Sports Slump Busting: 10 Steps to Mental Toughness and Peak Performance by Alan S. Goldberg is a practical sports psychology guide designed to help athletes overcome performance slumps and regain confidence.
Rather than concentrating only on peak performance, Goldberg examines what happens when an athlete suddenly struggles with skills that previously felt natural. His 10-step approach addresses performance pressure, loss of confidence, mental blocks, fear, staleness, concentration problems, and other psychological barriers that can interfere with competition.
Using practical strategies, self-evaluation, examples, and athlete experiences, the book helps readers identify the mental causes behind poor performance and develop methods for returning to a more confident and effective competitive state.
For competitive dancers, its principles can be applied to performance anxiety, competition nerves, loss of confidence, recurring mistakes, and difficulty reproducing training performance on the competition floor.
Contents
- Understanding Performance Slumps
- Identifying Mental Barriers
- Performance Pressure
- Mental Blocks
- Loss of Confidence
- Fear and Anxiety
- Concentration and Focus
- Breaking Negative Performance Patterns
- Developing Mental Toughness
- Returning to Peak Performance
- Self-Evaluation and Practical Mental Strategies
- Strategies for Athletes and Coaches
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