goals: Turns out I have a hidden goal to hike in Madiera!
- Choose to feed your monster or your athlete. Negative thoughts feed your monster, positive thoughts feed your athlete.
- If you return to sport with too much trepidation, you are more likely to get injured.
- Hidden goals: Turns out I have a hidden goal to hike in Madiera!
July 3, 2024
3.5? This was a bit helpful as I have been navigating my shoulder surgery recovery. My main takeaways:
- injury is a part of every athletes journey. That being said, your mental health and attitude towards your injury plays a big role in your recovery process, yet nobody really talks about this
- the hardest points are right after the injury happened, and then when you are getting close to return to play. Definitely my experience!
-when you are recovering, you are still an athlete, but your sport is now recovery. You should apply the same diligence you generally apply to your sport in order to have successful recovery process. This helps with the loss of your athletic identity
- change your thought process from “this sucks” to “this will be a challenge” to “this is an opportunity.” Idk if I ever made it to the third one, but going from the first to the second in miserable parts like regaining my mobility was really helpful. Trying to develop curiosity on what is happening.
- as you get injured, you unconsciously size up what it will take to overcome it, and make a judgement on if you have what it takes to face it
-go to practice, don’t isolate yourself
-stress is bad…
- beware secret goals. True sign of mental toughness isn’t necessarily pushing through, it’s knowing when to stop.
Idk how I felt about all the stories- it’s nice to know people can recover, but I wonder if some of it is overly optimistic. There were also too many exercises. Maybe I would’ve gotten more out of this book if I actually did more of them, but it was a bit overwhelming and some of it felt a bit silly (eg write a letter to yourself as if you are your injury).
- injury is a part of every athletes journey. That being said, your mental health and attitude towards your injury plays a big role in your recovery process, yet nobody really talks about this
- the hardest points are right after the injury happened, and then when you are getting close to return to play. Definitely my experience!
-when you are recovering, you are still an athlete, but your sport is now recovery. You should apply the same diligence you generally apply to your sport in order to have successful recovery process. This helps with the loss of your athletic identity
- change your thought process from “this sucks” to “this will be a challenge” to “this is an opportunity.” Idk if I ever made it to the third one, but going from the first to the second in miserable parts like regaining my mobility was really helpful. Trying to develop curiosity on what is happening.
- as you get injured, you unconsciously size up what it will take to overcome it, and make a judgement on if you have what it takes to face it
-go to practice, don’t isolate yourself
-stress is bad…
- beware secret goals. True sign of mental toughness isn’t necessarily pushing through, it’s knowing when to stop.
Idk how I felt about all the stories- it’s nice to know people can recover, but I wonder if some of it is overly optimistic. There were also too many exercises. Maybe I would’ve gotten more out of this book if I actually did more of them, but it was a bit overwhelming and some of it felt a bit silly (eg write a letter to yourself as if you are your injury).
June 25, 2025
I still have a couple of chapters before I finish the whole book, but those are meant for after a complete recovery and I'm nowhere near there (after an ACL+MCL tear), so I'll return to them and this review in due course.
I appreciated this book a lot. I wouldn't call it perfect but it's really helpful through it's structured guidence, varied examples of experiences and empathy.
I'll probably go over portions of it again and again when I need a reminder.
I appreciated this book a lot. I wouldn't call it perfect but it's really helpful through it's structured guidence, varied examples of experiences and empathy.
I'll probably go over portions of it again and again when I need a reminder.
March 17, 2020
It says it in the title, but just to clarify, this book focuses on the mental and emotional aspects of rehabilitation. It gives very little information about physical recovery from sports injuries. If you’re the kind of person who dismisses techniques like meditation, visualization, positive self-talk, and healing energy as “pop-psych blather,” then it might be a bit too new-agey for you. I am not what you would call a devout yogi or overly bohemian person, but it does make sense that “certain attitudes and mindsets can elicit unwanted and unnecessary stress; we have some ability to influence our emotional experience; and those thoughts and emotions have an influence over our behavior,” and in turn, our physical recovery.
