What do I do?

I work with elite athletes including County football players to make them outstanding and to give them absolute confidence in their skills and in themselves. Since self belief and skill combined with an ability to visualize and see only good things about their ability makes footballers better players, I work with players individually to improve their skills and ability.

I may ask a player to describe how his hero say for football Sean Purcell or Jack O’Shea, for Hurling Christy Ring or Joe Cooney, for rugby maybe Willie John McBride play then I hypnotise them and have them imagine playing with the same ability and the same belief system. If a player is fazed by the crowd or his opponent I have him go into a state where nothing exists apart from playing, he becomes immune to the crowd and his focus narrows down to the game and playing it superbly. While he is on the pitch nothing else matters or exists apart from playing outstanding football, hurling, rugby or whatever the chosen sport maybe.

I often take the best bits of several matches and combine this to make one fantastic match that the player plays over and over in his head since if we see something in our minds often enough it is much more likely to become a reality.

When the mind rehearses in this way it becomes so familiar that the player can carry out physically all the things he has imprinted in his mind. I may also work with an injured payer to speed up his recovery and restore his confidence in himself.

  How it works

It works because whatever we focus on we move towards and our focus is only two things the pictures we make in our heads and the words we say to ourselves. I teach all my clients from County football players to youth teams to European athletes to change their focus to fill up their minds with positive images and words and to replace every negative thought or image with new constructive words and images.

The Irish National Teams I have worked with include the Irish National Karate Team.

I also work with sportsmen and women in golf, tennis, riding, athletics, triathlons, marathons, swimming and gymnastics

The top Russian and American teams have been using hypnosis for years as have many other Eastern bloc countries.