Think Like a Champion (Rudi Webster) is a convincing argument buttressed against the experiences of a number of the greatest cricketers of the last 50 years, on the primacy of mental skills, self-confidence, pride and the wisdom of historical tradition in sport, most particularly, in cricket, West Indian cricket during the Lloyd/Richards era of invincibility.
At the core of the book, written by West Indian Dr Webster, doctor, sports psychologist and mental coach of the WI team during the Packer era, is a conversation between the author and Clive Lloyd. As captain, instigator, father figure and the West Indian who absorbed and practised the tradition of Sir Frank Worrell, Lloyd tells of how he moulded team members into a unit to conquer the inbred insularity of players from competing societies.
Lloyd recognises and explains too the roles played by Webster, Wes Hall, Gerry Alexander and others in fashioning the world champions. Most significantly, Lloyd recounts—while Webster places into psychological perspective the achievements of the greatest cricket team—why the West Indies triumphed over all for 15 years from the mid-1970s.