Books

This book provides a comprehensive introduction to heart rate variability (HRV) and its role in optimizing athletic performance, recovery, and overall well-being. It explains how to measure and interpret HRV data, combining physical and mental training strategies to improve performance and manage stress. With practical guidance and a 30-day challenge, it helps athletes and coaches apply HRV insights directly to training. 

This book explores the concept of emotional intelligence and its role in sports performance. It explains how recognizing, understanding, and regulating one's own emotions—as well as those of others—can be crucial in competitive situations. The book also includes a diagnostic tool to assess emotional strengths and weaknesses, along with practical exercises that can be applied in individual and team training, as well as in educational and workplace sports settings. 

This book brings together research from performance psychology to examine the factors that influence both peak and non-peak performance. It explores key interactions between cognition, perception, emotion, and action across domains such as sport, music, and the arts. The book also considers variables like motivation, attention, stress, personality, coaching, and age, offering a comprehensive, multidisciplinary perspective on performance.

This book offers a comprehensive and evidence-based perspective on the role of referees, highlighting the complexity of their decisions under pressure. It explores key aspects such as stress management, conflict resolution, physical demands, and the legal context of officiating, while emphasizing decision-making as a central theme. Written by academics and psychologists, it provides innovative insights into the challenges of refereeing and potential ways to improve it.

Set during the Tour de France, this novel follows Sébastien as a sporting journey turns into a deeper personal quest. As the race unfolds, he is confronted with questions about sacrifice, identity, and truth, against the backdrop of sport as a powerful social force. Blending multiple storylines and characters, the narrative explores adversity, self-discovery, and the hidden realities behind competition.