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