Train Your Mind.

10-15 years ago, anybody working on their mind in sport, would have been considered strange or quirky. But now it is accepted as part of the pieces that make up sporting excellence.  Sports therapy is actually just training the brain, a work out for your mind so that you can physically perform better. To help explain the benefits, lets take golf for an example and put golfers into 4 different categories: 1. Untrained Swing/Untrained Brain 2. Trained Swing/Untrained Brain 3. Untrained Swing/Trained Brain 4. Trained Swing/Trained Brain   As you would expect no. 4 is going to come out on top, but what you may not have realised is that over say 100 runs no. 3 will always come out on top of no. 2.  An untrained swing with a trained brain will win more than a trained swing and an untrained brain.   Hypnotherapy can help train the brain by: Increasing Motivation and Determination Research has shown that if you take any two teams or individuals with equal ability, the team or individual that has the most motivation and determination to win does so 9 times out of 10. "Winning isn't everything…but wanting to is." Increasing Confidence A confident athlete with the same ability as one that doubts their ability will always come out on top. "Sportsmen can do better than they think…when they think they can do better. "If you can see it you can be it” Keeping Nervousness and Anger to a minimum Golfers have been conditioned to feel ‘First Tee Nerves’.  What would it be like if a golfer was conditioned to believe in ‘First Tee Energy’ ‘My temper has cost me well in excess of 5 million quid’ – Darren Clarke - (pro golfer).  It is very difficult to talk ourselves out of anger but in just the same way that we could fly into a rage it is possible to ‘fly into a calm’ The right amount of stress is an advantage as it keeps us alert, focused and ready for action but too much and it can all goes to pieces. Improving your skills with a mental work out Often there is not the time or stamina available to physically practise enough to continue increasing sporting skills. It is now a well know fact that mental rehearsal is as good for skill enhancement as is actual physical practise, the muscles "remember" the action in exactly the same way, and is so much more time efficient.

back to the top