Sports Association of Zagreb presented the book “Psychological knowledge and tools in the sports practice - a manual for trainers“. Promotion was held on Tuesday, 17. November 2017. in the cinema hall of the Student Center of the University of Zagreb. This valuable work by Boris Balent, Ana Kobilšek and Hrvoje Sasek with the participation of the Sports Association of the City of Zagreb (publisher) and Croatian association of sports psychologists. With authors, The book was presented reviewer Professor Ksenija Bosnar and Professor Jadranka Kolenović - Đapo, and executive editor Dr.. sc. Miroslav Hrženjak. Editor Secretary SSGZ Zdenko Antunovic, and publisher of Sports Association of Zagreb. Special guest at the event was dr.sc. Juri Hanin from Finland (Associate in chapter), one of the largest technical authority in the field of emotions in sport.
Each of the thirteen chapters of the manual contains a theoretical framework, practical aspect, lots of exercises and techniques, and a list of literature for those who want to expand their knowledge of psychology of sport. Besides manual is consistent Complete with quotes and observations made by the top Zagreb and Croatian athletes, with which they are a part of the work on the book made extensive interviews. Their fascinating sports, but also life experiences, some for the first time mentioned in this very book, represent a special value of the entire project. Because of that, this manual, in addition to offering a variety of tools to improve the quality of the trainer, a character and a kind of self help, therefore content to be in the hands receive not only coaches, athletes, their parents, but also people who may have never played sports, but the messages of top athletes find those right words, key information, impetus to rise above the everyday problems, the strength to move on.

The authors of the book with the help of thirteen associates, some of whom were the most eminent sports psychologists in the world – example mentioned Juri Hanin, Matthew Tušak, Genghis Karagözoğlu – they managed very extensive and complex structure of sports psychology summarized logically arranged and comprehensible chapters, which is why this manual is a unique scientific and popular synthesis in their area.
The event was attended by numerous Zagreb and Croatian coaches, officials of sport and social dignitaries, as well as numerous current and former athletes.