With all the mentions of coaches, healthcare teams, physical trainers, and even fans; it feels like the book was written more with professional athletes in mind, but most of it could still apply to hobbyist athletes. There is also an assumption, I think, that the reader has sustained a moderately-to-very serious injury —nearly all of the featured success stories tell of concussions, cracked vertebrae, torn ACLs, or 150-foot falls from mountain trails— which made me feel a little ashamed to be reading a book about recovery when I have never been seriously injured. In chapter 4, ultrarunner Amelia Boone says, reflecting on the self-blame she directed at herself: “Who runs enough to fracture their femur? It’s kind of shameful in a way, because with stress injuries, you have no one else to blame except for yourself,” and I immediately thought “Then how shameful is it to get stress injuries when you aren’t even logging some insane number of miles?” But that’s part of what the book teaches you to deal with. The severity and manner of injury don’t matter. “You can’t turn back the clock or fast-forward your healing process, [but] you do have more power than you realize, starting with the management of your own emotions and reactions in the present moment.”
So read the book, do some serious reflection, dog-ear (or highlight, on an e-reader) passages you might want to revisit, and honestly try some of the writing exercises and mental drills.
I didn't do all of them (like buying a sympathy card for myself, or writing a letter to my injury [although I did name my knees]), but I took the time to think and write out most of the lists. I am also going to try to get into the habit of five-minute morning meditation, visualization, implementing some changes in how I talk to myself and other about any future setbacks, and keeping an eye out for any “secret goals!”
Maybe my favorite line in the whole book was “You are still an athlete, and your recovery is now your sport,” in chapter 3. I am probably way behind in something that so obvious, but in the past if I’ve had to take a break due to a knee or foot injury I’ve just simply rested until I felt like I could run again, but if I develop and follow a training plan for a race, I should be doing the same whenever I need to nurse an injury. Again, that’s probably a no-brainer for most people out there, but it was almost like a literal light came on in my head (I’ll try to give myself the benefit of the doubt and say that I would’ve realized this sooner had I sustained a more serious injury requiring physical therapy, but that minor strains could also warrant a similar treatment is a revelation in of itself). Sure, it would’ve been nice to also get some pointers on setting up such a program, but considering the wide variety of injuries they’d then have to design a program for, it is okay that the writers did not include this.
With all the mentions of coaches, healthcare teams, physical trainers, and even fans; it feels like the book was written more with professional athletes in mind, but most of it could still apply to hobbyist athletes. There is also an assumption, I think, that the reader has sustained a moderately-to-very serious injury —nearly all of the featured success stories tell of concussions, cracked vertebrae, torn ACLs, or 150-foot falls from mountain trails— which made me feel a little ashamed to be reading a book about recovery when I have never been seriously injured. In chapter 4, ultrarunner Amelia Boone says, reflecting on the self-blame she directed at herself: “Who runs enough to fracture their femur? It’s kind of shameful in a way, because with stress injuries, you have no one else to blame except for yourself,” and I immediately thought “Then how shameful is it to get stress injuries when you aren’t even logging some insane number of miles?” But that’s part of what the book teaches you to deal with. The severity and manner of injury don’t matter. “You can’t turn back the clock or fast-forward your healing process, [but] you do have more power than you realize, starting with the management of your own emotions and reactions in the present moment.”
So read the book, do some serious reflection, dog-ear (or highlight, on an e-reader) passages you might want to revisit, and honestly try some of the writing exercises and mental drills.
I didn't do all of them (like buying a sympathy card for myself, or writing a letter to my injury [although I did name my knees]), but I took the time to think and write out most of the lists. I am also going to try to get into the habit of five-minute morning meditation, visualization, implementing some changes in how I talk to myself and other about any future setbacks, and keeping an eye out for any “secret goals!”
Maybe my favorite line in the whole book was “You are still an athlete, and your recovery is now your sport,” in chapter 3. I am probably way behind in something that so obvious, but in the past if I’ve had to take a break due to a knee or foot injury I’ve just simply rested until I felt like I could run again, but if I develop and follow a training plan for a race, I should be doing the same whenever I need to nurse an injury. Again, that’s probably a no-brainer for most people out there, but it was almost like a literal light came on in my head (I’ll try to give myself the benefit of the doubt and say that I would’ve realized this sooner had I sustained a more serious injury requiring physical therapy, but that minor strains could also warrant a similar treatment is a revelation in of itself). Sure, it would’ve been nice to also get some pointers on setting up such a program, but considering the wide variety of injuries they’d then have to design a program for, it is okay that the writers did not include this.
