VeloPress The Brave Athlete: Calm the F*ck Down and Rise to the Occasion

This is a must read for any athletes and coach but also for anybody who have to strugle with performance stress/anxiety!

Brilliant book Everyone should read it

If by now you've read a few books that focus on the mental side of sports performance, there is likely nothing new for you in this book. It recommends practicing mindfulness and explains how the human mind works in terms of a professor brains which deals more with facts, truth and logic and the chimp brain which controls the flight/fight response and is irrational. The book covers various topics ranging from body image issues to handling pressure and coping with injury. As expected from the title, the language can be quite irreverent. However, I felt that the swear words with written in tastefully. The four-letter words weren't inserted for the sake of being irreverent but to drive a point home. Overall, I think this book is a great addition to any athlete's sports psychology library. The content isn't anything but is presented in a way that can be digested easily. It includes some written exercises to help an athlete organize themselves. The language, while irreverent, may be a nice format for athletes to more readily dive into various exercises.

Un libro fondamentale per migliorare se stessi come persone e come sportivo/atleta. Esempi e scrittura facile e scorrevole. Un must da tenere nella propria libreria

This is a very interesting read, and indeed, is very readable. I have other books on the same subject which are just a bit too heavy and hard to pay attention. You can read this from front to back, or dip into the bits that interest you. It's approachable and relatable and thus rather more useable. If you're interested in improving your mental game in sport I'd say it's defniitely worth a look.