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BE The Champion:
World Class Sports Mindset
(ebook)
By John Novak & Theresa Novak
BE the Champion: World Class Sports Mindset is the flagship ebook by Australia’s #1 Sports Mindset Coach John Novak and Occupational Therapist Theresa Novak. It delivers the complete Boomerang Effect sports mindset program, the proven system John has used for 25+ years with Olympians, NRL premiership-winning teams, LPGA Tour champions, and 1,000+ elite athletes across 60+ sports. This is not sports psychology theory. It is a practical, step-by-step program built from 25 years of real-world coaching at the highest levels of Australian and international sport.
The book is structured around John and Theresa’s unique blend of Western positive psychology and Eastern philosophy, the thinking that underpins the Boomerang Effect: what you put out is what you get back. Athletes who apply this framework consistently report dramatic improvements in confidence, composure, and the ability to perform their best under pressure. It works for competitors of any age and any sport.
Whether you are a junior athlete, a club competitor, a professional player, or a coach working with athletes at any level, this book gives you the exact mental tools that produce champions in clear, practical language that is easy to understand and immediately applicable.
What This Book Covers
- The Boomerang Effect: the foundation of champion mental performance
- Building confidence that holds under competition pressure
- Pre-competition mental preparation routines
- Focus and concentration skills for peak performance
- Resilience: bouncing back from setbacks, injuries, and poor performances
- Emotion management: staying composed when the stakes are highest
- Positive self-talk and the inner dialogue of champions
- Motivation and best self: connecting to your deepest sporting purpose
- Team mindset and culture: the collective mental habits of winning teams
- Consistency: performing at your best across a whole season, not just one game
Recommended reading for athletes
who want to master the mental game
Ultimate Sports Mindset Journal (hardcopy)
By John Novak & Theresa Novak
The physical edition of John & Theresa Novak’s popular sports mindset journal. It’s perfect for athletes who prefer pen to paper. Structured daily pages guide you through goal setting, pre-competition preparation, post-game reflection and mindset skill development. A powerful companion to any training program. Whether you’re a weekend warrior or elite competitor, this journal helps you build the mental edge that separates good athletes from great ones.
ISBN 978-1-925409-39-0
Sports Emotion
Mastery Cards (ebook)
By John Novak & Theresa Novak
Practical daily cards to help you manage emotions, stay composed, and perform at your best every game. Portable mindset tools for competitive athletes across any sport. Each card addresses a different emotional state
e.g. anxiety, anger, loss of confidence, distraction, with a targeted strategy to get back into peak performance mode fast. Used by athletes from juniors through to international level as part of their competition day routine.
ISBN 978-1-925409-33-8
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Sports Mindset
Assessment Tool (ebook)
By John Novak & Theresa Novak
Identify your mental strengths
and gaps with a structured self-assessment built for competitive athletes.Understand your current mental performance level and exactly what to work on to improve it.
This assessment tool guides athletes through John and Theresa Novak’s Champion Sports Mindset framework. It covers confidence, focus,
resilience, emotion managementand competition preparation, allowing you to create a clear, personalised mindset development plan to get to work on.
ISBN 978-1-925409-35-2