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Summary: Peak Performance
Review: "While it's true that an individual's physical training and workouts are crucial factors, the extra edge or advantage is just as likely to come from the mental game." ~Kenneth BaumKenneth Baum conducts seminars across the United States and Canada. His clients have included players from the Seattle Supersonics to the U.S. World Cup soccer team. "The Mental Edge" presents a program you can use to maximize your sports performance. Kenneth Baum shows why seemingly average athletes can excel at their sport while athletes with great potential will at time never reach their goals. This step-by-step program is designed to improve your game. Whether you want to meet your workout goals or you are a professional athlete, Kenneth can guide you past your frustration and into the next level, a place where you can improve your performance by up to 40 percent. "The Mental Edge" is filled with examples of how this program has worked for athletes who were able to shed their self-defeating beliefs. By Chapter Three I was quite inquisitive and could not wait to hear what I could do to improve my own workouts. Kenneth Baum presents ideas that made absolute sense. One of his first ideas included an analysis of what you have been doing that caused defeat and once I figured out that I was not making my workouts a priority, I was able to be more consistent and started to see some results I had not seen in 8 weeks! In one week, by the sheer consistency of my workouts, I had lost inches, finally! I know this seems logical, but I had been working out for months and nothing was happening. By putting aside my disappointment and visualizing a new me, I started to change into the new me. You might also want to post the "10 Perception Stretchers" on your wall because they are inspirational. "I don't like the results I'm getting. What do I need to do differently?" ~Kenneth Baum There is an area in this book where you can "Create An Action Plan." The "Power Talk" is an interesting way to promote "belief in yourself." There is also a section on how to defeat the "Mental Saboteurs of Your Game." This book also has information on the "Performance Zone Nutrition Program" which can be designed for your unique metabolism and sport. The ideas in "The Mental Edge" are working for me and have worked for professional athletes. No matter what your level is now, you can move to a higher level of performance. It could really just depend on how you think! "The Mental Edge" will take you to peak performance and beyond. If "Just Do It" isn't working, try "Just Think It." ~TheRebeccaReview.com
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Summary: Peak Performance
Review: "While it's true that an individual's physical training and workouts are crucial factors, the extra edge or advantage is just as likely to come from the mental game." ~Kenneth Baum Kenneth Baum conducts seminars across the United States and Canada. His clients have included players from the Seattle Supersonics to the U.S. World Cup soccer team. "The Mental Edge" presents a program you can use to maximize your sports performance. Kenneth Baum shows why seemingly average athletes can excel at their sport while athletes with great potential will at time never reach their goals. This step-by-step program is designed to improve your game. Whether you want to meet your workout goals or you are a professional athlete, Kenneth can guide you past your frustration and into the next level, a place where you can improve your performance by up to 40 percent. "The Mental Edge" is filled with examples of how this program has worked for athletes who were able to shed their self-defeating beliefs. By Chapter Three I was quite inquisitive and could not wait to hear what I could do to improve my own workouts. Kenneth Baum presents ideas that made absolute sense. One of his first ideas included an analysis of what you have been doing that caused defeat and once I figured out that I was not making my workouts a priority, I was able to be more consistent and started to see some results I had not seen in 8 weeks! In one week, by the sheer consistency of my workouts, I had lost inches, finally! I know this seems logical, but I had been working out for months and nothing was happening. By putting aside my disappointment and visualizing a new me, I started to change into the new me. You might also want to post the "10 Perception Stretchers" on your wall because they are inspirational. "I don't like the results I'm getting. What do I need to do differently?" ~Kenneth Baum There is an area in this book where you can "Create An Action Plan." The "Power Talk" is an interesting way to promote "belief in yourself." There is also a section on how to defeat the "Mental Saboteurs of Your Game." This book also has information on the "Performance Zone Nutrition Program" which can be designed for your unique metabolism and sport. The ideas in "The Mental Edge" are working for me and have worked for professional athletes. No matter what your level is now, you can move to a higher level of performance. It could really just depend on how you think! "The Mental Edge" will take you to peak performance and beyond. If "Just Do It" isn't working, try "Just Think It." ~TheRebeccaReview.com
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Summary: ITS IN THE HOLE !
Review: Begin like you want to finish, has helped sink more tough putts than any technique I've ever tried. The Mental Edge is full of useable techniques that improves your game quickly. THE BEST SPORTS PERFORMANCE BOOK ON THE MARKET AND AN ABSOLUTE FOR GOLFERS!
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Summary: Where would you be if you were at your best?
