There is a timeless saying “what the mind believes the body achieves.” Using hypnosis or self hypnosis engages this process for we first see and do in our mind whatever it is we desire to achieve, which begins to create the deep belief it is possible and then we have an increased chance of actually achieving what we first created mentally. Using the subconscious mind to engage in the imagery and created visualization of what we desire has been written about in cultures around the world since there has been documentation. It’s not new and athletes use it routinely. Golf legend Jack Nicklaus once said, “Golf is a game of inches. The most important seven are between your ears.”
The list of athletes who use and have used hypnosis as the way to strengthen the most important part of any sport performance, the mental part of the game, is a long list. The easiest and most effective practice that takes place is before the field, track, course, court or ice rink… is in the athletes mind. Hypnosis helps with the outcome as the athlete first sees it in pre-game preparation but it also allows the athlete to be more relaxed, which in turn allows for improved sports performance. When an athlete is in a slump it’s not because they forgot their skills and how to play their sport, they lost their mental edge. The mental edge is maintained and strengthened through the subconscious techniques of hypnosis where the athlete is guided into the process by a facilitator or done alone as self hypnosis.
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