Sports Performance Hypnotherapy
Hypnosis For Sports Performance
I can do more for you in 6 sessions then a sports psychologist can do in 6 months!
Hypnotherapy for athletic performance, or to improve or enhance sports performance, has a tremendous ability to help players focus in such a way that they will not be distracted by negative thoughts.
With the help of a hypnotherapist, an athlete can dramatically improve their performance, style, posture and self-confidence. Using hypnosis can even help to speed physical recovery, remove negative feelings, self-doubt, stress and anything that may hinder great performance.
Creating New Neurological Pathways
Neuroimaging has shown that with mental practice or mental rehearsal, the brain changes to reflect the improved skills we are imagining.
We are creating new neural pathways in our mind when we do this and in effect our skills then improve to match what we have created in our minds.
Visualization For Athletic Performance
Visualization can be done on your own, however you can take it to the next level by using a hypnotherapist specializing in sports and athletics.
Greater results can be achieved because the therapist can help the athlete get into the state of hypnosis which is a state of higher awareness, thereby enabling far greater concentration and also improving the ability to visualize.
In hypnosis a person would be better able to see themselves performing the tasks with the advantage of the correct expected result being placed into the subconscious where it would form the athlete’s programming.
In this state, the therapist can also help to remove doubts or fears from past negative experiences. It is known that self-doubt is one of the contributors to poor performance on the day of an event. Even when everything else is done correctly, personal doubt can hurt even the best athlete’s performance. Remember, imagination and memory are very powerful and can override reason.
The Mind Body Connection
This is the “mind/body connection”. When an athlete has a lack of confidence and doesn’t believe they are capable of winning or being “the best,” their body will in a sense help them by having pain somewhere which prohibits them from continuing in the competition but at the same time gives them the excuse that they have an injury that got the better of them. This is of course not happening consciously or purposely.
It happens because the athlete’s thoughts have been running a negative pattern and the subconscious mind is always trying to protect the person from mental pain or failure. The physical pain or injury comes about as a way out rather than the athlete having to admit that they just don’t believe they are good enough.
Many well-known athletes have worked with hypnotherapists to achieve significant behavior changes which can result in gains in their performance, but even if you are not a professional, hypnosis can help you improve your game whether you are a weekend golfer, long distance runner, or a summer league tennis player. Hypnosis can give you a level of self-confidence that will enable you to excel beyond what you previously thought possible.
In sports hypnosis the athlete is trained to focus his/her concentration in such a way that they will not be distracted by negative thoughts and where only positive thoughts and images will occur. I teach you the athlete techniques to enhance such important dynamics as intensity, focus, consistency, concentration, mental toughness and anxiety control.
Hypnosis can help you overcome pre-game jitters or performance anxiety and make the difference between coming in first place or last. It can help you attain a higher level of performance in whatever sport you play.
You can go to any hypnotist that advertises for sports but if you want to actually be the best, have that college scholarship edge, play in professional sports, try for the Olympics, or pursue a professional contract then you need someone that has over 500 hours training in the field of hypnotherapy and has successfully helped many athletes succeed in their sport.
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I love working with athletes because the results are so easy to see, and they are generally highly motivated.