
Explore the history and science of sports hypnosis to enhance performance, reduce anxiety, and build mental resilience through evidence-based techniques and myth debunking.
Explore the neuroscience of hypnosis, including brainwave states and key brain regions, and how the brain-body connection enhances athletic performance through visualization and positive suggestions.
Identify mental blocks that affect athletic performance—confidence, perfectionism, fear of failure, overthinking, negative self-talk, lack of focus, and procrastination—and learn strategies to overcome them, fostering a growth mindset.
Explore how hypnotic language and mind coaching harness language patterns, embedded commands, and sensory storytelling to build rapport, mirror signals, and influence performance ethically.
Explore applied sports hypnosis techniques, including breathing, relaxation with visualization, progressive muscle relaxation, induction, self-hypnosis, and guided imagery to enhance athletic performance.
Explore motivation and goal setting for athletes, including intrinsic and extrinsic drivers, self-efficacy, and growth mindset, with affirmations, visualizations, and self-hypnosis to fuel performance.
Athletes learn how hypnosis can accelerate injury healing, alleviate pain, and build resilience during recovery by guiding physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual healing through focused visualization and self-hypnosis.
Explore real case studies where sports hypnosis helped athletes overcome anxiety, refine focus, and enhance performance across soccer, sprinting, basketball, and rehab, using personalized visualization, self-hypnosis, and mindfulness strategies.
Explore ethical guidelines for sports hypnosis, including informed consent, confidentiality, boundaries, duty of care, and professional standards, with guidance on training, environment, progress monitoring, and ongoing development.
Leading Mind Coach, Mike Conway has put pen to paper to introduce Sports Hypnosis and along with his deep expertise on the subject, provides his own specific hypnosis sessions for elite athletes, coaches and executives.
You'll learn about the history of hypnosis, the role of neuroscience, common mental blocks and how to overcome them to realise your potential... there is a big piece on self-hypnosis including specific sessions you can follow along to for supporting performance anxiety, injury recovery, insomnia, perfectionism and more.
This course is for you if you are ready to take your performance to the next level. Whilst there is a focus on sport, the tools and techniques will be valuable for anyone.
I authored the program to combine classic theories and frameworks, coloured with real case studies and throughout I share tools, techniques and approaches I’ve used with elite athletes and teams including the Socceroos, Sydney-FC, Olympians and cricketers. Mike Conway
Disclaimer:
Completion of this course does not confer formal qualifications or certifications. The research, tools, and techniques provided are for educational purposes only and should not replace professional medical or clinical advice. The course content is not a substitute for professional diagnosis or treatment, and individuals should seek appropriate medical or psychological assistance when facing health or mental health concerns. The creators and providers of this course are not liable for any actions taken based on the information presented. Users should use their discretion and consult with relevant experts for individualized advice.