For my Competitive Team Parents, I recommend they read the articles in "Gymnastics Psychology: The Ultimate Guide for Coaches, Gymnasts and Parents." Parents are more knowledgeable today about their children’s sports and are becoming more involved every year. However, there are also boundaries which need to be established and understood by the parents. The sections for parents in this book will help educate them as well as help me to be able to communicate with them better on certain issues.

The sport of Gymnastics has always been about having a strong mind to support a strong body. In my career as a coach, whether I am working with a Level 4 or an Elite National Team Member, I find myself frequently returning to Doc’s papers, lectures, and articles. He manages to take complex topics and write in a way that is easily understood by the reader. His passion for gymnastics comes alive in his writing which really holds something for everyone-Coach, Gymnast, or Parent.

The Drs. Massimo are truly experts in the psychology of performance, particularly in gymnastics. Dr. Joe has more than six decades in the field, and Sue is approaching four decades. This incredible time frame of experience as performers, educators, researchers, coaches, judges, and sport psychologists, far exceeds Anders Ericsson’s “10 year/10,000 hours of deliberate practice” rule for becoming an expert. In reading about the psychology of gymnastics, rest assured that you are learning from two of the very best in the world of gymnastics psychology.