SPORTS PERFORMANCE
Top athletes in all sports recognise that mental preparation is equally as important as physical practice.
To train the body to the limits of its capabilities without simultaneously training the mind, is to invite, at best, mediocrity.
However, the physical skills and abilities need to be there as well. Hypnosis cannot make a golfing duffer into an international champion.
Sports Psychologists have claimed that for Olympic teams, 80% of an athlete’s performance is in the mind.
Mental rehearsal or visualisation can create and reaffirm the confidence necessary to achieve top performance.
Hypnosis can reduce or eliminate mental obstacles, whilst developing positive attitudes.
Hypnosis can help the athlete to reach their personal best performance.
Goal-setting is essential. The goals must be specific and relevant. Playing better tennis is not a valid goal. Improving a serve or backhand is a goal.
Hypnosis is very effective at developing two of the athlete’s main attributes: relaxation and concentration.
Mental rehearsal and imagery should utilise all of the five senses.
What your mind can conceive, you can achieve.