The Sports Motivation Clinic
Your mental edge in competitive sports.
Hello, I'm Paul S. Palmer, founder and director of the Palmer Smoking
Clinic and the Sports Motivation Clinic, Illinois. I've been helping athletes in the Chicago area
hone their mental skills using hypnosis techniques for
over thirty years. It's mental training that can produce remarkable
results and any athlete can benefit from the process.
I help you find your mental game.
How is your mental game, when it counts?
Do you choke under pressure?
You must have heard by now that the mind plays a major role in sports
competition. Sports psychology, pro athletes and coaches all agree that at game time, 90% of the
outcome is determined by your state of mind, good or bad. So, do you
know how to develop that winning mindset or do you assume it will
magically be there because you spent endless hours at practice and
repetition?
What you need to know! Choking
under pressure, slumps, loss of concentration,
inability to recover after a mistake and basically unable to do in the
game what you do in practice are all examples of how your mental game
failed you. I teach you how to fix that!
ATTENTION COACHES! I don't teach your sport!
Coaches and instructors can rest easy. I don't teach the athlete
anything about their sport, that's your job. I don't interfere with
coaching technique or strategy, I teach the athlete how to use the
correct part of the brain during those defining moments of competition.
It's what you have been telling them to do all along. Athletes get into
bad mental habits especially during high pressure situations, I help
them learn to control those situations, so all your good work isn't
wasted when it counts the most.
Did you say hypnosis?
Yes, I did. Pretty scary stuff, huh? Hypnosis has been around for a few
hundred years and yet most people have no clue what it actually is. It's
the oldest tool to enhance sports performance. I'll
answer a number of hypnosis questions below but for now lets call the
process Mental Imagery or
Visualization, or
Relaxation Therapy
or even
Meditation
if it makes you feel better. When you begin to understand what
these techniques can do for you, you won't care what it's called.
What you need to know about hypnosis.
If you think hypnosis is scary, the work of the devil, mind-control
or you are worried it will make you cluck like a chicken, you have to get your head out of
the Dark Ages. Think of anything you ever saw in the movies where the
evil hypnotist sent his helpless victims out to do dastardly deeds. And
now ask yourself, have you ever seen anything like that on the 6 o'clock
news? Have you ever read a story in the newspaper of that kind of thing
happening, anywhere? No, no, a thousand times, no.
Every crackpot throughout the ages has been accused of using mass
hypnosis to dupe their followers and yet there is not one speck of
evidence that actual hypnosis techniques were ever employed, it doesn't
work that way. Hypnosis is a powerful tool because it can help
you
maximize your own abilities and not because it's a tool to control
the mind of others.
Am I hypnotized during the game?
No. The hypnosis process happens off the field, first, in my office
and then in your lounge chair at home. The locker room isn't the place to
work on your mental game. You want a place where you won't be disturbed, away from any distractions.
Surprised?
How much time does hypnosis take?
Here is another surprise. As part of your office visit, I make you a custom CD of the process for you to use at home. The
CD is usually no longer than 15 minutes. You use the CD to help you
become familiar and comfortable with mental rehearsal. You then start working on 5 minute
mental rehearsals on your own. This isn't like your physical training
and practice that can go on for hours. How can these short
mental sessions help? The short answer is, you are using techniques to train
the mind, longer is not better. It's the precision
of the process not the length of time that's important.
Don't take it personal but... I don't want to see you every week, I
don't need to see you every week. The idea of the CD is to short cut the
learning process so you can develop your mental game
FAST. I'll guide you. If you are a quick study and
follow directions, you can be off and running on your own in no time at
all. Clients come back for more because they want more guidance in
taking their mental game to the next level. In which case, I'm happy to
see you.
What happens when I'm in a trance?
One
of the biggest misconceptions about hypnosis is that you are out of it
or in a trance, unconscious and under the spell of the hypnotist. That's
only in the movies. You are only relaxing in the same way you would
relax if you were intending to take a nap. You use this relaxation
process to program in what you want to have happen during the game.
Think of it as getting mental reps at winning so that during the game
you have that experience logged in. And that's only
the beginning of what you can work on.
Can anybody be hypnotized?
Yes, unless you have a condition that prevents you from
normal relaxation, you can be hypnotized. Hypnosis is not a new state of mind that you've never
experienced before. You pass through the same levels of relaxation that
hypnosis uses every night on your way to sleep. This doesn't mean that
everyone can do it instantly, only that you were born with all the
tools to be hypnotized. The relaxation experience is similar to meditation
but with someone to guide you through the experience. Hypnosis has also
been call "guided relaxation".
My help is always in confidence.
Most of my athletes seek my help and don't want the world to know
how they improved their performance. If you wish to pass my name on to
other athletes, I'll be eternally grateful but I won't rat you out to
your competition or use your success story to advertize my business. If
what you read here makes sense, call me. If you have questions, ask me.
Well, do you need to make an appointment?
Then
Call! 708-233-1111
Help me help you, answer a few questions.
Before you come in for your private session, I ask my clients to fill out
the Sports Performance Questionnaire. It saves a lot of precious time,
and asks you to start to focus on the things we will work on during your
session. Use this link to get to a printable
questionnaire.
But, I have a whole team that needs help!
No
problem. I have worked with teams and/or coaching staffs for years. My 1
1/2 hour workshop
explains the mental conditioning process in a easy to understand,
enjoyable way. I won't even call it hypnosis if it makes you more
comfortable. My program never interferes with coaching or training
methods, quit the opposite the athlete will use that expertise as part
of their mental journey. Team or coaches workshops in the Chicago-land area start
at $600. plus a practice CD. You can also become a
team
sponsor (send me to your favorite team) but not as a surprise to
the coaching staff!
What does an office visit cost?
A private hypnosis session for any amateur athlete and your own custom CD, the cost is
only $250. Pros pay $2500.
Can one session do it? One session can do a lot, but to be honest,
the reason one session can be so helpful is that most of my clients
never did anything to help their mental game before. Even one
baby step can mean a big improvement. Mental conditioning skills
are no different from other skills, they take some practice and there are many
levels to challenge even the best athletes. Most clients use the CD very successfully and others work better
with periodic office sessions.
I always want to work face to face with my clients, my
explanation of the program is priceless. But, if you absolutely can't
come to my office, you can order a Custom CD for the same cost as an
office visit. I'll arrange an interview either by phone in the
U.S.A. or
e-mail. Amateur athletes $250. Pros $2500.
For other applications of
hypnosis see Hypnosis
Programs.
Call to make an appointment or to ask questions about the program.
Office Number 708-233-1111
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Sports Motivation Clinic
14810 S. Keystone Ave.
(1 block West of Pulaski Ave.)
Midlothian, Illinois 60445
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