{"id":828949,"date":"2026-08-06T13:01:02","date_gmt":"2026-08-06T13:01:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.abnewswire.com\/pressreleases\/?p=828949"},"modified":"2026-08-06T13:01:02","modified_gmt":"2026-08-06T13:01:02","slug":"272000-copies-sold-troy-and-moses-hornes-mental-toughness-for-young-athletes-offers-youth-sports-families-a-proven-mindset-toolkit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.abnewswire.com\/pressreleases\/272000-copies-sold-troy-and-moses-hornes-mental-toughness-for-young-athletes-offers-youth-sports-families-a-proven-mindset-toolkit_828949.html","title":{"rendered":"272,000 Copies Sold\u2026 Troy and Moses Horne\u2019s Mental Toughness for Young Athletes\u00ae Offers Youth Sports Families a Proven Mindset Toolkit"},"content":{"rendered":"
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272,000 Copies Sold\u2026 Troy and Moses Horne\u2019s Mental Toughness for Young Athletes\u00ae Offers Youth Sports Families a Proven Mindset Toolkit!<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
Written by a 15-year-old elite athlete and his father, Mental Toughness For Young Athletes\u00ae draws on personal interviews with NBA, NFL, and EuroLeague stars, to help young competitors build in-game confidence and grit.<\/div>\n

Troy Horne and his son Moses Horne, co-hosts of the Hoopchalk Basketball Podcast<\/strong>, have built a bestselling three-book series aimed at solving one of youth sports’ most common struggles: young athletes who perform well in practice but freeze up once “the lights come on.” The flagship title, Mental Toughness for Young Athletes<\/strong>®: Eight Proven 5-Minute Mindset Exercises for Kids and Teens Who Play Competitive Sports<\/strong>, has sold more than 272,000 copies and continues to resonate with young athletes, parents, and coaches nationwide.<\/p>\n

What sets the series apart is perspective: Moses Horne, an elite teen athlete, co-wrote the book himself, making it one of the only mental toughness resources written from a young competitor’s point of view rather than filtered entirely through an adult lens.<\/p>\n

The Mental Toughness for Young Athletes<\/strong>® <\/strong> Series:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Mental Toughness for Young Athletes<\/strong>®<\/strong> (Available in Spanish, and French)<\/em> lays the foundation, delivering eight quick, five-minute mindset exercises designed for athletes ages 8 and up. The book grew out of the Hornes’ own search for resources that spoke directly to kids in competitive sports, a gap they found in most mental-performance books written primarily for adults.<\/p>\n

To fill that gap, the father-son team turned to their podcast platform to interview elite athletes and coaches, including Chauncey Billups, Tywanna Smith, Keiko Yoshimine, Earl Boykins, Jason Richardson, and Kobe Bryant. The exercises in the book distill lessons from those conversations into practical tools any young athlete can use before, during, and after competition.<\/p>\n

Mental Toughness for Young Athletes<\/strong>® (Parent’s Guide)<\/strong> reframes the same eight exercises for a parent audience, giving moms and dads a roadmap for supporting their child through the mental side of competitive sports, including guidance drawn from Troy Horne’s own experience navigating self-doubt as a sports parent.<\/p>\n

Mental Toughness for Young Athletes<\/strong>®: Volume 2 — Grit<\/strong> continues Moses and Troy’s story into the next stage of competition. Building on the first book’s foundation, this volume tackles grit, the trait the authors credit with sustaining long-term mental toughness and follows Moses’ own path to drawing interest from more than a dozen Division I programs.<\/p>\n

Why It Matters<\/strong><\/p>\n

Youth and competitive sports place enormous mental demands on kids, often with little guidance on how to manage in-game pressure, waning motivation, or performance anxiety. The Horne family’s series was built specifically to close that gap for young athletes and the parents supporting them, packaging insights from elite-level athletes and coaches into short, actionable exercises rather than dense, adult-oriented sports psychology.<\/p>\n

About the Authors<\/strong><\/p>\n

Troy Horne is a dedicated father, performer, former Broadway artist, and television actor who has turned his attention to helping young athletes navigate the mental side of competitive sports. Drawing on lessons from high-performance entertainment, competitive athletics, and personal experience raising an elite athlete, he has helped thousands of families better understand and support their young athletes.<\/p>\n

Moses Horne is a teen elite athlete and co-author of Books One and Three, offering a rare first-person perspective on the mental challenges of competitive youth sports.<\/p>\n

Together, Troy and Moses host the Hoopchalk Basketball Podcast,<\/strong> where they have interviewed some of basketball’s most respected names on the subject of mental toughness.<\/p>\n

The Mental Toughness for Young Athletes<\/strong>® <\/strong>series starts here! Available on Amazon:<\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Mental-Toughness-Young-Athletes-Competitive\/dp\/0578660636\/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0<\/a><\/p>\n

Media Contact<\/strong><\/p>\n

Troy Horne Website: https:\/\/troyhorne.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Series Website: https:\/\/mentaltoughnessforyoungathletes.com<\/a><\/p>\n

LinkedIn: https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/troy-horne\/<\/p>\n

Facebook: https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/TroyHorneOfficial\/<\/p>\n

BookBuzz.net helps indie authors, hybrid authors, and small publishers promote and market their books. We also help with book reviews, publicity, and more. Let’s Create Some Buzz For Your Book!!!<\/p>\n

https:\/\/bookbuzz.net\/interview-with-author-troy-horne-about-his-book-mental-toughness-for-young-athletes\/<\/a><\/p>\n

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