July 19, 2024
Thought the information presented all made sense but I personally didn’t feel like I learned anything new. A lot of it just comes down to taking the athlete mindset (hard work, setting goals, etc) and applying it to your injury and recovery. I felt like I was pretty motivated to come back after my injury, but if you’re really struggling the book might be worth a read
August 1, 2020
Going through injury really really sucks. Especially during times of a global pandemic...
But yep, injuries are challenges and challenges are opportunities to learn.
And if you are in for that, this book is a good guidance and motivation for your learning process.
Again, the lessons are not new to me (tons of other books on sports psychology on my back, plus several years of therapy...) but I loved the stories from other injured athletes - and how they got their shit together and onto the recovery track. Some of the stories are so incredibly hard... very humbling if you are "just" down with a stress fracture...
And it was very very calming to read that well.... all the guilt and shame I am feeling - stress fractures as overuse injuries are kind of "your own fault" - at least that is what the negative self-talk goes for - was normal and others are having that as well...
BUT: And this is the real real real added value of this book!!!! Download the worksheets. Do the exercises. And join the amazing facebook group!
(Probs to Carrie Jackson Cheadle and Cindy Kuzma who are super active in this group!!! )
You're buying into more than just a book here. If you are doing it "right" than the experience is like your own sports psychologist session/group/cheer squad!
But yep, injuries are challenges and challenges are opportunities to learn.
And if you are in for that, this book is a good guidance and motivation for your learning process.
Again, the lessons are not new to me (tons of other books on sports psychology on my back, plus several years of therapy...) but I loved the stories from other injured athletes - and how they got their shit together and onto the recovery track. Some of the stories are so incredibly hard... very humbling if you are "just" down with a stress fracture...
And it was very very calming to read that well.... all the guilt and shame I am feeling - stress fractures as overuse injuries are kind of "your own fault" - at least that is what the negative self-talk goes for - was normal and others are having that as well...
BUT: And this is the real real real added value of this book!!!! Download the worksheets. Do the exercises. And join the amazing facebook group!
(Probs to Carrie Jackson Cheadle and Cindy Kuzma who are super active in this group!!! )
You're buying into more than just a book here. If you are doing it "right" than the experience is like your own sports psychologist session/group/cheer squad!
April 15, 2022
Listen....I am not an athlete but I started subconsciously identifying as one due to my passion for fitness, healthy eating and the burst of energy that follows.
I suffered my first injury ever about 2.5 months ago and I am still recovering. When I went to A&E I was told I will be OK in 2 weeks. As you can imagine, in my head I accepted that and sailed through that time thinking that will be the case.
It was not.
When I realised it will take longer and I have been advised by a medical professional in the same manner, I broke down mentally. If I couldn't do my fitness, nor walk or run or do things normally, what did I have left? Simple, myself, my mental power.
So, I went online to find a book to help me as I am not a professional athlete and thus, I don't have a coach.
And this book was exactly that: my recovery and mental health coach. I felt someone was holding my hand through this entire process, pulling me back every time I would face dark thoughts.
So all I can say is thank you to the authors, Carrie and Cindy, for your hard work and research in making this book. I am truly happy I found it.
If you have had an injury recently and just like me you would like some mental health support, then go for this. A lot of the techniques in this book are applicable in life so definitely worth a read (e.g. the anxiety pyramid mental drill was one of my favourites).
I suffered my first injury ever about 2.5 months ago and I am still recovering. When I went to A&E I was told I will be OK in 2 weeks. As you can imagine, in my head I accepted that and sailed through that time thinking that will be the case.
It was not.
When I realised it will take longer and I have been advised by a medical professional in the same manner, I broke down mentally. If I couldn't do my fitness, nor walk or run or do things normally, what did I have left? Simple, myself, my mental power.
So, I went online to find a book to help me as I am not a professional athlete and thus, I don't have a coach.
And this book was exactly that: my recovery and mental health coach. I felt someone was holding my hand through this entire process, pulling me back every time I would face dark thoughts.
So all I can say is thank you to the authors, Carrie and Cindy, for your hard work and research in making this book. I am truly happy I found it.
