How to hypnotize yourself to improve sports performance

This is a technique that I personally use and I am passing it on because of the amazing results it has brought me. Now this can be used in any situation but I will relate it to my personal sporting experience.

So hypnotizing yourself to increase sporting ability is done by most professional athletes and there have been some studies done that prove why. Back in the times when there was a soviet republic they did tests with athletes they had in 4 different groups.


Group 1: 100% training and 0% visualization

Group 2: 75% training and 25% visualization

Group 3: 50% training and 50% visualization

Group 4: 25% training and 75% visualization



Guess which group had the best results? It was group 4, that’s right the group with the least training time and the most visualization time had the best improvement out of everyone.


How does this work?
Being stronger does not mean that your technique will improve and practising the wrong technique over and over will actually hinder your progression. When your mind is not focused on a task then your focus on technique will waver and you will be practising incorrectly. You can probably relate this to day to day tasks that you need to do and if you are not focused on what you are doing accidents happen e.g. driving, mowing the lawn, even cutting your nails. So it is up to yourself to make sure your mind is in the right place and focusing on the correct motions before beginning your skill.


My example of how I hypnotized myself
When I was training gymnastics there was a skill that was a dismount from the high bar which would “freak” me out because I did not want to hit the bar. This would cause me to let go early and ignore the correct technique.. I knew that I was going to let go early before I even started the skill. As you can imagine this did not help my progression, it actually taught me the incorrect technique. So I had to get over this problem and I began to break down my insecurity of anticipating a negative whenever I thought of doing the skill. The answer was to repeat to myself just before attempting the skill “arch”, “drive”, “wait” and immediately do the skill. It worked incredibly because I was using words that had absolutely no negative connotation and was not allowing anything else enter my mind except the correct motions to follow. I started applying this to all my problem areas and the results have been amazing.


The basic’s to follow

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  Take time to understand what your reaction is prior to and after the skill you are having trouble on
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  Create simple words to follow in association with the correct technique
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  Stay away from negative words “don’t do this”, “this is wrong”
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  Take a time out if repetition is not working and your focus wavers.

This is obviously a basic example but it works for me, everyone is different so it will change with each individual but the principle will stay the same. For a good resource to learn more about self hypnosis I would recommend looking at the conversational hypnosis link above (top/right of screen)

How to hypnotize someone instantly

Being able to hypnotize somebody straight away is a very difficult thing to do but it is possible so pay attention to what you need to know.

To hypnotize someone instantly you need to be able to skip the hypnotic induction and be able to understand their biggest insecurities and what their dreams are. These are their extreme negatives and positives and having this “ammunition” helps when it comes to persuading them to do what you want.


Using the Dream Trance
The ‘dream trance’ comes from renowned hypnotherapist Igor Ledochowski principles of conversational hypnosis. I have seen a video of Igor use this technique with such ease and it definitely is worth learning. So the dream trance is when you find out what a persons dreams are so that you can use this information to your advantage. Once the person is speaking about what they care about most then that is all they are (subliminally) concentrating on and hence are in a dream trance. It is your job now to provide hints as to how this dream can be achieved and be sure to use their insecurities to handle any objections that they will potentially throw your way.


e.g. Someone’s dream is to travel around the World
Insecurity is image and what people think of them.

Linking an insecurity to a dream: what people would think of them and then confirm that travelling the World will make them the envy of everyone. (This is a basic example)


Conversational hypnosis
This is the type of hypnosis that you should be using if you are trying to hypnotize someone instantly. It is designed to avoid using an induction and uses techniques like analogies, metaphors and confusion techniques. It is highly controversial but it has changed the face of hypnosis techniques used world wide and if you do not have hypnosis experience I highly recommend checking it out.

How to hypnotize (hypnotise) people

Being able to hypnotize a person is one thing but to be able to hypnotize multiple people, now that is a completely different story. This is were factors such as general emotion triggers come into play and being able to feed peoples reactions off each other.

So how do people like Anthony Robbins or Oprah manage to influence so many people at one time and not only that, convince them to come back for more advice over and over again?


Create a story that everyone can relate to
This is rule one with hypnotizing a room full of people because as you know the first step of the hypnosis process is to create a connection and rapport with your subject. The easiest way is to create a story that is very common and the easiest one is, 'that no one understands what you are going through' or 'a dream of leaving the office and retiring early' and the list goes on. So once the story is created how do you keep the attention and make your group of people listen and genuinely process the information (suggestions) that you give them?


Play on insecurities
If you can guess someone’s insecurity then they will listen to what you have to say even if they deny that fact. This is simply because a common emotional trigger that everyone has is a fear of something and not being able to overcome that fear. When this comes to a group of people you need to find a common insecurity that everyone can relate to and then relate it directly to yourself, this creates a subliminal bond between you and everyone else because they interpret this as you understanding their personal fears.


Finish the story and create a conclusion
The final step of this process (and remember this is a brief overview) is to create an ending for your story of how you achieved your dream, how you know others that have and how they have overcome their insecurity. This invokes jealousy on the part of the people you are hypnotizing and their reaction is to want the same thing, so you give them a suggestion of what they need to do and trust me they will pursue it.


Learning this technique of hypnotizing multiple people
The principles that you have just read stem strongly from conversational hypnosis because this is designed to basically ignore the hypnotic induction and go straight into covert suggestive techniques. If you want to learn these techniques I strongly advise to follow the link at the top/right of this screen.