first principles
CONFIDENTIALITY
Every session is confidential. A legal document is signed by each client that guarantees that no information discussed is shared with anyone, even the coach or the support group, without first taking written permission from the client.
BASIC TENANTS FOR MIND TRAINING
Numerous professional athletes excel in their sports, but when it comes to personal shortcomings have landed themselves face down. Athletes are struggling not only with their sport - but the challenge remains to guard other areas of their lives as all humans do. These then affect their skill and performance in diverse ways creating limitations consciously and subconsciously. Because results warrant perfection, this struggle needs to be eliminated.
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To take an athlete back to a place of complete trust in his sport, Mind Coaching helps him commit to excellence. That is a critical ingredient that is enormously crucial for success at a competitive global platform. The level of commitment to excellence only will enable mental energy to pursue testing skills amongst the best and encourage the player in the face of tough competition. Only after thorough, dedicated Mental Coaching can he experience an internal shift. When this occurs, he realizes that "I am prepared"! Knowing that the goal is guaranteed is just a matter of 'awaiting delivery".
Experientially:
Educating an athlete about understanding himself and his sport by utilizing an infinite variety of tools and techniques is possible. For different levels of programming, one needs to address the varied neurolinguistic patterns embedded in athletes. Some of these patterns are so hard-wired that try as he may - he finds himself subservient to a pattern that may no longer serve him well. Enormous change can be achieved with the help of the therapist's knowledge and ability to design suggestions through metaphors and hypnotic language patterns. This equips the client to abandon an undesirable behaviour using well-formulated recommendations based on their need and thus is accepted by his subconscious mind. Along with using hypnosis - that, in simple terms, is an alternative state of mind, the programs for making shifts are holistically developed, utilising techniques and instructions to help the athlete make changes consciously and unconsciously.
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The techniques include but are not limited to observation, sports hypnosis, the experience of the transpersonal & regression work related to psychotherapy, and the many tools of Neuro Linguistic programming. Specific sport-related skill sets are developed after research and more meaningfully to meet the client's needs.
Neurologically;
The brain has about 10 billion cells- neurons -each cell has about 200-200,000 connections to other neurons via synapses (electrical connectors) with a transmission time of about 1000 a second. The brain works fast in transmitting signals – in reacting. We have to tailor the brain to respond – with surety.
During trance, amongst other changes, the frequency of the Beta brain waves (12-30 Hz) slows to Theta brain waves (4-8 Hz). The slowing of brain wave activity is partly due to a shift in dominance between NOREPINEPHINE (ne) and ACETLCHOLINE (ACh) in the brain. When the ACh increases, and the NE diminishes, internal visualization representation becomes more active, and external focusing diminishes. What is described above contributes to the ability to quickly recall early "labyrinths" in their original form and, thereby, the ability to "see" other pathways to solutions in the present. Hypnosis has been interpreted in many ways, but the best description is "hypnosis is an alternative state of mind." as the primary tool, hypnosis is entirely harmless and one of the most remarkable tools in treating emotional and some physical problems. Hypnosis can also be an excellent complement in tandem with other forms of treatment. No condition can be worsened with hypnosis."
Theoretically;
Success coaching removes the discomfort and distress related to sports and other relevant areas. As it penetrates more profoundly, the subject's skill gets enhanced, and his determination to succeed strengthens.
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To connect with the deeper, more significant layers of the mind, an athlete is first introduced to the tools and acquainted with the entire program. This takes a few hours, and only after he acknowledges the program and views it as a promising investment are sessions set up for him.
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Mind training refines focus in every second of the play, in every kind of athletic activity. It aims to provide a unique skill set so a player accepts their limitations and overcomes familiar and unfamiliar hurdles with the help of new mental abilities and techniques developed with the mind coach in individual sessions.
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As he works through the realms of his vision, escalates his determination, understands how to employ his willpower, and utilizes the techniques already established over the years - he empowers himself with more surety toward success.