Winning The
"Head" Game

Athletics starts with the body, but ultimately, it is the nature of the mind that speaks to the level of achievement an athlete experiences in sports. The mission of WINNING THE “HEAD” GAME is to provide the necessary ingredients to help athletes and coaches build a bridge from where they are to where they would like to be.

Coach Sonny Smith (Charles Barkley’s college basketball coach) and Lou Vickery, former professional baseball player, have drawn upon their sixty plus years of involvement in sports, at both the amateur and professional level, in structuring WINNING THE “HEAD” GAME. The motivational, inspirational and informative messages in the book are a mixture of works that primarily apply to the “what” and “why,” instead of the “how,” of sports.

WINNING THE "HEAD" GAME is a resource book. It isn't the kind of book written with the intent of reading in one sitting. It is a book where a young athlete or a coach can read a particular applicable heading or message at any point in time that might apply to personal circumstances.

We believe this book can create the mental, psychological and emotional well-being that will move young athletes beyond what they have been for the greater reward of what they can become.