Serious sports men & women
are often determined to find anything that will give them an edge over their competition, as well as help them perform to
their best. Hypnosis has been used by many such athletes to improve their game.
Sports hypnosis has proven to be
effective in bringing about positive change, developing new habits and behaviours, and releasing unhealthy or unproductive
emotions, habits and behaviours. Many well-known sports professionals have worked with highly trained hypnotherapists to achieve
significant gains in their personal performance, regardless of their sport.
Since the unconscious mind is really
the driving force between most of our beliefs and behaviours, it makes sense that a technique which elicits change at the
unconscious level can be highly effective. Hypnosis is such a technique.
Hypnosis can help you overcome issues
of self-doubt which may be keeping you from moving to the next level. It can help you hone your skills, fine-tune a technique
and have a level of self-belief and confidence which will enable you to excel beyond what you may have previously thought
possible.
Hypnosis can also help you acquire the intense focus required to be at the top in your sport. Hypnosis
can help you overcome performance anxiety or pre-game jitters which can make the difference between winning an event and coming
in 6th place.
Tiger Woods is an excellent example of an incredible athlete who has used hypnosis to achieve a
phenomenal level of success in golf. He has reportedly been utilising powerful self-hypnosis techniques since his early teens.
Other famous sports people who have been helped by hypnotherapy include:
- Beijing 2008 Olympics: The
only 2 shooters who won Gold Medals for the U.S. worked with a hypnotist
- Beijing 2008: A hypnotist cured Australian
Gold Medalist, Steve Hooker, of his fear in pole vaulting
- Ken Norton used hypnosis to defeat Muhammed Ali in the 1973
fight.
- Jimmy Connors used Sports Hypnosis for his U.S. Open Tennis wins.
- In 1967, a dentist, Dr. Raymond Abrezol,
guided the Swiss ski team to achieving Olympic gold medals using hypnotic techniques.
- Ingmar Johannson used Sports
Hypnosis training before wresting the heavyweight boxing title from Floyd Patterson in 1959.
- In 1956, Eleven hypnotists
accompanied the Soviet athletic team to the Olympics in Melbourne.
Hypnosis sessions will teach you how to use
imagery and visualisation just before your event to achieve your desired goal. Utilising this technique is especially beneficial
when the sport requires a brief burst of energy.
Another way that hypnosis can help competitive sports people
is in dealing with pain and injuries. Learning to dissociate from the pain can help them better cope with it and perform in
spite of it. Relaxation methods can also be particularly helpful when it comes to managing pain which is a part of most sports.
Hypnosis can also help athletes recover more quickly from a sports injury. By accelerating the recovery time the athlete can
return to practice and competition more quickly, which can be very important for athletes competing at the highest levels.
Even if you are not training for the Olympics or competing as a professional athlete, hypnosis can help you attain
higher levels of performance in whatever sport you play.
You may find your performance
improving much more than you thought possible!
Sports Hypnosis is particularly effective for:
• Competition Nerves
• Mental Blocks
• Overcoming Slumps in Performance
• Building
Confidence
• Improving Focus & Concentration
• Returning from Injury
