A Student Athlete's Guide to Success

Developed specifically to address the unique challenges faced by student athletes, this text will help you reach peak performance in college an din life. The third Edition of A Student Athlete's Guide to College Success is organized around four main themes: 1) Laying the Foundation for Success; 2) Succeeding in the Classroom, 3) Succeeding in life and Relationships; and 4) Succeeding on the Field.

Important topics range from understanding learning styles, optimal study strategies, and time management to identifying stressors, staying healthy, and choosing a major and career and special features that promote active involvement off the field include self-assessment tools, individual and group exercises, journal activities, and goal setting exercises.

An all-new chapter, "Becoming a Mentally Tough Athlete, " presents concrete mental skills that, if practiced and implemented, will help you become a tougher competitor as you strive for performance excellence.

Additional current and high-interest topics include managing social networking sites, use of credit cards, recovery from injury, and acceptable classroom behaviors.

Chapter-opening profiles of contemporary student-athletes highlight the very real issues that collegiate athletes face each day and bring to life concepts and strategies presented in the chapter.

"Post-Game Review" summaries in each chapter will help you consolidate and retain the concepts you have learned.

A Companion Website provides an interactive setting enabling you to complete exercises from the text and submit them online. Visit www.cengage.com/success/petrie/studentAthlete3e.