Every athlete, in every sport gets nervous before a game or has a game day superstition. Some of the questions running through their minds are, what if we lose, what if I mess up, or worse injury! These thoughts become so powerful and can take over a players mind. No one wants to say they had a bad game. Everyone wants to be at their physical and mental best while performing, however sometimes this is difficult to achieve without help.

Often we set ourselves up for failure in sports when we begin to think of our flaws. For instance, a basketball player might feel too short or not fast enough. Being short may be true, but this should not effect how you play the game. Not every basketball player is tall, but if you know how to play the game, this will help you. If you are not fast enough, this is something that can be fixed, through both physical workouts and mental workouts. By identifying what limits you mentally to be slow, you can then become physically fast. It could possibly be a memory you had that is holding you back, or maybe a learned behavior. If someone continues to tell you that you are too slow, you begin to believe you are. Over coming this belief alone can be difficult.

A baseball player doesn’t hit 5 homeruns in a row because he was lucky, he is focused. When you are not focused and in the “zone” it is difficult to perform at your best. Focus can be lost for many reasons. Maybe there is pressure from fans or parents, a loud negative person on the court or in the stands, or maybe you simply psyched yourself out before the game even started by worrying you would have a bad game. Identifying what makes you lose focus, and learning new tricks to keep focus, you can become unstoppable and not lucky, but focused.

A sport such as swimming ultimately is all about skill. It is not about who got a good call, but who is simply better, which it true of many other sports. If you can learn to improve your skill level mentally, the physical improvements will fall into place allowing you to create your own luck. By learning different cues mentally, you can teach your body how to be on point and improve your skill level. When your mind has powerful successes they become easier to recreate during the game.

To play any sport you need to have self confidence and team spirit, both help to build a stronger team and a better athlete. If you are constantly worrying about how you did in the game or how bad your team mate is then you are doing yourself a disservice. Some people lack confidence and team spirit because of memories or again, learned behaviors. If you are always told you are no good you will be no good. If you are always told your team mate did something wrong, you learn to never trust other teammates. Once you learn how to deal with these feelings and memories, you will be a stronger athlete and more valuable.

Hypnosis is one way of achieving all of these things. Sure if you want to improve your skill level you can work out at the gym hours on end and sure you can try to focus on something else, but hear me out first. Hypnosis helps you to identify what your skills are and how to use them, instead of getting nervous you will be confident in your abilities. You will learn to focus on the game and not all the other distractions that can hinder your focus. While under hypnosis your mind is more relaxed and open to suggestions, you will not longer have the feeling you are sabotaging yourself.

Sports, whether they are for a living or entertainment should above all be fun. You should not have to experience a worthless, anxious, or distracted feeling before you begin a sport. Sure you can try other things but there is no reason to try those things when there is one blanket treatment for it. You know what works for you and your lifestyle, make your choice, but make an informed choice.