Hypnotherapy for Sport Enhancement & Performance

Mindset for Sport

Whether playing sport professionally or for fun, the competitive nature helps us strive for success, push ourselves to achieve more and reach our goals, which is a brilliant mindset to apply to all aspects of our lives. A lot of people think sport is all about physicality, however there are 3 key factors that contribute to sporting success: 

• Fitness

• Technical skill

• Mindset

We all know that practice makes perfect and successful sports people spend their time improving their fitness and technical skills, but the mental skill is often forgotten. Our mindset holds a lot of power and can influence our performance both positively and negatively. If we compete while doubting our ability or being distracted by other thoughts, our performance will be impacted negatively. Concentration, reaction time, confidence and memory can be affected which could lead to failure rather than success. 

If we dedicate some time working on the mental skill of sport, there is a lot of evidence to suggest our overall performance will improve.. We will be able to focus, respond better to errors, believe in our ability and ultimately win!

At Hampshire Hypnotherapy & Counselling Centre, we’ve worked with sports people from many different backgrounds and helped them refine their mental skill to achieve their sporting goals. From footballers to darts players to golfers, a focused and confident mindset can be the difference between losing and winning.

Can I benefit from hypnosis for sport performance?

There are many negative thoughts and beliefs that can affect our sporting performance, if any of these feelings apply to you, hypnotherapy may be the answer you’ve been looking for.

• You perform well when practising but when it comes time to compete, you can’t seem to get it right

• You struggle to focus your mind when you’re competing, there is so much distracting you from your performance

• You feel overwhelmed when there are other people watching you compete/practise and you can’t perform

• You don’t believe in your ability so you accept the fact you may lose before you’ve even finished the game

Hypnosis has been used in sport for many years. It works by altering any negative perceptions the subconscious mind has that are holding us back and replacing these with more positive ones. It can help you to focus, increase confidence and enable you to perform no matter what the situation or who’s watching.

How does hypnosis work?

Once the consultation is complete and you are agreed on the areas you want to address, your hypnotherapist will guide you into a relaxed state. They will repeat positive affirmations to your subconscious mind to replace any of your current limiting thoughts and beliefs. With sporting hypnosis, your therapist will likely focus on creating a mental image of winning, build your confidence in your ability and help you overcome any mental blocks which are getting in your way. You’ll be completely awake during your session and will remember everything that has been said, If you want to know more about the process of hypnotherapy, please read more here.

You don’t have to be a professional athlete to have hypnosis for sporting performance. Whatever your ability, level or sport, hypnosis can help you to improve your sporting performance and succeed.