Drawing on his work with elite athletes, the worlds first sports psychotherapist on what to do when life throws you a curveballCracking tales, a great read Nigel Owens MBE, rugby union refereeAbsolutely fascinating . . . a genuine mustread for anyone interested in the human side of sport Peter Drury, football commentatorElite athletes play out their lives in the most public of arenas. Everything they do is analysed in real time and then picked apart in the pub and in the press afterwards. Why did they miss that penalty?, What made them fall at the first jump?, That press conference was a bit weird. We can all speculate, but whats really going on? In Keeping Your Head in the Game we peer into this highly confidential world. We follow the journeys of ten athletes in their therapy sessions with sports psychotherapist Gary Bloom, from a rugby player arrested for a drunken brawl, through a homesick cricketer on tour, to a snooker player struggling with his feelings of inadequacy and low selfesteem.Structured around the emotions we all experience on a daily basis shame, anger, fear, jealousy and envy, love chapter by chapter, the book reveals, explains and attempts to resolve the inner traumas that have an impact on the performance of these sports personalities. Seeing how they overcome their demons is a powerful way of tackling our own and, as Gary says, happier players play better in sport and in life.For anyone interested in competitive sport, what people have to do to...

Binding: Paperback;368 pages; Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd; Classification: JKSM; Weight: 574 g; Dimensions: 183 x 233 x 31

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