If you have had an injury recently and just like me you would like some mental health support, then go for this. A lot of the techniques in this book are applicable in life so definitely worth a read (e.g. the anxiety pyramid mental drill was one of my favourites).
March 10, 2025
Took my time with this book and took a lot of learning from it, highlighting the bits I felt important and relevant. I am 18 months and 2 knee surgeries into ACL recovery. I’ve met most of the challenges outlined in this book but the book appreciates the struggles and the stress it brings and allows you to feel understood. It doesn’t tell you things will be fine it recognises how difficult it can be but provides a positive spin on the rehab process and how it can change you into a better athlete and person.
The addition of personal athlete stories really helped with feeling less lonely and at times helped me feel like I really was dealing with something easy in comparison especially Jillian Potter’s story of injury and cancer but seeing others overcome really terrible injuries and the learning and development they got from it is encouraging.
I recommend this to so many different people as it is an important mental part while rehabbing.
“You have to acknowledge that you’ve changed physically, emotionally, all those things and then don’t hold too tightly to the past and what you used to be. You almost have to selectively forget that identity that you had because you are creating a new one. You’ve changed. That’s a hard thing to do, but I think acknowledging that is very much part of overcoming injury or illness and getting back to sports or life”
The addition of personal athlete stories really helped with feeling less lonely and at times helped me feel like I really was dealing with something easy in comparison especially Jillian Potter’s story of injury and cancer but seeing others overcome really terrible injuries and the learning and development they got from it is encouraging.
I recommend this to so many different people as it is an important mental part while rehabbing.
“You have to acknowledge that you’ve changed physically, emotionally, all those things and then don’t hold too tightly to the past and what you used to be. You almost have to selectively forget that identity that you had because you are creating a new one. You’ve changed. That’s a hard thing to do, but I think acknowledging that is very much part of overcoming injury or illness and getting back to sports or life”
March 12, 2024
The book has good techniques to improve your mental health that are useful even in other situations that are not related to physical injury.
Maybe I'm not the target audience for this book but then it should have an introduction indicating who this book is for. A lot of times I felt like all of this was only applicable to "high performance athletes" not because the goals and tips were unachievable but because that's how they addressed the reader though the book. I wish it was more welcoming to people who just enjoy sports and unfortunately got injured so you could feel like this book is also for you.
Maybe I'm not the target audience for this book but then it should have an introduction indicating who this book is for. A lot of times I felt like all of this was only applicable to "high performance athletes" not because the goals and tips were unachievable but because that's how they addressed the reader though the book. I wish it was more welcoming to people who just enjoy sports and unfortunately got injured so you could feel like this book is also for you.
December 10, 2019
“Even when everything is in flux and you don’t know exactly what’s in store for you, you can feel confident in your ability to handle just about everything.” This quote from page 204 in the book sums it all best. This book provides you with practically every scenario imaginable and equips you with the tools to get through them. I enjoyed reading the examples from the many athletes they interviewed. It was very helpful to learn how others used the tools to get through their injuries. Overall, if you consider yourself an athlete-even an amateur, you need to read this book.
April 12, 2021
4/2/21
Was reading last night while sitting in hospital stretcher, getting my left knee checked for possible DVT and any microfractures in knee. Thankfully everything negative. Gave me a good couple hours to kill time while waiting for everything to be finished.
I have enjoyed the book so far, helping me train my mindset for the possibility of being out for weeks or months. I know I have been telling myself the past week that other people have had more traumatic injuries than mine, but I am working on also understanding that that doesn't negate the feelings and just overall suckiness (for lack of a better term) of being hurt and not being able to workout, play sports, or even care for myself independently. Many of the concepts in the book remind of a lot of stoic philosophy, wisdom from the Bible...I guess you could say just ancient wisdom in general. I must take care of what I control and not worry about anything out of my control. I control my rehab, my mental state, and my lifestyle habits. I cannot control how severe the injury is, how long I will be out for, and what ways my life will be affected. I am thankful however for the support system I have and relative financial security to be able to miss work this week and most likely next week. Going to keep reading and will try to do some of the exercises.
