New Message Spreading throughout Sports World
(whether slowly or rapidly, times are changing!)
Readers Post 10 Reviews of New Book
Rome was not built in a day, so they say, and getting every football player, coach, and fan in the country to read this book might take a little time.

According to the first 10 reviews, however, this book would appeal to any athlete, fan or coach in any sport. Just read what one of the top tennis coaches in the country had to say about it below.

The message is being received in a much more universal way than anticipated. We've captured and quantified the tiger of mental performance by the tail, and he can surely bite! This is something that had not been done before says the author. It might take a while for everyone to see and understand it ... but it is right there for the taking!

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Below are the first 10 reviews of The Mental Performance Index on amazon.com including a video book review by a football expert in Great Britain (first one below)

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5.0 out of 5 stars The difference is the TOP 3 INCH3S !, April 16, 2011
By Jon Wyse Video Book Review
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EeZ7q__k15U

5.0 out of 5 stars A Poignant Outlook on Sports and the Mind through SuperBowl and Football Analysis, April 17, 2011
By McCainPlayerDevelopment
This review is from: The Mental Performance Index: Ranking the Best Teams in Super Bowl History (Kindle Edition)
As a former Manager of Player Development for the US Tennis Association, a Pro Tour Coach and Consultant, and Division 1 NCAA College Coach in tennis, my relationship with John goes back decades. I've been so lucky and blessed through the sport of tennis to have met many great minds in sport psychology and top coaches and so on, but it is rare to meet a man who can change a person's life through simple, easy to understand ideas that can transform not just a player's performance, but a person's life when it comes to competition.
John is one of the great minds in the field of Sports Psychology that the sport of tennis has benefitted from on an individual basis with top pro players and people looking to free the mind of stress, outside the court factors that generate fear, anxiety, and nerves, and those looking to take their game to the next level with mental performance enhancement.
In this book he illustrates how various teams in Super Bowl history and NFL history have succeeded by staying focused in the moment, how teams can operate collectively, as a unit together, and why others have not enjoyed such success. While I am more educated about the game of football after have read this book, I am ultimately more inspired to encourage my students to stay present while on the court after this read. John outlines many of the mental tools that players and coaches have used in key moments to be at their most maximum fully focused selves and teams when it matters most. By reading this book, the reader can become aware that by using tools and principles, a player and a team can achieve poise and a new, higher level of concentration than ever.
This book should be required reading for any football coach, and can serve as a great guide for players, coaches, and parents of all sports on peak performance. To give you some perspective on John's level of brilliance in this field, I along with many others, have consulted him and used his teachings in my coaching, whether it be for pro players on the tour, beginners, adults, and high performance junior players seeking out a college scholarship. I even used many of his principles to influence my book, Building a Champion, available on DanMcCain.com.

5.0 out of 5 stars Learn Not to Lose, April 23, 2011
By Richard J from Florida
This review is from: The Mental Performance Index: Ranking the Best Teams in Super Bowl History (Paperback)
Like Super Bowls? Which was the best played? Which was the worst? See if you can rank at least the top five best winning teams. In this book, Dr. John F. Murray ranks the best 32 and tells you why. He gives you punchy narratives of all 45 games as well as Dr. John's brief "lessons" after his play by play description of each game. Learn from lessons such as "Out of the muck appears a blue lotus," and "Are you beginning to see a trend here?" This a colorful read replete with sports psychology, scientific analyses and personal history. Throw in Tom Flores' Forward, Leslie Visser's Epilogue,

5.0 out of 5 stars John Murray's Best book of many to come, April 14, 2011
By BADRI NARAYANAN (logan, utah United States)
This review is from: The Mental Performance Index: Ranking the Best Teams in Super Bowl History (Paperback)
This is a fantastic book . John literally lays it out there period . I Am a tennis coach/ sports psychology consul in Utah tennis .though this was targeted at NFL it's amazing how much of this can be cross trained for sports men in other fields . Already teaching a few principles to my clients out here . John you are an alchemist rock on !! Badri Narayan is a head pro/ sports psych consul At Utah tennis and advocates John Murray's sports psych programs in his county

5.0 out of 5 stars 6' Between Your Brain, April 13, 2011
By John Mcmanus
This review is from: The Mental Performance Index: Ranking the Best Teams in Super Bowl History (Paperback)
They say football is a game of inches. Who knew, that Dr. John Murray could take the 6 inches inbetween past Superbowl participants ears, and show us the mental differences between the winners and second place. An awesome book! The insights from the book will help you apply to any sport at any level. Great job and I am wide open downfield for more of your incredible research and anaylisis.

5.0 out of 5 stars Super SuperBowl information, April 11, 2011
By from_CT
This review is from: The Mental Performance Index: Ranking the Best Teams in Super Bowl History (Paperback)
This is an extremely interesting analysis of how the mental side of football (or any sport for that matter) can separate two groups of physically very talented individuals into the victorious and the second-best. Dr. John's book details how to look at this issue and then completes the analysis, explaining the outcomes for all the superbowls and showing a way to rank teams which didn't compete against each in a way that is more interesting than the traditional statistics we've always looked at.

5.0 out of 5 stars Is there going to be more?!?!, April 10, 2011
By carlos f. arazoza (coral gables, fl United States)
This review is from: The Mental Performance Index: Ranking the Best Teams in Super Bowl History (Paperback)
Dear Doc Murray
Excellent Book, Excellent insight into the heart of the game.
But the mental game is the key to all sports (and more), not just football. I know football is your passion but your beginings are in tennis. Is there going to be an MPI for tennis, or for that matter, basketball, golf or baseball?
After watching a March Madness full of upsets, one has to wonder how many of those upsets were physical ability/preparedness driven and how many were mental ability/preparedness driven!
I want the forward of the next one to be written by Noah! A Gator hoopster from the tennis world! He can do the basketball and tennis editions!
Choking and mentally induced underperformance has been around forever. I'm sure neolithic tribes went hungry when their star spear thrower missed the big one. It's been talked about since the stone age, but now it's quantified and documented!
Great Job Doc

5.0 out of 5 Stars One of the best books I've ever read April 7, 2011
By Ken Babrick
This review is from: The Mental Performance Index: Ranking the Best Teams in Super Bowl History (Paperback)
This is one of the best books written for athletes. Dr. John Murray is very scholarly in his approach, but yet so very practical. This is a must read for every athlete as they will learn valuable insights from a man who has helped many athletes from the high school young man to the top professional.

5.0 out of 5 stars. Amazing read!!, April 6, 2011
By DA88
This review is from: The Mental Performance Index: Ranking the Best Teams in Super Bowl History (Paperback)
Just got done with the book and I finished it much quicker then I expected. Once I started reading I was hooked. I couldnt put the book down, I wish it wouldnt have ended. Dr. Murray goes in depth on each Super Bowl and you get to read about the game of football as you have never read before. I would suggest this book to any football fan out there, especially if your team ever played in any of the Super Bowls before!

5.0 out of 5 stars This book belongs in every NFL fan's library!, April 3, 2011
By TpaGatorFan
This review is from: The Mental Performance Index: Ranking the Best Teams in Super Bowl History (Kindle Edition)
Wow ! The author has dissected and analyzed America's favorite sporting diversion in a very unique way! Football fanatics will enjoy the flashbacks to all the memorable superbowls of the past! I enjoyed the insights Dr. Murray provided about professional football, since they pertain to life performance in general. Although I did not understand all the science, its pretty obvious that Dr. Murray is a true master of his craft. I look forward to applying the motivational concepts discussed in this book to my business life! Well done, Dr. Murray!

































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