According to research, sports performance has as much to do with mental abilities as physical abilities.

Hypnosis is the training of those mental abilities, and can therefore contribute to enhancing and improving athletic performance.

Mental training for sports people is gradually becoming more recognised and acceptable as attitudes towards sports psychology are changing, more and more sports people are happy to talk about their mental coaching and indeed recognise the need to develop mental skills that may give them that competitive edge.

Sports hypnosis can help anyone - from the young person new into sport to the elite athlete.

Tiger Woods had a prestigious golfing career. He was able to make shots that no one else could. He used hypnosis since he was 13 to calm his mind, free his mind from worry, pressure, distraction and focus on the pleasure of the game.

Kevin McBride (boxer) is known for beating Mike Tyson in a championship fight. The boxer used hypnosis to unlock his talent at just the right time.

Steve Hooker of Australia won the 2008 Gold Medal in Pole Vaulting after his hypnotist helped him to visualize his success.

In 1984, Mary Lou Retton used hypnosis to block pain in her foot and won the Gold Medal for Gymnastics.

In 1983, The Chicago White Sox hired a full-time Hypnotist and made the playoffs.

In 1967, The Swiss Ski Team used a Hypnotherapist and 3 members won medals.

Jimmy Connors is said to have used hypnosis techniques to practice his winning strokes prior to the US Open Championship.

Championship golfer Jack Nicklaus lauded hypnotherapy and visualization techniques as the sole reason for his improved concentration.

The only two shooters who won gold medals at the Olympics for the U.S. worked with a Hypnotherapist.