Zone mind, zone body - Roy Palmer

No doubt you've experienced times in your sport when you feel 'in themoment' or 'in the Zone'. Achieving peak performance seems easy. Butwhen we lose that state we once again find ourselves putting in a lot ofeffort for little gain. This book shows us how we can rediscover the elusiveZone whenever we choose - by using our mind as well as our body.We build up bad habits based on what feels 'right' to us, even if we're notconsciously aware of it. But it is these habits that hold us back and lead toinconsistent performance and repetitive injury. By pausing to notice whatwe're doing, before we do it, we can enter the Zone at will, achievingpreviously unattainable levels of performance.Roy Palmer takes us into the unknown, past what has always feltcomfortable for us. He helps us define the Zone, examines what stops usreaching it and describes techniques for turning things around when theygo 'wrong'. He then translates the latest scientific research into practicaland easy steps for overcoming poor performance, frustration anddisillusionment.Sharing his first-hand experiences, he shows how we can leave injurybehind for good, develop greater self-awareness and focus, and apply thesame techniques in many other areas of our lives, too.How to break through to new levels of fitness and performance - by doing less!"In this terrific book Roy Palmer succeeds where many have failed: namely to talk about 'the zone' coherently, elegantly and best of all practically."Malcom Balk, author of Master The Art of Running"This book will be a very useful addition to the tool kit of any coach or performer."Greg Chappell MBE, Former Australian Cricket Captain and current Indian National Cricket Coach