Sports psychologists Karageorghis (Brunel U., UK) and Terry (U. of Southern Queensland, Australia) explore sports psychology techniques that enable athletes to engage in an optimal mental state, for competitors, coaches, team managers, students, and parents, as well as strategies for dealing with stressful situations. They use examples from soccer, rugby, tennis, track and field, and other sports to illustrate the theories, research, and psychological principles that can help athletes train the mind as they train the body, addressing aspects of motivation, self-confidence, anxiety, mood and emotion, concentration, visualization and self-hypnosis, and the power of music to boost performance. Effectiveness, developmental issues, problem areas and roadblocks, and gender differences are covered in each chapter. Annotation ©2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)