The video introduces mental training to ordinary sportsmen and women. It is aimed at the average sports participant and sets out in a clear and simple way the basics of sports psychology and how to master the techniques used to gain mental toughness. Interviews with world champions illustrate these ideas. There is extensive footage of the Olympic Games, Commonwealth Games, Rugby League, World Cup Rugby Union, AFL, Soccer, Cycling, Swimming, Athletics, Basketball, Triathlon, Boxing, Rowing, Cricket, Golf etc.

By applying just a few of the techniques demonstrated in this video, we hope the viewer will improve his/her sporting performance. The techniques discussed and the lessons to be learned can be applied to any sport and even life itself.

The following champions are interviewed in the programme:-

• Herb Elliott
  Gold Medal 1500m 1960 Rome Olympics, World Record Holder
• Peter Antonie
  Gold Medal Double Sculls 1992 Olympics, World Champion 1986 Lightweight Singles
• Bob Dwyer
  Coach 1991 Rugby World Cup Champions
• Glenn Bourke
  Triple World Champion Laser Sailing
• Sharron Buchanan
  Captain Gold Medal Hockey 1988 Seoul Olympics
• Shelley Taylor-Smith
  World Marathon Swimming Champion
• Tony Greig
  Former Captain England Cricket Team
• Jeff 'Hitman' Harding
  World Light Heavyweight Boxing Champion

Brief Outline of the Tape

• How to Train
  1. Setting goals
  2. Planning and recording - a training log set out.
  3. Coach/ Athlete Relationship
  4. Team Unity and How to Get It
  5. Motivation and How to Keep It
• How to Perform
  1. Concentration
     Ways to increase your concentration
  2. Pain & Fatigue
     How to ignore it
  3. Negative Thought Conversion
     
     • The Heart of Sports Psychology
     • Trigger/Thought/Feeling/Behaviour
     • How to conquer Fear
  4. Confidence
     • What it is and How to get it back
     • Anxiety Reduction
     • Optimum Energy Zone
     • relaxation
  5. Imagination
     • Mental Rehearsal
     • Mental Imagery
     • Desensitisation
  6. Practicalities
     • Game plan
     • Performance
• Post Performance
  1. Reassessment of targets
  2. Coping with Losing
  3. Motivation to repeat the cycle

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VIDEO REVIEW

Reviewed by Greg Sargent, Sports Psychologist, Australian Institute Of Sport in Sports Coach Magazine, Autumn 1995

The video is extremely well presented and produced with consideration given to covering the main issues in a very clear and applied format. The different sections covered include the important mental skills such as goal setting, motivation, concentration, confidence, anxiety control and mental rehearsal. Some other peripheral, though just as valuable topics are also examined. These include information on competition day, pain and fatigue, negative thought conversion, dealing with coaches and team unity.

In each section, one of the athletes presents a short commentary before presenter Dr Robert Hampshire discusses the topic in more depth while also providing some valuable applied tips. A number of aspects make the video slightly different to the type of material often presented in this format:

• Firstly, most interviews are conducted in the sporting environment (adding a degree of validity to the presentation) and Hampshire adds further strength in being an active sports person himself.
• Secondly, an actual interview with the presenter on the Sydney Cricket Ground during the break in play in an international cricket match seems to enhance the credibility about the important message of the video.