Mental Rehearsal and Visualisation for Sailing
Mental Rehearsal is one of the most useful ways of improving sailing skills for people with limited time on the water.
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Sailing Biographies, Autobiographies and True Stories
It doesn’t matter if you’re a seasoned sailor or a landlubber with no sailing experience at all – sailing biographies and true stories tend to be fascinating and enthralling. They produce some incredible insights into the human psyche, cutting close to what makes us all tick as they explore how people respond in the most … Continue reading
How to be a better sailor without getting wet
This is one of the first posts I created, and it focuses on mental rehearsal – still a much under-used technique for improving your sailing (and much, much more). In a study that has become quite well known since it was published, psychologist Alan Richardson showed that visualisation (or mental rehearsal as it is more … Continue reading
Detatchment and Mental Imagery
The ability to relax is important for sailors prone to high levels of anxiety, and mental imagery is a simple way of achieving this.
Mental and Physical Fitness for Sailing by Alan Beggs, John Derbyshire and John Whitmore
Mental and Physical Fitness for Sailing covers the psychological and physical aspects of sailing very well, especially for aspiring club sailors What the Authors Say About Mental and Physical Fitness for Sailing What we thought of Mental and Physical Fitness for Sailing Where can you buy Mental and Physical Fitness for Sailing? What The Authors … Continue reading
Psychology and Preparation
A list of topics covered on this site for psychology and preparation for dinghy sailing with links to those pages