Was reading last night while sitting in hospital stretcher, getting my left knee checked for possible DVT and any microfractures in knee. Thankfully everything negative. Gave me a good couple hours to kill time while waiting for everything to be finished.
I have enjoyed the book so far, helping me train my mindset for the possibility of being out for weeks or months. I know I have been telling myself the past week that other people have had more traumatic injuries than mine, but I am working on also understanding that that doesn't negate the feelings and just overall suckiness (for lack of a better term) of being hurt and not being able to workout, play sports, or even care for myself independently. Many of the concepts in the book remind of a lot of stoic philosophy, wisdom from the Bible...I guess you could say just ancient wisdom in general. I must take care of what I control and not worry about anything out of my control. I control my rehab, my mental state, and my lifestyle habits. I cannot control how severe the injury is, how long I will be out for, and what ways my life will be affected. I am thankful however for the support system I have and relative financial security to be able to miss work this week and most likely next week. Going to keep reading and will try to do some of the exercises.
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March 31, 2020
A fantastic book with resources and ideas to help injured athletes return to play and life mentally stronger. The experiences shared by athletes and what they did to overcome injuries and setbacks provides hope and ideas for those facing similar issues. I definitely recommend for any athlete, coach, athletic trainer, etc. Many of these skills are also applicable outside of sport!
April 17, 2020
Self talk in positive way increases the rate of successful healing. Accept you are injured and take control of your recovery goes long way to improve the athlete motivation overall. During injury you will experience hundreds, if not thousands of emotional shift. The book however feel really banal throughout the read.
October 5, 2021
3.5 stars.
Being in the middle of my umpteenth round of physical therapy, after my third ankle surgery, I had really high expectations for this book.
It felt overly heavy with stories of elites, and mental drills. It just felt disconnected from normal people who enjoy “sports” in a hobby manner (not as a form of livelihood).
Being in the middle of my umpteenth round of physical therapy, after my third ankle surgery, I had really high expectations for this book.
It felt overly heavy with stories of elites, and mental drills. It just felt disconnected from normal people who enjoy “sports” in a hobby manner (not as a form of livelihood).
May 29, 2024
Would recommend this to any athletically minded person looking at an extended break from their sport! At times it was clear that the audience was more serious athletes than I but mostly it applied to anyone struggling with the feelings common to injury & time off, with lots of solid CBT exercises to provide support. Felt like a nice hand hold in the first couple of months of recovery.
June 10, 2025
Last year, I herniated two discs in my lumbar spine and thought that I’d never be able to lift or train again. At my PT’s recommendation, I picked this book up and started reading. Highly recommended for anyone dealing with any kind of injury to help deal with the mental side and keep your mind right.
December 23, 2025
Certainly one of the best sports psychology books ever written! The authors highlight the importance of developing mental skills before, during, after and also beyond sports injuries. A valuable book for anyone going through injuries or difficult times in general. A must read for every athlete or anyone with sports discipline.
December 2, 2019
Great book with inspirational stories about athletes who came back strong (or stronger) after serious injuries. The ability to come back mainly due to attitude, setting small goals to feel good achieving, to take step by step.
June 17, 2025
Phenomenal book!! I wish I had read this before my first knee surgery. It was so extremely helpful. the only reason I didn't give it five stars is because all of the many, many, many stories which can't to be cumbersome and I skipped over. Other than that, I can't recommend this book enough!
February 11, 2020
Solid sports psychology resource tool for injured athletes and those that coach/treat them.
October 9, 2020
Practical advice especially if you haven’t had an injury that requires extensive recovery before.
May 29, 2021
Great book with real and practical mental exercises that will become a staple when injured.
May 18, 2022
An extremely useful resource.
May 21, 2023
This is great! It's all about the mental side of being injured, with lots of exercises to help you with through it.
July 19, 2023
Some great information in here but the style wasn’t for me— a bit too gimmicky. The style comes across as contrived optimism in my opinion.
June 17, 2024
Really helpful read as I am coming back from an injury. Lots of great tips and tools to use throughout the recovery process.
February 11, 2025
I wish I had had this book through all of my previous injuries!
June 19, 2025
Highly recommend for anyone dealing with a severe injury / health problem and considers themself an athlete in any capacity
December 9, 2019
I borrowed it from the library but I liked it enough to buy it!
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