Hypnosis has been used for many years in the field of sports. In 1956 the Russian team took 11 hypnotists with them to the Melbourne Olympics. Irish athletes commissioned a hypnosis practitioner to work with team members to help them prepare for the 2012 Olympics. The key focus was on the small mental factors to improve performance under pressure.
The mind cannot tell the difference between imagination and reality, therefore if we visualise the way we would like to perform, then the circuits in our brain actually change as if it’s already happened. So if you’re unable to physically prepare for an event, you can still mentally rehearse how you want things to go. This is something Tom Daly did when the COVID lockdowns prevented him from practicing in the pool, as by visualising how he wanted his dives to go it made it easier when he physically went back into the pool. In Solution Focused Hypnotherapy we also work towards improving confidence and alleviating self-doubt, which in turn helps with performance.
So if you’re looking to improve your aim, motivation, running times or you need to find time to relax your mind and improve your confidence, then click here to book a free initial chat to find out more.