Healing and Hypnotherapy Volume 2, Issue - 12, (1 June 2018) | Page 11

Hypnotherapy & Sports

Within any sport, there is a phrase known to every athlete. That phrase is
“Get in the Zone”. However, getting into the zone has eluded most players
throughout their entire careers. The words “In the Zone”, in my opinion,
references a state of mind where everything is perfect. Your thoughts along
with your physical abilities become heightened as if they are in total
harmony. Perfect harmony.
Back in the early 50’s and 60’s there was at least one professional athlete
who seemed to have figured out at least part of the formula to getting into
the zone. He spent 19 seasons playing professional baseball at the highest
level back then. I use two of his quotes for which he was known for and
share them with all my clients. It appears that he had gained insight behind
the game when he stated “90 percent of this game is half mental”. His
name was Yogi Berra and was also quoted as saying “You can’t think and
hit at the same time”.
In 1978, I was very fortunate to have experienced this marvelous state of
mind during a baseball game myself. If I hadn’t seen the results from that
game with my own eyes and knew first hand of my own thoughts and
awareness during that game. I too may have never truly understood what