Team Sport Workshops

If you have a whole team that needs help, I can help. I'm Paul S. Palmer, director, Sports Motivation Clinic. Working with all the athletes that compete on the same team helps everyone. Usually, I'm working with that "special" athlete. She gets better but the rest of the team is still erratic. If nothing else, it's no fun. Helping each athlete play at the top of their game is what's called a real "dream team". A team workshop in the Chicago Area for amateur athletes starts a $600. for up to 20 and each athlete gets their own CD. That's a "dream" price!

My team seminars are geared toward high school and college athletes. I teach them mental techniques they can use every day. I don't teach their sport and I don't teach hypnosis. The relaxation exercises are derived from my 30 plus years of using clinical hypnosis in my practice. Relaxation has always been at the heart of mentally preparing the athlete for competition and I know the secrets of how to maximize that process.

Grammar school age athletes are better worked with one on one, with a parent. Or, I'll teach the coaches. I teach them the basics of mental conditioning and they can pass it on in small increments as part of their regular coaching sessions. FAT CHANCE! I always keep trying to get youth coaches involved in teaching mental skills. It's never too early to learn the basic techniques of how to keep your head in the game. I'll keep trying.

I also work with adult teams.

If you want your softball team or bowling team to really kick butt this season, you found the way. Yes, even old guys & gals can learn how to improve their mental game. I've proved that again and again with golfers, but old farts tend to be more hard headed than the kids. They don't do the daily (five minute) exercises very often and hardly listen to the CD. The ones' that do are amazed. If you are an old dog that wants to learn a new trick, call me. I'll make you more consistent and a better team player because you'll learn to play at the top of your game and take advantage of your years of experience.
My seminars are limited to 20 athletes. (You don't have to have 20) It's a workable number and this seems to accommodate most teams. For larger teams (football), we need to break the team up into smaller groups.

Team sport presents a different type of mental challenge.

Playing as a team, team chemistry, jelling together are but a few of the terms to describe what happens when a group of individual players come together as one. It's the goal of any team. I'm sure you work on that team unity thing every time you practice. Should your mental exercises include this sort of thing ? Of course, YES.

Helping each athlete prepare to play their personal best is the usual first step in mental preparation. But there are unique team intangibles that can be worked on too. Here's one example.

The eyes in the back of your head!

Position awareness: That six sense of knowing where your teammates are on the field or the court.

Many top athletes seem to have an awareness of the game that goes beyond what their eyes and ears take in. They seem to be able to anticipate a situation before it happens. Are they psychic? Do they have the powers to look into the future? More likely, it's their subconscious recognizing patterns and making connections far quicker than the conscious mind can keep up. It's another example of how the automatic part of the mind plays your game better and faster than your conscious mind. Again, the question is, which part of the mind do you want working for you at crunch time? Mr. Palmer knows the secret of how to get the subconscious onboard, when it counts. Come see me this week!

I also offer a coaches workshop. See coaches for more info.

Sports Motivation Clinic

14810 S. Keystone Ave.
(1 block West of Pulaski Ave.)
Midlothian, IL. 60445

708-233-1111 Hours by appointment