Sports hypnosis is a growing industry, yet most athletes are not aware of what it can do to help their performances. Here are just a few ways in which hypnosis can be used to make amazing improvements, especially when used in conjunction with other mental change techniques.

Hypnosis can be used to break out of a slump. It helps your subconscious remembers all of the subtle factors you experienced when you did everything right during a particular time in your sport. Whether you recall the perfect throw, the fastest you have ever sprinted, or even the times you exhibited the greatest leadership on the playing field, hypnosis can help you bring back those memories and apply them today to help you break out of your slump and get back on track.

Hypnosis can help you deal with pressures from family, friends, or the media. Many athletes feel the emotions of fear dread when they imagine losing or failing to perform in clutch situations. Using forms of hypnosis, athletes can help themselves experience what they want to accomplish before the

actual event. By making these images so powerful, hypnosis can make your brain truly believe that what you are imagining is actual reality. This pre-event mental training is a way to prevent freezing up during important points

in the contest.

If you want to enhance a part of your performance which you already do well, sports hypnosis can be the tool you seek. You may have a great backhand in

tennis, but hypnosis can help you improve it to national-level caliber. If you are considered to be one of those athletes who is cool under pressure, sports hypnosis can help you be even more graceful under greater amounts of pressure.

You can even improve your body's muscle growth rate with hypnosis. By recalling times when you added lean muscle very quickly, your brain can apply those same factors to your current training. Numerous studies have been done to help athletes use hypnosis to improve recovery. You can even experiment

with programming y our mind to help get stronger and faster for your sport. As you can see, sports hypnosis can be used in dozens of manners. Whether it is to overcome fears and emotional traumas, or improving aspects of your game which you already do well, sports hypnosis is a valuable skill. And it is one which you should consider further studying as athletes progress in the future.