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What's
on the back cover? |
Why does Neuro Priming Work?
Neuro Priming is a form of preventive medicine whereby mental
imagery is used to review and rehearse solutions for competitive
performance. Neuro Priming for Peak Performance
guides the athlete in identifying the causes of their competitive
anxiety and devises custom pre-set solutions to be applied during
competiton.
Performing at peak performance
level requires the athlete to be confident and able to adapt
when things go astray. In competitive matches, the athlete who
has their pre-set contingency plans has superior confidence in
their problem-solving ability. Neuro priming is one of an athlete's
greatest allies when it comes to grooving motor programs, strategic
plans and defenses against performance anxieties.
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How
does the author describe his method? |
Neuro Priming is the modern terminology
used for mental rehearsals. Frank Giampaolo invented this books
method of organizing, listening and visualizing mental and emotional
solutions to tennis match drama. Neuro Priming For Peak Performance
was an Amazon #1 Best Seller in the fall of 2017. The book has
sold thousands of copies to date.
Why is developing the mental
and emotional components important ? After losses, athletes are
never heard saying: "if I would of followed through 2 inches
higher, I would of won!" What we do hear is "I was
up 5-2 and choked", "I don't know how to beat pushers",
"that dude cheated me but I fell apart". Losses are
most often blamed on the athletes software components.
Research shows that athletes
perform with clarity under pressure when they customize their
solutions beforehand. With Neuro Priming For Peak Performance,
athletes are guided through their very own scripts of physical,
mental and emotional solutions.
After customizing their solutions, athletes are instructed to
record them into their cell phone dictation app and listen to
their scripts at night and before match play. These mental rehearsals
subconscious prime the athlete For peak performance.
This brilliant new workbook is
needed because athletes routinely warm up their hardware (strokes
& athleticism) prior to competition, but neglect their software
solutions (mental & emotional). To compete at the higher
levels, Frank recommends looking at the athletes tennis game
the same way you would look at your computer. For the computer
to run seamlessly, both the hardware and software have to be
developed. The same holds true for the game of tennis.
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What
do others say about the book? |
FOREWORD
As a professional ATP tennis player, I know all too well the
importance of positive mental imagery as it relates to playing
at my peak performance level.
Neuro Priming
for Peak Performance is an innovative instructional book that takes
the mystery out of the visualization process. It organizes mental
rehearsals into customized scripts designed to improve every
component of a tennis player's game.
I've been friends with Frank since I was a junior player. His
outside the box approach to organizing and training mental and
emotional skill sets is groundbreaking. Frank's Neuro Priming
workbook motivates athletes to stop focusing on what could go
wrong and instead, start focusing what can go right. It's the
laws of attraction - the psychology of success.
Neuro Priming
for Peak Performance is an indispensable tool for every serious-minded
tennis competitor, parent or coach.
Steve Johnson, ATP
Tennis Professsional
GAME CHANGER
Amazing new book! Frank Giampaolo is an innovator and a great
mind in tennis. He thinks outside the box and has developed has
a cohesive plan for the mental, emotional and physical game of
tennis. Ive taken my 12 year old competitive tennis player to
seminars with frank in addition to adult tennis lectures. The
way Frank presents and breaks down concepts to beginner to advanced
players is easy to digest and immediately integrate into ones
own game and practice. This book is going to transform the athletes
of all sports prepare for competition. Its a must read for every
athelete.
Egan Gauntt
FRANKIE
G. HAS DONE IT AGAIN
Neuro Priming is a great tool for Tennis players. These valuable
checklist's provide a roadmap for positive and successful player
evaluations. Frank has done the work and the research to help
both coaches and players.
Lane Evans
ANOTHER
GREAT TOOL FOR JUNIOR TENNIS
Frank is committed to helping players, coaches, and parents do
a better job at developing tennis players to their highest potential.
His latest book is simply another tool for achieving that goal.
If you understand the benefits of goal setting and positive visualization,
then you’ll understand why using Frank’s neuro priming
guide is a must.
Lisa Stone
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What
did I get out of reading this book? |
It took me a while to understand
what this book is for. Even putting my imaginary "Professional
tennis player" hat on didn't help and I went back to the
author for clarification of the issues I found challenging. After
studying his replies and re-reading the INTRODUCTION part of
the book it dawned on me: Frank's new method could be compared
to what is usually called subliminal messages, but - there's
nothing subliminal about it. In order to address what's "between
the ears" of an athlete, he wrote this workbook as a tool
that creates mental imagery that allows that athlete to rehearse
solutions for competitive performance.
"Competitive
successes or failures aren't the results of a singular performance,
but the result of the athlete's physical, mental and emotional
routines and rituals."
Frank not only tells a parent,
coach, teaching professional to stop spending all of the time
"grooving forehands and backhands" and instead pay
attention to the mental and emotional training, but he also gives
them the tool to customize audio recordings designed to allow
the athlete to compete under stress at full potential. And Frank
is adamant that neural priming is not meant to replace an athlete's
on-court tennis training. It's an "essential enhancement
of their mental, emotional and physical skills."
"Just as
priming muscles before competition increases athleticism, neuro
priming increases cognitive processing speed."
So, this booklet provides the
coach with a customized script in their athlete's very own voice
via a series of audio recordings on their phone. From page 19
on the book turns into a workbook for creating those audio scripts,
with plenty of examples and solutions.
"In competitive
matches, the athlete who has their pre-set contingency plans
has superior confidence in their problem-solving ability."
For designing and recording those
protocols, Frank offers the following method for the players:
Step
1
Discuss each audio recording topic with your coach.
Step
2
Find a quiet space and get comfortable for reading the customized
scripts into the smartphone.
Step
3
Begin mental rehearsals in a calm mental state while visualizing
your physical, mental and emotional skill sets,
apply realistic imagery using slow motion and real-time visualization.
Frank suggests
the best times for neuro priming are nightly before falling asleep,
early mornings, during drive time, before matches, between points
and change-overs and after competition as a performance review.
"By creating
customized audio recordings and then routinely listening to their
recordings, the athlete strengthens the neural pathways required
for competition."
I find the benefits of Frank's
methods amazing. Increased confidence, choking and panicking
resolution, enhance problem-solving skills, quickened cognitive
processing speed are just a few of the benefits. Looks to me
neuro priming may be applied in other areas of life, not only
athletic performance. How about in your job? Or in a relationship?
How about learning to ski or to drive a car? This all may sound
far-fetched, but who knows?
I can see Neuro Priming for Peak
Performance become a requirement in many competitive sports.
The success of Steve Johnson is proof that Frank's method works. |
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