The Mental Practice book series evolved out of Dr. Chandon's experience coaching athletes. He found that athletes develop in their mental games in predictable stages. The speed of their development depends on how vigorously they apply themselves in their mental practices, physical practices and competitions. When motivated athletes are open to learning, practicing the right things in the right sequences and in the right ways, they rapidly progress.

The Mental Practice series reflects the ideas of progressive development modeled by the martial arts. Mental Practice I-X have different color covers to signify that they are modeled after martial arts development and the wearing of different color belts. The different color belts in the martial arts indicate mastery levels of the students and teachers.

The Mental Practice book covers are yellow, orange, green, blue, purple, brown, black and red. As you develop in your mastery of each book, you earn that color "belt" in Mental Practice. You'll find that as you progress through the books, you'll be challenged to use your imaginative and creative abilities more. Imagination and creativity are key components of a well-developed mental practice.

This book is the perfect place to begin a mental practice. It assumes you have no experience with mental practice. This book gives you a powerful way of working on your mental approach to athletic performance. The essence of a strong mental approach or" mental game" is when we correctly manage our thinking, emotions, and physical body in ways that work the best for us as individuals. We do that by regularly working on improving our mental game. We mentally practice.

Now you have a simple and effective way of mentally practicing. You have a way of discovering and correcting the ways in which you are limiting or sabotaging yourself. You can start to mentally practice in as little as 15 minutes per day.

This book is for athletes who are serious about fulfilling their potential. Development of a strong mental game takes practice and persistence. Development of a strong mental game is similar in scope to the development of physical skills in sports. Think of this book as working out. You're working out your mind and training yourself to perform your best.

The individual mental practices are grouped by chapter.

• Mental Toughness
• Developing Mental Skills
• Being a Champion
• Handling Challenges
• Planning for Success
• Being Healthy
• Training Well
• Confidence and Motivation
• Being a Leader
• Being a Free Spirit

There are over 190 individual mental practices. Each mental practice has some reflections for you to consider and a unique "Power Thought" after the reflections. A power thought is a simple sentence that you use to engage your imagination and help you focus as you mentally practice, physically train and compete.

See how good you can be.

William Chandon, PhD, is a sports psychology coach who teaches athletes and coaches how to use their mind as a competitive advantage and source of power rather than a barrier to high performance. He draws on his experience as an athlete in many sports in high school, college, and beyond. He continues to compete in action pistol shooting.

He has a doctoral degree in human and organizational development. He is the author of twenty-one sports psychology books. His methods are a combination of meditation, hypnosis, neuro-linguistic programming, breakthrough thinking and Jungian psychology.

You can find out more at https: //www.williamchandon.com.