Product reviews for Winning the Mind Game

Edgette and Rowan provide a solid introduction to the emerging field of sport hypnosis with emphasis on advanced athletes. In part 1, the authors provide an overview of clinical sport psychology, detailing individual cases of athletic problems from youth sport through the professional level. One chapter explains specifically how sport hypnosis can provide solutions for many problems inadequately handled by traditional sport psychology, such as mental blocking or focusing, and how one can prepare oneself for a career in using hypnosis in sport. Parts 2 and 3 cover application of sport hypnosis to individual cases, with subjects ranging from assessment of athletes to the use of hypnotic techniques that might be beneficial. Chapter 9 offers a case scenario of how these techniques can be used to solve the plight of a golfer with a motor pattern dilemma; chapter 10 describes the use of hypnosis in a team setting. The authors devote the last section to the development of a business practice in sport hypnosis, providing strategies in marketing oneself and developing a clientele. Summing Up: Optional. All levels.