The best athletes say sports are 90 percent mental. Yet most athletes spend more than 90 percent of their time training physically.

Wrestling Mindset is the nation’s leading authority on mental training for wrestlers and combat sport athletes, having worked with Team USA’s world champions, national champions, UFC fighters and high school and youth champions.

Created by athletes, for athletes, Winning Mindset is designed to bridge the gap between physical and mental training. Sports are a vehicle to build virtue, which will help you succeed in all areas of life. Mindset makes the difference!

Part 1 is dedicated to explaining the Predator Mindset versus Prey Mindset and why that is the difference between success and failure in sports, school, and life.

Part 2 of this book is designed to share some of our best mindset exercises that have been used by thousands of athletes across the country.

High levels of anxiety can adversely in?uence athletes’ performance, and an audience setting may raise the anxiety level altogether. Associations between negative performance outcomes and high levels of anxiety and perfectionism have been reported across the vast majority of sports, with measurable in?uences observed on individuals during performance.

The present study was designed to explore the relationship between perfectionism, anxiety, and competition level amongst high school wrestlers. Our analyses revealed statistically-significant positive relationships between a wide variety of factors, including state somatic anxiety and concern over mistakes; parental criticism and doubts about actions; and state cognitive anxiety and concern over mistakes. The results of the present study contain practical information for sport psychology consultants, coaches, and athletes.

You are never too young to start working on your mindset. This book is designed to breakdown some of the best Wrestling Mindset lessons for young wrestlers under 12 years old. Practical exercises to build confidence, get motivated and set effective goals.

We are all in a competition, but we are losing sight of this reality; this is not something to be taken lightly. We need to get serious. Every serious athlete must be on a serious training program. If we are competing, we need a winning formula – a training plan. This is that training plan. It is time to go to work! Building the Total Athlete for Christ is designed to walk you through, step-by-step, how to become the best athlete you can be for Jesus Christ. In this training manual you will become spiritually fit for your ultimate competition against the world, the flesh, and the devil. Like a good coach, this training manual takes you from A to Z to become the elite spiritual athlete God has always called you to be. This training manual is meant for you to complete as a workbook. You should complete each one of the exercises. You will learn what it means to be an athlete, choose a sport, join the team, train, compete, and maintain health and wellness in your spiritual life. You will be given exercises to strengthen your understanding of each topic. Like all good coaches, this book is meant to be straightforward and no-nonsense. It is not meant to simply tell you what you want to hear. This manual is geared towards leading you to victory! It is important to note that this training plan does not replace God’s grace, the sacraments, or prayer life. Building the Total Athlete for Christ is meant to be a useful tool for your spiritual needs – not an end-all-be-all. It is ultimately through God’s grace by which we can do even the smallest activities. Our victory is already won in Christ. Now we need to learn how to compete His way!

Develop a winning mindset with Wrestling Mindset’s daily success journal. Train your mind to practice gratitude, build confidence and constantly improve as an athlete and person.