This is Your Brain on Sports

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This Is Your Brain on Sports: Beating Blocks, Slumps and Performance Fears for Good – The Groundbreaking Book That Will Change The Face Of Fencing Performance!

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Category: Fencing

Tags: Athletes, Blocks, Coaches, Fear, Parents

Description

In fencing, slumps often show up as hesitation, overthinking attacks, or losing confidence mid-bout against opponents you know you can beat.

While these challenges look different from sport to sport, they all stem from the same underlying cause.

That’s exactly what This Is Your Brain On Sports reveals.

Unlock the breakthrough solution for performance blocks, slumps, choking, and the yips.

Most athletes are told to “just relax,” “think positively,” or “use imagery.” But when it comes to deeper performance problems—those frustrating, repetitive issues that don’t go away—traditional mental skills don’t work. Why? Because the real cause of these problems is often unresolved sports upsets—injuries, humiliations, failures, and painful moments that get stored in the brain and body.

This revolutionary book introduces the concept of Repetitive Sports Performance Problems (RSPPs) and provides the tools athletes, coaches, and parents need to finally resolve them. Drawing from decades of work with Olympians, professionals, and juniors, Dr. G and Dr. Grand show you how to identify what’s really holding you back and give you practical, step-by-step strategies to get free.

What You’ll Learn

With This is Your Brain on Sports, you’ll learn how to:

Recognize and resolve performance blocks that traditional methods can’t touch
Understand why slumps, choking, freezing, and the yips really happen
Break the cycle of negative thinking, self-doubt, and over-control
Reclaim lost skills and abilities that seemed to disappear overnight
Build confidence, resilience, and the ability to perform under pressure
Prevent future blocks by training both the mind and nervous system

Why It Works

Unlike traditional “quick fixes,” This Is Your Brain On Sports addresses the root cause of performance breakdowns. Using case studies, motivational stories, and breakthrough methods like brainspotting, it helps athletes resolve the hidden triggers that fuel slumps and fears—so they can return to competing with confidence, focus, and joy.

Though this product is not sport-specific, we’ve consistently received positive feedback from fencers about its effectiveness! If you want to beat blocks, break slumps, and unleash your full potential, this book is your roadmap.

What’s Included: Digital Version

Printable PDF Workbook (downloadable)

What’s Included: Physical Version

Hard Copy Book (shipped directly to you)

Testimonials

I’ve been coaching 20 years and this is one of the most versatile mental toughness training sets I’ve run across. It’s loaded with great exercises and stories that really work. I strongly recommend it to all my athletes.

Dennis

I have downloaded your 14 Steps to Mental Toughness and have been listening to them with my son. I must say that it is having a very positive impact on both of us!! We live in the UK where this type of science is not well known, but now I am persuaded by it! I am so grateful that I discovered your work as my son is only 17 so has plenty of time to benefit.

Mohammed

I want to let you know how much I enjoy and respect your series, “14 Steps.” I coach a small high school and your program not only helped my team play better under pressure, it significantly helped my 17 year old daughter who’s a three sport athlete. She used to think too much and get too nervous going into games. Now she plays the way she practices, relaxed and aggressively. Thanks for your product.

Gail

Your new program has really helped both of my kids even though they are in different sports! My daughter used to get too nervous before she played and she told me how much more relaxed and focused she feels now and I can see it in her level of confidence and success on the field. My son had a long history of doing better in practice than competition, leaving him frustrated and us not knowing how to help him. What a difference I see in him now when he competes under pressure. Thanks so much — you’re a great teacher!

CR – Parent

Congratulations on your program, “14 Steps!” They are truly outstanding and thoroughly cover all the mental aspects of sports which are challenging to athletes and coaches. We are using them this year as part of our weekly training program and the kids love your stories and teachings!

Ken S.

Thanks so much! I finally learned how to get my parents on the same page that I’m on. They’re actually helping me now! Go Figure! It has made things so much much easier for me to do my job. I think this is a critically important book for coaches in any sport.

Jack

I just love your new book! Parents on my team were driving me nuts and making me really angry, getting in the way of me doing a decent job of coaching. This book has helped me get things in perspective and to recruit my parents to help me! I feel like I now have a much better understanding of where they’re coming from and how to effectively work with them. Thank you! Thank you! I won’t quit coaching after all!

John B

I was listening to your “Parents” audio today on my drive and I have to say it opened my eyes! Especially the part where you talk about “good” and “bad” nervous. What a life skills gift to teach parents how to teach their kids how to roll with the “juice” that naturally comes up as you’re about to perform! The “Juice” is normal, it is what will fuel you. Don’t fear “The Juice” embrace it. Such a great audio! Thank you.

Wesley

An incredibly helpful book. It helped me make sense of my pitching problems and better yet, get rid of them!

Mike Roberts

Dr. G, I just finished reading This is Your Brain On Sports and I absolutely loved it! It opened my eyes to what really causes athletes to fall apart and it will help me be more effective with my players!

Frank

A real breakthrough book for athletes! … I was able to put the breakthrough therapy of `brainspotting’ to immediate use with my clients and the results were spectacular! … The authors wrote this book so that athletes could also benefit. … I recommend this not just for therapists who work with athletes, but for athletes themselves!

Amazon Reviewer

Amazing Book! Purchased this book for my husband and once he started reading the book, he couldn’t put it down. He said it was fascinating and so “spot on”. My husband played professional ball and my son is currently at a Div I college playing ball. My husband said that if he knew what this book speaks of back when he played pro ball, he would have had a longer pro career. Every athlete, coach, and parent (especially father) of an athlete will benefit from reading this book.

Amazon Reviewer

Alan: Dennis did great this past weekend at the tournament in Kansas City—he placed in the top 32 for points (his first for this age bracket!). This result does not however give the full measure of his fencing that day which was superb—many people said his last bout with the #2 ranked fencer in the US was “a bout for the record books!” Even that fencer said—“Wow Dennis—where did that come from?” Although he lost by one point (15/14), his fencing was amazing. He had great control and I was so pleased to see him fencing this well. He also got lots of attention from college coaches after they watched this bout. This would not have been possible without you and your audio’s. Thank you again.

Linda

Your audios have remarkably changed Ben’s whole approach to his fencing. No longer does he implode under the pressure of facing tougher opponents! No longer is he a nervous wreck before his bouts! It’s like he’s a different kid out there! I am so grateful we found your site!

Marty

My son was easily distracted, sometimes got too nervous against certain fencers and would get really down on himself after a loss. Your program helped him settle down and focus. He has more confidence on the strip and his results show it! I recommend your program to all of my students.