Kicking and punting require great discipline and mental strength. After you surpass the physical aspects of kicking a football, the only thing that separates you from your competition is mental. Luckily, mental strength can be practiced and learned like any other skill. These books below will give you a good start. Click on the book image to purchase from Amazon.com

Title	Author	Comments	Click on image for details
Sports Psyching	Thomas Tutko & Umberto Tosi	Best introduction to the mental game
Golf is Not a Perfect Game	Bob Rotella	Replace "club" with "leg", and this book makes an excellent teaching tool for the mental game of kicking
Zen Mind, Beginners Mind	Shunryu Suzuki	Very deep reading - must be read several times
The Miracle of Mindfulness	Thich Nhat Hahn	A simple yet insightful book worth reading
Zen and the Art of Archery	Eugene Herrigel	Great analogy for kicking. I have read it 5 times.
Zen in the Martial Arts	Joe Hyams	Not as good as Archery, but worth checking out
Sadaharu Oh - A Zen Way of Baseball	Sadaharu Oh & David Falkner	A great autobiography by an inspirational man
Thinking Body, Dancing Mind	Chungliang Al Huang	One of my all-time favorites
Creative Visualization	Ronald Shone	Pretty good at teaching visualization techniques
The Ultimate Athlete	George Leonard	Very interesting - philosophical not instructional

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