Is Hypnosis new in athletics?
Olympic athletes have used self-Hypnosis for years to help them to achieve their best performance. Athletes in The United States as well as other nations of the world also recognize that the power of Hypnosis which utilizes the sub-conscious mind is as important as the actual physical practice for the sport. The majority of professional athletes realize the tremendous benefits of Hypnosis and have their own personal Hypnotists, to continually work with them to always try to improve their personal best

What realistic athletic goals can Hypnosis offer average people?
For the typical person Hypnosis cannot turn an weekend warrior or average athlete into an international champion. But Hypnosis can be used to enable a player to achieve his or her personal best. It can take strokes off your golf game, or help you gain extra points on the courts. It’s all done through positive suggestions and learning to re-program your subconscious mind with extreme focus and intent to win.

This statement has been proven over and over again throughout the years. The mind and body of the athlete must be trained to the limits of their capabilities. By only training the body, the mind in turn will only recognize it’s need to perform to it’s usual capabilities. It has been claimed by various sports psychologists that a competitive athlete’s performance is 80 percent performed by means of his mind – and not actually by the physical body. Championship players in virtually every form of competition have strongly agreed with this belief.

By using visualization we can create and reaffirm the confidence necessary to achieve top performance levels. The Sub-Conscious will believe what the mind is visualizing. If the mind visualizes winning or an improvement in performance, the Sub-Conscious will accept this as truth, and the achievement becomes possible.

What your mind can conceive, you can achieve. If you can think it and see it in your mind, you can do it!

1. "Goal Setting" aided by Hypnosis
By applying Hypnosis with properly learned self-Hypnosis techniques, the athlete can work to decrease or abolish the mental obstacles that inhibit them to achieve peak performance in their sport. This is where the phrase ”what the mind can achieve, the body can achieve,” becomes clearly apparent.

Taking the time to set goals is one of the most essential tasks that need to be done. If you don’t have an objective, there is no point in beginning a project. It is imperative that athletes wishing to improve their performance levels set goals. They must be set by the athletes in conjunction with their coaches. All goals must be focused and extremely specific with regard to the area of desired improvement. For example; playing a better game of golf is not a goal. But, improving your putting or chipping would be. Any goal must have the distinct characteristics of being achievable, and short-termed. Without these two important points; success and completion may not be achieved.

2. Focus and Concentration aided by Hypnosis
Extreme focus and concentration is significantly important, and often times difficult to develop. Hypnosis can be used as an effective tool allowing the mind to enhance it capability of memory and concentration. By utilizing Hypnosis to enhance focus you can teach the Sub-Conscious to stop distractions from sabotaging your performance. Learning to focus and visualize your desired result at the essential of performance can often produce the desired dramatic results.

3. Mental Imagery
By utilizing mental imagery, athletic performance can improve faster than if just using physical means of practice. Using visualization and imagery taps into all the senses, not jut visual. In a golf competition, the form of the stroke is visual; the smell of the air and grass is olfactory; the contact of ball and club connecting is tangible, the sounds of the clapping crowd are auditory. Perfection requires the use of all senses, and on the ability to focus.