 | Sport Psychology and Sports Hypnosis
There is a long history of hypnosis in sport proving how athletic performance is increased dramatically in many areas, style correction, speed and strength enhancements are particularly effective. Most Champions use some form of hypnosis whether it's visualisation or affirmation and many seek the help of a professional hypnotist or sports psychologist to assist in their mental training. |
Hypnosis as a tool for Sports Psychology
Sports Hypnotists differ from Psychologists in that they work directly with the Subconscious part of the brain the part that controls our behaviours, so change with hypnosis is often rapid.
The Power of Hypnosis - the Olympics
The use of hypnosis in sports has been around for hundreds of years. In the 1956 Melbourne Olympics, the Russian olympic team took no less than 11 hypnotists to develop mental clarity and help the athletes with visualisation. In addition out of 20 Australian swimmers named in the 1980 Olympic team 12 had been using hypnotic tapes for two months previously. – ‘Hypnosport’ by Les Cunningham.
Previous to this, in a tour of Australia, England cricket captain Mike Brearley consulted a hypnotherapist to improve his game.
In 1996 Steve Collins beat Chris Eubank for the World Boxing Organisations Super-middleweight title. Much of his sports success being attributed to the focusing of attention created by hypnosis administered by Dr Tony Quinn, himself a former Champion bodybuilder. Collins was programmed to deliver two punches to Eubank’s one. In the fight Eubank threw 300 punches, Collins threw over 600.
Nigel Benn, WBC Super Middleweight Champion and Frank Bruno, WBC Heavyweight Champion both used Sports hypnosis for Boxing performance enhancement.More recently Athlete Iwan Thomas and Golfers Ian Woosnam and Tiger Woods were hypnotized.
You don't have to be a star, baby... for hypnosis to work for you
Hypnosis can work for sports performance for ordinary folk too. You don't have to be a superstar athlete or even on a team. Do you need to maintain focus and determination to meet your fitness goals?
Sports hypnosis can help you to:
Dramatically increase endurance
Remove hesitation
Improved performance
Alleviate pre-competition nerves
Remove obstacles to success
Lose or gain weight
Install complex behaviours
Focus more clearly
Improve mental stamina
Increase motivation.And much more
Free counters provided by Andale. | The services I render are held out to the public as a form of motivational Coaching combined with instruction and training in hypnosis with the understanding that ALL hypnosis is self-hypnosis. I do not represent my services as any form of health care or psychotherapy, and despite research results to the contrary I make no health benefit claims for my services. If you have been diagnosed with depression, anxiety, or any mental illness, medical illness or pain we will work with you only upon referral from your mental or medical health care provider. Obtaining referrals is a simple process. Please contact us if you would like assistance. |
