Reviews for Prime Ski Racing:Triumph of the Racer's Mind

The average rating for Prime Ski Racing:Triumph of the Racer's Mind based on 2 reviews is 4 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2017-11-15 00:00:00 Todd Pope The book Prime Ski Racing gives lots of good insight on how to control your emotions and what it takes to get to the highest level of ski racing. Jim Taylor took me through a huge plan in how to do this. There is a very step by step process that would take many years to master, but tin the end, he said "it will all be worth it. The next paragraphs will give you insight on what this book was about and what I took away from it. The book Prime Ski Racing was not only a book that could be used for ski racing, but could be used for life. One of the main ideas that Jim establishes in the book is that if you want to get to the highest level of ski racing (World Cup), then you must win the mental side first. If you can't control your emotions, if you can't believe in yourself, then you will never be successful in the sport. I thought about that for a while and recognized that it is true. I could ski my best in training with no pressure on my shoulders, but when I got into the starting gate of a race, the attitude of racing is so much more nerve racking. How Jim helps use with controlling our emotions and our mind was what really fascinated me. What he did is was is he broke all of the aspects of the psychological portion of ski racing into sections and chapters. The first section is taking about what goes on in the mind that typically prevents skiers from skiing their best on race day. He categorized them into motivation, confidence, intensity, focus, and emotions. Then he had a little chart with these five factors on top and had numbers from one to ten on the other side. I would then have to rat ourselves on how strong I felt in that factor on race day. Jim said that if any of my scores were below a seven, then those skills would need some work Much of my scores were below a seven, which sent that I had to work on them. The next section would have different chapters on that specific factor and had exercises to help master them. Prime Ski Racing is a book that has helped me so much in preparing the mind for the mental challenges that I face on a day to day bases. Jim Tayler (a world cup racer himself) gives a massive plan on how to take control of your mind and help block out any unnecessary emotions that ski racers encounter. To be able to triumph in the racer's mind, Prime Ski racing is the book that will help you get you there.

Review # 2 was written on 2021-02-01 00:00:00 Carol Gillespie A good guide for beginners. I especially learned a lot from the section about the equipment and how to choose between the many types of skis/bindings/boots etc. The descriptions and pictures of Norway have compelled me to add "hut-to-hut ski in Norway" to my bucket list.