Emotional Freedom Technique
What is EFT for Sports?
The use of EFT with athletes to rebalance the nervous system, restore the flow of energy through the body’s meridian system, help recover from injury, manage chronic conditions, pain, pre-competition nerves, release anxiety, boost confidence, maintain composure under stress, and strengthen one’s mental game.
Athletes have engaged in “team tapping” promoting team spirit, energetic alignment, and a shared purpose. According to the Open Sports Science Journal, coaches and athletes noted that EFT is used in professional and college level golf, baseball, and American football. In the same time that it takes to complete a game, quick applications of EFT Tapping have improved performance. It is why elite athletes have used EFT even while in the game!
Pro Athletes Who Have Used EFT Tapping While in the Game:
Baseball: Jorge Reyes
Boxing / Rugby: Paul Gallen
Sprinter: Bralon Taplin, Abi Oyepitan
What is Sports Hypno-Coaching?
The use of advanced guided imagery with positive suggestions combined with life coaching for athletes focused on enhancing performance, resilience, improving focus, confidence, motivation, overcoming mental blocks, reducing stress, managing pain, and recovery.
Where do sessions take place?
Hypno-coaching is effective in person, on the phone, and via virtual sessions.
PSYCHOLOGICAL CAPITAL
Psy Cap equips the athlete with mental agility, discipline, and positive habits to out-perform, foster rest and recovery, handle adversity well, and become an optimally functioning human being. It is demonstrated by the athlete’s hope, efficacy, resilience, and optimism – known by the acronym H.E.R.O.
Athletes with high levels of psychological capital perform better, believe in their abilities, and maintain a positive attitude even in difficult circumstances, enabling adaptability to devise solutions quickly. These attributes have been shown to influence the athlete’s career development. Psy Cap is not just an athletic skill, it is a life skill that has a spill-over effect on personal relationships, health, overall well-being, and happiness.
Psy Cap Stats:
HOPE: Athletes with high levels of hope figure out pathways to strategize and when those plans fail, they are able to quickly devise new avenues, whereas those with low levels feel stuck and are unable to bounce back.
EFFICACY: Self-efficacy determines the athlete’s willingness to overcome obstacles and endure challenges. With a positive mindset and increased focus, they are more likely to come up with effective game strategies.
RESILIENCE: Athletes with mental toughness see failure as data to be greater. They learn from errors and apply this information to the next game or competition to succeed.
OPTIMISM: Optimistic athletes view challenges as attainable, something to proactively take on. They also invest more effort to achieve them.
The Research
MENTAL REHEARSAL + MENTAL TRAINING
