We all know about the ups and downs in life, and we may fear, for example, that bad things happen in threes. But our way of looking at life, and sports performance, is more about positive and negative spirals: how to stop negative spirals and how to break through and achieve bigger and better goals.
A key to understanding sports motivation and performance is to understand how perceptions and beliefs are formed in the subconscious mind, sometimes resulting in a negative, fear mind-set which often creates a self-fulfilling prophecy. Near misses, failures and injuries of the past can often retrigger out of fear, doubt and insecurities which stop an athlete from performing anywhere near their potential. Many of these negative memories are well forgotten on the conscious level, but when brought up to be cleared with kinesiology, the person usually realises how much they effect the "now" in terms of sports performance.
Kinesiology is very accurate in highlighting personal characteristics and attributes that need to be focused on as well as the exact limiting beliefs that a sports performer needs to be aware of. The kinesiology system also highlights and clears the blocks and sabotages that are holding a sports performer back from achieving personal best performances. Many professional sports teams and athletes employ 'focus coaches', seeing the value and need to keep an athlete motivated and focused on the end result. Physical fitness and technique are the foundation of sporting success, but focus, motivation and 'getting the head right' are the keys to achieving and sustaining a high level of success - and are certainly needed to break though goals that one has never achieved before.
A kinesiology session also addresses other areas of life that may be having an impact on various areas of sport. For example, if the athlete is in a relationship which has issues which he/she is not able to address and move through, then the anguish and stress will have a dramatic effect on energy, focus and motivation. The relationship with other competitors, team mates and friends also play a major role. For example. I worked with a professional in motor bikes who was nicknamed "the bridesmaid" because he would always finish second or third, and never first. The kinesiology highlighted a very good friend of his who had so much potential in bikes and who used to race with him. His friend unfortunately had a major negative spiral in life and my client always felt bad for him. When I asked him how his friend would feel if he won 3 races in a row, he told me that his friend would go into resentment and self-pity and that he - my client - would feel very bad. He didn't realise it but winning had many perceptions and associations for him that were negative rather than positive. I gave him new mental and emotional focuses and he won his first race the very next week, came second in the next race and again won the third. He was starting to realise how much his friends and family and their approval was affecting his performance.
Another motorbike rider came off his bike around a corner in a race, doing about 220km/hr, and after the accident whenever he would go around a similar shaped corner he would flinch and freeze for a few seconds. This would create fears and result in him taking corners far slower than his potential. One kinesiology session helped him through this block.
A pro boxer had a rough childhood full of fears. When he realised that his purpose in boxing was not so much winning or competing, but becoming fearless, that his whole outlook and motivation for the sport changed, as did his outlook to life.
It is very important that a sports performer has a good understanding about their personal purpose and motivation for competing in the sport, and winning. Kinesiology can assist in identifying these, and creating new associations if necessary.
It is also very important to be aware of performance and motivation concepts. Did you know that about 80% of people who achieve a black belt in martial arts will stop training within one or two months of getting it, and about half will injure th
emselves just before their black belt grading, even though they may not have been injured in years. Why? Many individual reasons, but also the same sabotages and blocks that all athletes face when breaking through to new levels of esteem and self-worth.
When it comes to sports performance and motivation, leave no stone unturned. Book in for a kinesiology session today. Phone (07) 3311 1032. |
