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The Brave Athlete
- Calm the F--k Down and Rise to the Occasion
- Narrated by: Simon Marshall, Lesley Paterson
- Length: 9 hrs and 39 mins
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Summary
The Brave Athlete solves the 13 most common mental conundrums athletes face in their everyday training and in races. You don't have one brain - you have three; your ancient Chimp brain that keeps you alive, your modern Professor brain that navigates the civilized world, and your Computer brain that accesses your memories and runs your habits (good and bad). They fight for control all the time and that's when bad things happen; you get crazy nervous before a race, you choke under pressure, you quit when the going gets tough, you make dumb mistakes, you worry about how you look.
What if you could stop the thoughts and feelings you don't want? What if you could feel confident, suffer like a hero, and handle any stress? You can.
The Brave Athlete from Dr. Simon Marshall and Lesley Paterson will help you take control of your brain so you can train harder, race faster, and better enjoy your sport.
Dr. Marshall is a sport psychology expert who trains the brains of elite professional athletes. Paterson is a three-time world champion triathlete and coach. Together, they offer this innovative brain training guide that is the first to draw from both clinical science and real-world experience with athletes.
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- nick
- 05-12-18
fantastic!
loved it, useful on more levels than just sport, great communication for the laymen (well, me anyway) I will listen again as there is do much info
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- Anonymous User
- 16-06-20
Fantastic listen
Ive listen to a lot of different advice and this book is to the point and spot on.
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- sean logan
- 28-04-19
simple and stupidly easy to understand
great. and easy to follow , simple and effective and also very funny in places
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- David
- 07-12-20
Good. Nice that it's read by the authors
Interesting book that is relevant to me personally. Could do without as many expletives, but I can see the reasoning behind these. They probably make the subject easier to access and understand. they do echo the thoughts of the many competitors (athletes) who will probably be interested in the subject, even age groupers like myself. If they were needed for emphasis then possibly a few less may make them less distracting? There is a humour that runs through the text, not quite the Bob Monkhouse book of jokes, but it does help with breaking the subject down and making it more 'user friendly'. Interestingly Simon Marshall mentions humour in the 'unacknowledgements'.
There is a good, comprehensible backgrounds on stress, pressure and self doubt as well as strategies to deal with in these situations. a number of the strategies are related to products that are available externally (e.g. Headspace, Breathing Zone).
The author(s) have done a good job of communicating complex concepts in an evidence based (references in the written text?), but intelligible, manner. The techniques they discuss owe much to the strategies discussed by Prof. Steve Peters (The Chimp Paradox). Flicking through the written text there seem to be references to literature included, but not the audiobook. Could they be added to the pdf?
I listened to the audiobook version walking to and from work. Having done so I have now got the print version as there are many '...in the accompanying pdf...' statements. Yes, I have the accompanying pdf, which is good, but I think sitting down with the book and doing the exercises / practicing the techniques is going to add value.
Overall a good listen / read OK to listen to when commuting, but I feel that the written text will hold more benefits, for me personally. I would recommend this book as an interesting and informative read, but be aware that it does have a conversational tone in presentation of the topics. For me, a good thing.
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- Matt
- 03-05-18
brain food!
a very well presented book with some very interesting insights and tips. I look forward to putting it all into practice. the relaxed writing style, and easy narration, make it an entertaining as well as educational audiobook
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- louise price
- 13-03-18
Great content and told in entertaining way
Really enjoyed this audio.
Enjoyed that it was narrated by the authors and that they were both experts in their field.
Explanation style was really good and content very interesting.
Would recommend.
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- RLS
- 01-07-18
Really interesting and useful
I really enjoyed listening to this book. The subject matter was interesting, science based and focussed on practical application.
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- Anonymous User
- 15-04-24
nothing
had to skip all chapters with the woman speaking, had no chance to pay attention for some reason.
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- Chase
- 24-10-18
A good topic but not my style of delivery
There is some good advice in this audiobook, and though I've heard most of it before, it was nice to have a book specifically on athletic psychology and performance. What I didn't enjoy was the swearing. I thought it totally unnecessary and gratuitous. The dual narration was also distracting. I realize there are two authors, but I think one narrator would have pulled everything together better. Each narrator is good, but going back and forth is a bit annoying to listen to, at least for me. Overall, it's still a good book, just one that is better read than listened to.
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- sochel rogers
- 06-01-23
Great resources and effin hilarious
I like that it's read by the authors, and all the geeky jokes as well as the abundance of excellent scientific advice and swearing!
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