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Careers as a Sports Hypnosis Coach
If sports are least 90 percent mental, then why do most athletes spend at least 90
percent of their time working on the physical?
That’s a question more professionals are learning how to answer.
To help link the mental and physical when it comes to sports success, sports hypnosis
coaches and trainers can offer the tools clients need to achieve their goals by
combining mental focus, training and conditioning.
Unlike some common misconceptions, hypnosis is actually a relaxed and awake state
where the individual is in control, aware and able to clear follow instructions, making
sports hypnosis a natural fit with training.
Who should work as a sports hypnotist? This is a terrific option for coaches of all levels
and disciplines, personal trainers, strength coaches, hypnotherapists, life coaches, mind
body fitness coaches, psychologists, fitness instructors, physical and athletic trainers,
athletes and anyone else who is interested in the intersection of sports and hypnosis. A
sports hypnosis certification can help trainers or coaches give their athletes an edge in
any competition.
Working as a sports hypnosis coach, you can share tips on successful internal dialogue,
language patterns and mental conditioning techniques with clients interested in
achieving peak performance. Anyone working in this field can help clients with areas of
self-improvement such as weight loss, concentration, creativity and so on, issues such
as procrastination or assertiveness as well as health issues, including insomnia, anger,
depression, phobias and more.
Sports hypnotists can offer seminars and webinars, classes at gyms or spas, individual
or small group training, or simply add this aspect to their current work as a fitness