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The Quest for Sporting Perfection

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By: Matthew Syed, Matthew Syed Consulting Ltd
Narrated by: Simon Slater
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Summary

 What can Roger Federer teach us about the secret of longevity?
What do the All Blacks have in common with improvised jazz musicians?
What can cognitive neuroscientists tell us about what happens to the brains of sportspeople when they perform?
And why did Johan Cruyff believe that beauty was more important than winning?

Matthew Syed, the 'Sports Journalist of the Year 2016', answers these questions and more in a fascinating, wide-ranging and provocative book about the mental game of sport.

How do we become the best that we can be, as individuals, teams and as organisations? Sport, with its innate sense of drama, its competitive edge, its psychological pressures, its sense of morality and its illusive quest for perfection, provides the answers.

(P)2017 John Murray Press©2017 Matthew Syed Sports Psychology Sports
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If you read bounce and/or black box thinking this may not be for you.

This is different in as much that this is based on articles Matthew Syed has written and had published. Insightful and poetic as they are alot of the time there is alot of repition across from the other books and indeed within this one too.

I still enjoyed it none the less as Simon Slater is a good narrator and his very safe accents are amusing.

Worth a read but not a must.

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I enjoyed this book, and I am a fan of Matthew Syed’s. Some of the material in this book is found in his other books but never the less good to listen to. I found the narrator good, although if I am honest I must say, I found the pretend accents a bit cringe worthy and annoying. Overall, very good.

A good compilation.

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I am disappointed, I listened to two other books of the author and was expecting more! but most of the stories are repeated from the old books and there is no clear message and full of contradictory stories!

repetition and nothing

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inspiring, entertaining and thought provoking. Why did some riders in the peluton not cheat to win when so many were cheating in world cycling? What are the real lessons of great lived such as that of Mohammed Ali or terrible lives such as that of Jake Le Motta?

A great collection of Matthew's journalism

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very good story telling. covers the greatest sports personalities of our time with impressive detail.

great book

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