They Did You Can: How to achieve whatever you want in life with the help of your sporting heroes

by Michael Finnigan, Ian Gilbert (Foreword by)

Overview

Mike Finnigan has been working in performance psychology since 1991 and he has also worked in the elite sports arena in golf, cricket, rugby and football. His latest success is with Darren Clarke, who recently won golf's Open Championship.

Mike believes that, with the help of their sporting heroes, young people can achieve anything they want in the sporting world. By interviewing many sporting celebrities he has discovered just what it was that helped them to make it. Mike says We can all make up excuses but you have to want to win more than you want the alibi for losing. Once you do that, you give yourself a proper chance of winning.

Find out the secrets of success of:

Sir Clive Woodward, Martin Johnson CBE, David Moyes, Sir Tom Finney, Philip Neville, Gordon Banks, Gary Kirsten, Karen Barber, Dame Mary Peters, Jeremy Snape, Eric Simons, Beth Tweddle and Jonathan Davies MBE.

Revised edition of ISBN 978-1-84590-064-9 with new and updated material.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781781350041
Publisher:	Crown House Publishing
Publication date:	10/02/2012
Edition description:	Reprint
Pages:	192
Product dimensions:	7.10(w) x 8.60(h) x 0.50(d)
Age Range:	10 - 16 Years

About the Author

Mike Finnigan has been working in performance psychology since 1998 and he has also worked in the elite sports arena in golf, cricket, rugby and football. His latest success is with Darren Clarke, who recently won golf’s Open Championship.

Ian Gilbert is one of the UK's leading educational innovators, speakers and writers with twenty years experience working with young people and educationalists around the world. He is the founder of Independent Thinking Ltd, the editor of the Independent Thinking Press and the author of a number of titles including Why Do I Need a Teacher When I've Got Google?. His book The Little Book of Thunks won the first education book award from the Society of Authors for 'an outstanding example of traditionally published non-fiction that enhances teaching and learning'.

Table of Contents

Introduction     1
Foreword   Sir Tom Finney     5
Foreword   Sir Clive Woodward     7
Foreword   David Moyes     9
Foreword   Martin Johnson     13
The Powerful Three     15
The Best Friend     33
The Snap Out     49
The Why Words     61
The Reminder     73
Chapter 6
The Moments of Magic     85
The Power of GDB     88
The Right Track     103
The Dreamer     113
Go Get It     127
Secrets of Great Teams and Individuals     131
What it Takes to Succeed at Anything: Twelve Quick Tips     137
A Message for The Coach, Teacher, Mentor or Parent     143
And Finally     153
Bibliography     155