A lot people asked me about recommended books for high performance in sports. I’m happy to provide you my all time favorites, my top-5 books to read.
I can highly recommend you these 5 books. I read them myself a couple of times, took notes, tried the strategies and reflected about what the authors wrote.
If you love reading, here is a book list is great for you. Even if you are not so much in reading, here are some reasons why you should read more.
- Successful people read books
- You can get the foundational knowledge of a specific topic
- You can read the books a couple of times if you want
- You can take the books with you to competitions
We would not recommend you that books, if we would not have read them ourselves and would know that they offer value.
My top-5 books to read as an athlete
Kobe Bryant – The Mamba Mentality*
R.I.P Kobe Bryant!!!
A tremendous loss for all mankind. He created a basketball legacy that will live on forever.
As an athlete his different approach to basketball and sports helped him to overcome his youth in Italy and to train differently from all the others.
Georg Mumford – The Mindful Athlete*
Georg Mumford is a sports performance coach from US and one of the first, who introduced mindfulness to sports.
I love his mindful concepts and his metaphor becoming the eye of the hurricane during competitions.
Jim Afremow – The Champion’s mind*
“The Champion’s mind” is a must read for everyone who wants to improve the mindset.
He is known as a sport psychologist and psychotherapist enhancing the mindset of world class athletes reminding them to go for the great shot.
Arnold Schwarzenegger – TOTAL RECALL*
As an Austrian, I’m really proud to recommend you the book “TOTAL RECALL – my unbelievably true life story”. It is such a great story, showing that you can achieve everything if you work hard enough and believe in yourself.
Tim Grover – Relentless | from good to great to unstoppable*
For more than two decades, legendary trainer Tim Grover has taken the greats, Michael Jordan, Kobe Bryant, Dwayne Wade, and dozens more and made them greater. He reveals what it takes to get those results in a very direct way.
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