Review: Golf, Tennis, Weight-Lifting, Skiing, Running... no matter what sport you participate in, The Mental Edge can help you! I'm a race car driver (wannabe), and though Ken Baum makes no reference to race car driving, I can apply his techniques to my preferred sport. Did you know that at the upper echelons of most sports, it's all mental? If you don't have the mental advantage, or the Mental Edge, you will lose to someone who does. Step-by-step instruction makes Ken Baum's program easy to understand, and easy to apply. Yes, it may have "New-Age" stuff that some athletes despise, but backed with facts and factual anecdotes, one can't deny the advantages of upping one's mental game. Besides, Ken Baum takes this "new-age" stuff to a scientific level; a methodical approach to improving the mental game. Just ask Tiger Woods, or even Michael Schumacher; it's all mental, and that's where the battle really is. If you want to improve, if you want to be better, no matter what sport (and indeed, no matter what endeavour), then you better read Ken Baum's the Mental Edge...
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Summary: This is the best book of it's kind!
Review: I am a golfer. This book definately improved my game. I have read other books (even the one's mentioned along with this one on Amazon) and they gave me a fairly good understanding of how to improve my game. This book SHOWED me how to improve my game step by step. (In fact, I bought the tapes from the company too....good presentation -- I recently saw Tommy Tutko speak, and he bills himself as " Without Question America's Most Colorful Sports Psychologist & Motivational speaker". Hogwash! He may be the most EGOTISTICAL! You don't get that here with Kenneth Baum.)
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Summary: This is the best book of it's kind!
Review: I am a golfer. This book definately improved my game. I have read other books (even the one's mentioned along with this one on Amazon) and they gave me a fairly good understanding of how to improve my game. This book SHOWED me how to improve my game step by step. (In fact, I bought the tapes from the company too....good presentation -- I recently saw Tommy Tutko speak, and he bills himself as " Without Question America's Most Colorful Sports Psychologist & Motivational speaker". Hogwash! He may be the most EGOTISTICAL! You don't get that here with Kenneth Baum.)
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Summary: Not the same old stuff
Review: I am a magazine journalist and athlete, and write primarily about health and fitness--to the tune of about 40 articles a year. When I found this book I immediately decided to pitch a feature story on these techniques because they are DIFFERENT. There is so much out there on mental training that basically says, "Strive for excellence." Yawn! HOW? This book shows how. It covers a couple of basic concepts, visualization and positive self-talk, but delves into other techniques even I had not heard of. And I've interviewed many other trainers, coaches, etc. like Ken Baum. I think that's why such a top athlete like Karch Kiraly subscribed to these methods. The author's ideas called "Success History Search" and "Performance Cues" have been extremely helpful to me in the gym. When you write about fitness and work out all the time, it can get boring--but these ideas helped me break a plateau and move to an even better level of fitness.
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Summary: It Really Works!
Review: I bought this book for my 13 year old son while he was in the middle of his season. He was in a batting slump and each time up to bat I could tell he was very nervous and had a hard time making contact with the ball. He has always been a good ball player but this season his confidence was shot. After he read the book and did the excercises (before each game) his batting was back to normal. He ended the season with a .455 batting average and had the most RBI's on his team. I even had parents ask me what happened because he looked so much more confident. This is not magic and will only work if you are committed to your sport and are serious about improving. After reading this book you will understand that mental training is just as important as physical training.
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Summary: PHENOMINAL!! A must read for ANYONE in sports or business!
Review: I can see why Mr. Baum is the top Sports Motivational Speaker in the country! I had read an article about him in Men's Journal and then was talking to a friend of mine who saw speak at a seminar in Los Angeles in front of about 5000 people. He said that he was the BEST speaker of the bunch, so out of curiosity, I bought the book. After reading part of the book, I improved my game so greatly that I couldn't believe it. I then applied many of the strategies at work and cannot believe how much I can get done now! I even got a bonus because of an account I was working on. --OOPS! Back to sports & the book: The author does a GREAT job of putting things in easy to use excercises and speaks in an understandable language that talks to you, not above you. I strongly recommend this book whether you are a professional athlete looking to hone in on the zone or come out of a slump, a high school athlete seeking a scholorship, a college player eying the draft, or simply Joe Weekend who just likes to have fun on the golf course or the hoops court with the fellas! I ain't no playa...but I now CRUSH like one! Thanks to Mr. Baum!
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Summary: Very Good
Review: I followed the suggestions of the reviewers here. While some seemed over-enthusiastic, I now understand why. This book IS that good. I would recommend it to anyone. It gets you to where you want and it doesn't talk over your head.
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