Performing Under Pressure: Psychological Strategies for Sporting Success

by Josephine Perry

Performing Under Pressure is an essential resource on improving sporting performance in high-pressure situations. Perry's work guides coaches and athletes through nine key elements of the sporting mindset to help athletes to perform at the highest standards, even under the most pressurized of situations.This valuable read includes empirically-based advice on areas such as embracing competition; building confidence, concentration and focus; maintaining emotional control; learning from and coping with failure or injury; being braver; and being able to push harder. Perry also provides 64 strategies to support each sporting mindset, offering not just the evidence as to why they work but exactly how to implement them.This book uniquely offers those supporting athletes a toolkit of sport psychology strategies and interventions in a way that is evidence-based, accessible and engaging, whether you are starting out studying sport psychology, on a sports science course, or are a coach of many years' standing, for both elite and amateur athletes.

268 pages, Kindle Edition

Published July 30, 2019

Reviews

[Zach Stiffler · Rating 5 out of 5]

Josephine created an excellent, approachable, well-researched guide for both athletes and coaches. The first half is focused on the why and the second focused on the how. I will be returning to this book regularly to understand problems and strategize to overcome them.

[Stuart Sellers · Rating 4 out of 5]

Really good, lots of practical things to try