Informationen zum Autor Steve Ward Klappentext This is a book that teaches you how to bet on sports with the same discipline and mindset as the professionals.Lots of books and websites give advice on profitable strategies - and tipsters and systems proliferate. But this is the only guide that helps you make your trades and bank your wins for the long term, avoiding the perennial dangers of overconfidence, irrationality and emotion.However successful your selections, you are never safe from crippling losses until you know how to bet with the clear head and calm approach of the masters.The simple fact is that most people betting on sports lose over the long term. Performance errors currently hamper the majority of bettors: they lose their bets because they first lose their heads.The only answer is to think differently. With chapters ranging across motivation, performance analysis, the betting process and going pro, this book is the definitive guide to achieving this:- Use dozens of exercises to sharpen your thinking and refine your betting processes.- Share in the exclusive insights of professional sports bettors, who reveal for the first time how they have built successful gambling careers.- Benefit in every chapter from one-to-one training from the author, a professional sports and trading performance coach.Sports Betting to Win is your own personal course for establishing a firm psychological foundation for long-term betting success. Zusammenfassung Teaches you how to bet on sports with the same discipline and mindset as the professionals. This book helps you make your trades and bank your wins for the long term! avoiding the perennial dangers of overconfidence! irrationality and emotion. It also helps you in establishing a firm psychological foundation for long-term betting success. Inhaltsverzeichnis About the Author Acknowledgements Preface - Bring Discipline and Professionalism to Your Betting Introduction - Why Do People Lose at Betting, and What Can Be Done About it? - Why is it that so few people are able to win at sports betting over time? - Are there any commonalities in the 10% that do win? - Can someone improve their betting performance to become a long-term winner? - Becoming more successful and profitable - Core contributors to this book 1. Think Differently Thinking differently Mindset - the foundation of success Key components of the winning betting mindset Training your brain, changing your mind 2. Bet for Profits, not Excitement What is your motivation for betting on sport? What is your betting type? Uncovering your core betting motivations Creating inner drive for long-term success 3. Prepare to Win Know the game Betting success factors - stacking the odds in your favour Developing a betting plan Creating your betting strategy Specialise to get an edge Warming up - PREParation 4. Keep Score The benefits of record keeping and evaluation Keeping a written record of your bets Evaluating your betting 5. Make Rational Decisions Why rational decision-making matters How do you make a decision? What stops us from being rational and what can we do about it? Mental shortcuts - biases Summary: 10 ways to help you to make more rational decisions 6. Don't Chase Losses Why do people chase losses? Are you making matters worse? How to stop chasing losses 7. Control the Frequency and Size of Your Bets Controlling the frequency of your betting The costs of over betting Control the size of your bets: size matters 8. Manage Your Emotions How emotions affect your betting results Understanding how emotions are created Creating performance-enhancing emotions Dealing with performance-limiting emotions positively 9. Manage the Ups and the Downs Sports betting is a rollercoaster Losing streaks and the downside of...

Autorentext

Steve Ward

Klappentext

This is a book that teaches you how to bet on sports with the same discipline and mindset as the professionals. Lots of books and websites give advice on profitable strategies - and tipsters and systems proliferate. But this is the only guide that helps you make your trades and bank your wins for the long term, avoiding the perennial dangers of overconfidence, irrationality and emotion. However successful your selections, you are never safe from crippling losses until you know how to bet with the clear head and calm approach of the masters. The simple fact is that most people betting on sports lose over the long term. Performance errors currently hamper the majority of bettors: they lose their bets because they first lose their heads.The only answer is to think differently. With chapters ranging across motivation, performance analysis, the betting process and going pro, this book is the definitive guide to achieving this: - Use dozens of exercises to sharpen your thinking and refine your betting processes. - Share in the exclusive insights of professional sports bettors, who reveal for the first time how they have built successful gambling careers. - Benefit in every chapter from one-to-one training from the author, a professional sports and trading performance coach. Sports Betting to Win is your own personal course for establishing a firm psychological foundation for long-term betting success.

Zusammenfassung
Teaches you how to bet on sports with the same discipline and mindset as the professionals. This book helps you make your trades and bank your wins for the long term, avoiding the perennial dangers of overconfidence, irrationality and emotion. It also helps you in establishing a firm psychological foundation for long-term betting success.

Inhalt

About the Author
Acknowledgements
Preface - Bring Discipline and Professionalism to Your Betting
Introduction

• Why Do People Lose at Betting, and What Can Be Done About it?
• Why is it that so few people are able to win at sports betting over time?
• Are there any commonalities in the 10% that do win?
• Can someone improve their betting performance to become a long-term winner?
• Becoming more successful and profitable
• Core contributors to this book

1. Think Differently
   Thinking differently
   Mindset - the foundation of success
   Key components of the winning betting mindset
   Training your brain, changing your mind
2. Bet for Profits, not Excitement
   What is your motivation for betting on sport?
   What is your betting type?
   Uncovering your core betting motivations
   Creating inner drive for long-term success
3. Prepare to Win
   Know the game
   Betting success factors - stacking the odds in your favour
   Developing a betting plan
   Creating your betting strategy
   Specialise to get an edge
   Warming up - PREParation
4. Keep Score
   The benefits of record keeping and evaluation
   Keeping a written record of your bets
   Evaluating your betting
5. Make Rational Decisions
   Why rational decision-making matters
   How do you make a decision?
   What stops us from being rational and what can we do about it?
   Mental shortcuts - biases
   Summary: 10 ways to help you to make more rational decisions
6. Don't Chase Losses
   Why do people chase losses?
   Are you making matters worse?
   How to stop chasing losses
7. Control the Frequency and Size of Your Bets
   Controlling the frequency of your betting
   The costs of over betting
   Control the size of your bets: size matters
8. Manage Your Emotions
   How emotions affect your betting results
   Understanding how emotions are created
   Creating performance-enhancing emotions
   Dealing with performance-limiting emotions positively
9. Manage the Ups and the Downs
   Sports betting is a rollercoaster
   Losing streaks and the downside of sports betting
   The winning run and when times are great
10. Focus on Continual Improvement
    The path to betting success
    Kaizen
    Development, learning and performance improvement
    Keep raising the bar, and learn and earn more
    Extra Time - Going Pro: Sports Betting Full Time
    Important considera…