SMART PRO NEWS ISSUE 48
SPORTS PSYCHOLOGY - PEAK PERFORMANCE - CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY
By John F. Murray, PhD - Clinical & Sports Psychologist
www.JohnFMurray.com - 561-596-9898
INSIDE THIS ISSUE
(1) NFL UNDER ATTACK WITH SEAU DEATH
(2) TOUGH GUYS TALK CAMPAIGN
(3) 2ND EDITION OF SMART TENNIS IN SPAIN
(4) MY DAD J RICHARD MURRAY'S FIRST BOOK AT AGE 85
(5) HEAR THE CLIP FROM PORTAND RADIO ABOUT GREG ODEN, JUNIOR SEAU, THE NFL AND THE NBA
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SPORTS WORLD SHOCKED BY SUICIDE OF JUNIOR SEAU. DR MURRAY OFFERS A BETTER WAY OF COPING
Hello,
MY FIRST BOOK "SMART TENNIS: HOW TO PLAY AND WIN THE MENTAL GAME IS SELLING WELL IN SPAIN AND THE PUBLISHER (PAIDOTRIBO) RECENTLY RELEASED A 2ND EDITION
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WHAT IS THE REAL PROBLEM IN THE NFL AND PRO TEAM SPORTS? WHAT IS THE SOLUTION?
Never has the NFL and American football world been so rattled as with this "tipping point" death by suicide of one its very icons, the great Junior Seau, a 12 time NFL Pro Bowl selection and a sure bet for the Pro Football Hall of Fame. His brain will now be studied to see if he had a condition caused by repeated concusions that led to severe depression and suicide. No matter what these tests reveal, I offer a solution that if embraced by the NFL would help save the image of the league and make the teams and players better too. The game will change anyway with evolution, but the NFL would be smart to take the lead role in changing itself rather than waiting for legislation or lawsuits.
The solution I propose began in the book I wrote last year called "The Mental Performance Index." It is called the TOUGH GUYS TALK initiative (pages 54 & 55).
For too long, NFL players and coaches have equated talking with being soft and psychology as for those with illness and not strength, but nothing is further from the truth!
Peak performance training helps players win the mental game on the field. I proved this was even more important than we ever dreamed in my book in studying every play in Super Bowl history. By embracing and promoting peak performance mental coaching, sports psychology, and psychotherapy, players gain an outlet to express, and will turn to talking rather than poorer methods of expression like violence, drugs and suicide in the future. |
The "Mental Performance Index" Book Becomes a Best Seller Ranked #9 in Sports Science on Amazon.com.
This growth in sales is not surprising to me as the book I wrote was endorsed by great NFL folks inclusing Tom Flores, NFL Films' Steve Sabol, Pro Football Hall of Fame Broadcaster Lesley Visser, Jim Crash Jensen, Nick Lowery, Jim Martz, Doug Blevins, and Dan Johnson. Even the great Don Shula gave me a quote that appears in the book about the need to reduce mistakes. It was just a matter of time before truth took hold. And in the book is the solution to the NFL's woes in embracing mental coaching, getting behind a Tough Guys Talk initiative, and overall supporting the benefits of sports psychology in the clubhouse and encouraging rather than discouraging this talk.
Tough guys do talk rather than hide. And in the future it would be better if they talked out their problems in a confidential session rather than turn to firearms, car driving off cliffs, drugs, domestic violence, or simply sad depression!
Order the book at this link
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Order "The Mental Performance
Index" by clicking image
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Hear My Recent Radio Interview
on These Topics by Clicking Below
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My Dad's First Book at Age 85!
My dad, J. Richard Murray's first ever published book at age 85 (see above cover) will be released this coming Thursday May 16. This is clearly one of the most fascinating books I've read about a mysterious time and place in history never described and long forgotten - BEHIND THE WALLS OF A JESUIT SEMINARY from 1945 to 1956. You already know how I write, and in this book you will see where I got it! This is a brilliant and breathtaking exploration of the unseen both physically and spiritually and he is a pro at writing too! |
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Below are just 3 of many stars in sports who have helped my cause
TOM FLORES
OLLI JOKINEN
LESLEY VISSER
John F Murray, PhD
139 North County Road
Suite 18C
Palm Beach, FL 33480
Phone: (561) 596-9898
www.JohnFMurray.com
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John F Murray's Tweets
Follow me - @DrJohnFMurray
To show you how sincere I am about this, I have reproduced a string of tweets I chirped on the topic below. I was on NBC TV and Portand Radio talking about the Seau death too, and I will not stop until this changes, whether it takes 1 year or 100. Read the tweets below in chronological order from most recent first:
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