"Mike's passion for NLP, his vast knowledge, drive and enthusiasm, together with his true caring for people, make him a truly inspiring Trainer & Coach of NLP. He is a true "student of the game," and committed to life long learning; a great model".
...John Overdurf, Master Trainer, Co-Developer HNLP
Sports Hypnosis
Sports Performance Hypnosis
- Are you an established competent athlete or performer who wants to move to a higher level of competence?
- Are you an established competent athlete who makes mistakes that can be recognised as a pattern: i.e., you can predict in a given situation the mistakes will occur?
- Are you a novice or developing athlete who wants to accelerate learning curve learning new skill set?
- Are you an injured athlete who wants to optimise healing to return to optimal performance?
If you reply to any of these is 'Yes' then it is possible that you can improve your game using powerful behavioural change technologies of Hypnosis and Neuro Linguistic Programming).
I will next explain briefly why Hypnosis/NLP applied to Sports Performance Performance by far exceeds the traditional (and majority of current practice) methods of sport psychology.
Basic Principles of Sport Consulting
1. The Main goal of sports mental conditioning is to assist people to help them identify and access their ideal performance state, which is commonly known as "The Zone" or "Flow State."
2. Basic components of mental preparation are:
- Goal Setting
- Arousal Control
- Working with, or changing self talk
- Visualisation
- Pre-competition Planning
- Overall conditioning/nutrition plans
- Motivation
- Teamwork
3. Some accepted principles used throughout Sports Consulting are:
- Inverted U (from 1908!)
- Somatic/Psychological Anxiety
- Trait/State Anxiety
- Flow State
- TAIS - Locus of Focus
What Does Hypnosis/NLP Offer Sports Psychology Performance ?
Consider, for example, a typical golf swing. It takes approx 1.7 seconds to swing a golf club. Brain research has shown that a single conscious thought occurs approx every 0.25 seconds, therefore approx 7 thoughts occur while taking a golf swing. Next, consider the research carried out by eminent psychologist Benjamin Libbet who has proven that it takes approx 500 milliseconds (half a second) for info to pass through the nervous system and register with the conscious mind. With all this activity going on in the space of less than 2 seconds, how could traditional methods of sports psychology be effective when there is only a conscious interaction between coach and athlete. Hypnosis/NLP is so effective because it works with the part of the brain which is involved with automatic behaviour, and this is where change needs to occur in order to improve performance.