The Psychology of Sailing for Dinghies and Keelboats: How to Develop a Winning Mindset
Ebook
Overview
The Psychology of Racing for Dinghies and Keelboats is an inspirational practical guide to mind training for racing sailors. Aimed at aspiring dinghy sailors as well as yacht racers, the style is light, friendly and conversational - designed to inspire, guide and promote positive analytical thinking amongst racers of all levels, with the aim of helping them find the inner resolve and mental strength required to be a winner. Packed with tables, tick boxes and exercises as well as thought-provoking quotes from successful international sailors, it is delightfully free of psychobabble and tedious theory - a really practical guide that will be invaluable to all racers of all levels and abilities.
An inspirational practical guide to mind training for racing sailors - how to up your game and move up through the fleet.
Every racing sailor wants to up their game and improve their results and this book will help them analyse their strengths and weaknesses and discover where improvements can be made.
A friendly, accessible style that is positive and encouraging.
There is no other such guide to positive mind training on the market.
Ideal for racers of all levels and abilities whether in dinghies or yachts.
’A really practical guide that will be invaluable to all sailboat racers.’
’This very accessible 120 page book, though specifically written with performance sailing in mind, has much within its covers to recommend it to anyone, in any sport or other venture, who wishes to do as well as they can.’
’I now have a book to recommend to sailing friends who ask ’Can psychology help me improve my racing results?"
’The reading is made all the easier by using case studies, and bold colour pics and other illustrations. In short, the book shows how to develop a winning mind set, and that should enhance your performance.’
- Title: The Psychology of Sailing for Dinghies and Keelboats: How to Develop a Winning Mindset
- Author: Ian Brown
- Publisher: Adlard Coles
- Print Publication Date: 2013
- Logos Release Date: 2024
- Pages: 112
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Ebook
- ISBNs: 9781472901569, 9781408124475, 1408124475, 1472901568
- Resource ID: LLS:9781472901569
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2025-04-22T09:57:59Z
Ian Brown has worked for the RYA as a psychologist, and with overseas sailors too, and lectures on the subject at sailing clubs. He now works for Quantum Sails and is PBO magazine's Sails expert.