Sports Performance Enhancement

Hypnosis can help you focus, visualize and heal faster from pain and injuries.

Some well known athletes who use/used hypnosis for sports performance enhancement:

• Jack Nicklaus
• Tiger Woods
• Kobe Bryant
• Shaquil O’Neal
• Nolan Ryan
• Kristi Yamaguchi
• David Beckham
• Mary Lou Retton

Hypnosis and imagery have been used by many athletes to improve their game.  While some regard hypnosis as some mystical or magical form of mind control, it is actually a legitimate form of treatment, proven to be effective in bringing about positive change, developing new habits, improving behaviors and releasing unhealthy or unproductive emotions, habits and behaviors.  Many well-known athletes have worked with hypnotherapists and hypnotists to achieve significant gains in their personal performance both on and off the field.

Tiger Woods is a prime example of an incredible athlete who uses hypnosis to achieve a level “above the rest” in golf.  He has reportedly used hypnosis since his early teens.  Not only has he used it visualize every swing and stroke in his mind before executing it on the course, but he also uses it to “get in the zone.”  Hypnosis helps him quiet his mind, release anxiety and become focused.  A strong focus makes all the difference in games where people watching and other issues can be very distracting.  Tiger Woods is an example where hypnosis can be a powerful tool to achieve high levels of success.

Visualization is an effective hypnosis technique that can help athletes perform better.  A gymnast may visualize herself going through every motion of a routine in her mind.  A basketball player may visualize him/herself making a perfect free throw shot hundreds of times.  By using visualization, athletes are conditioning their minds and bodies to carry out the movements in reality just as they have performed them hundreds of times in their minds.  Mary Lou Retton reported visualizing helped her win the gold metal in gymnastics at the 1984 Olympics.

Hypnosis also helps athletes in dealing with pain and injuries.  Learning to disassociate pain can help with coping and performance in spite of the accident that may have happened.  Relaxation methods can also be helpful when it comes to managing pain which is a part of most sports.  Hypnosis can also help athletes recover more quickly and fully 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.

Even if you are not an Olympic athlete or competing as a pro-athlete, hypnosis helps you attain higher levels of performance in whatever sport you play.  You may find your performance improving much more than you thought ever possible!

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