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Living in the Sweet Spot: Preparing for Performance in Sport & Life
Author(s): Ed.D. Amy L Baltzell (Author)
- Publisher: Fitness Information Technology
- Publication Date: 9 May 2011
- Edition: First Edition
- Language: English
- Print length: 315 pages
- ISBN-10: 1935412094
- ISBN-13: 9781935412090
Book Description
Living in the Sweet Spot: Preparing for Performance in Sport and Life is a fresh, inspiring guide of how to get ready for big performances. Author Amy L. Baltzell integrates the best of the new field of positive psychology with the essentials of sport psychology. The book empowers readers to strengthen their experience of daily fulfillment and concurrently get the most out of themselves when the big moments arise. The issues performers face when under pressure come to life through examples of top athletes, musicians, and from the author’s own experiences as an Olympian, America’s Cup sailor, and sport psychologist. Every chapter contains practical, effective reflective exercises that help readers rise to the challenge of performing their best when it counts.
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About the Author
Amy L Baltzell, Ed.D. directs the sport psychology program and is a professor in the School of Education at Boston University. Her academic credentials include a bachelor’s degree in economics from Wesleyan University of Connecticut (1987), a master’s in counselling (1996) from Boston University, and a doctorate in counselling psychology, specialising in sport psychology, from Boston University in 1999.
