Increase of sports performance because of hypnosis techniques. There is a long history of hypnosis in sports, often used with different names, such as mental or autogenic training.

According to the famous book "Les Cunningham" during the period 1978-1979 in Australia, the famous English cricket player Mike Brearley was visiting a clinical hypnosis specialist, in the Olympic Games in Melbourne in 1956, 11 hypnosis specialists was part of the Russian team, even hypnosis was used in 1980 Olympic Games to 20 athletes from Australia (swimmer) with spectacular results.

In 1996, Steve Collins (beat Chris Eubank) boxing world champion won the title of Super-middleweight. Much of this success is due to the focus of attention that was created after the hypnosis sessions with Dr. Tony Quinn. Even in the Olympic Games in Beijing in 2008 two shooters, who won a gold medal for the U.S., admitted that worked with hypnotist sessions. In 1984, Time magazine reported that Mary Lou Retton has used hypnosis in preparation for the Olympics to LA to block pain in the foot so to win the gold medal. The 1983 Chicago White Sox hired as a permanent associate clinical hypnotist. In 1967, dentist, Dr. Raymond Abrezol, used hypnosis to the members of the Swiss ski team so to win gold medals.

Hypnosis can assist an athlete:

• To increase his performance
• To eliminate hesitation
• To reduce stress before the race
• Be programmed for success
• Increase or lose weight
• To focus on the match.
• To develop mental strength
• To increase motivation
• To overcome mental obstacles
• To strengthen confidence and positive thinking
• Hypnosis can be equally useful both individually and in team sports