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ENHANCING YOUR SPORTING PERFORMANCE

One Sports Psychologist for a US Olympic team says that 80 - 90% of an Olympic athlete's performance is in the mind.  My experience is that 90% of all sports people do not know this and only train the body.  When the power of the mind is introduced into sporting performance, the results can be dramatic.

There are usually two methods used to enhance your sporting performance with hypnosis.  The first involves clearing any underlying emotional blocks which may be inhibiting your performance or limiting your motivation and desire to succeed.  The second combines a process of hypnotic visualisations and suggestions (often backed up by cassettes or CDs) and NLP resource building procedures to stimulate your incentive and also support, reinforce and refine your physical and sporting skills.

Using the imagination in trance together with post-hypnotic suggestion you can:

Case Studies

Over the years I have worked with people in a variety of sports ranging from a trampolinist to a small-bore rifle shooter, several snooker players, golfers and darts players.

Syd came to me in 1996 for help with his darts game.  He was playing to a high (national) level but was not consistent and although he regularly won his way to the championship finals, would often lose to inferior players in the final.  One week after our second session he scored a perfect nine-dart finish (180, 180, 141, game shot) and went on to win first prize in that tournament.  For a whole year after that he was on top form and was virtually unbeaten for two years.

Alan was really struggling with his golf when he came to see me.  Captain of his club, he was achieving nothing, playing badly and from a low handicap.  When playing he was frustrated and once he hit a few poor shots, lost confidence in his game which then got even worse.  We cleared the emotional blocks which were holding him back (from his childhood) and within months he had won several trophies and improved his handicap by two points.

Peter was a professional golfer who was not playing to his potential.  After a few sessions of hypnosis and some simple techniques to enhance his left-right brain co-ordination, he felt much more focused and his game improved considerably.