The Coaches Best Friend

Why will I be your new best friend? Because I can do two good things for you. I can work with your athletes and teach them how to train their minds for competition. Second, I can teach you the secrets to developing their mental game and you can pass that along to your athletes. Either way, when they perform well, when it counts, you look like a genius.

I'm Paul S. Palmer, director of the Sports Motivation Clinic. You know your sport and chances are you know a bit about motivation too. However, you can't teach athletes without the constant reminder that the mind controls 90% of the outcome on game day. Rituals, traditions, repetition, superstition and pep talks have been the tools of the coach since caveman days. Are they effective tools? Sometimes. They are all about getting the athletes' mind ready to play and creating a comfort zone. But, they are all an indirect way of getting the mind ready to play. It's like trying to trick the mind into being ready for the big moment. You know, if you wear the same lucky underwear every game, that you wore when you had that big win, you'll guarantee another victory (if the team can stand the smell). It's all about trying to get their mind ready for competition. That's a good thing.

Superstition and other ways to influence the powers that be.

Superstition and rituals have been a part of sports for as long as we've had sports. If you believe your lucky socks help you win then by all means don't take them off! It's part of that "believe to achieve" thing. If you think you can, is a better mind set than doubting yourself. Is superstition and ritual a bad thing? No! It's part of a complex mix that helps put athletes into their performance zone. But a comfort zone and a positive mind set alone may not help much at crunch time. If the subconscious cannot perform it's function without the interference of the conscious mind, you're screwed. Hypnosis or mental conditioning techniques can prepare the athlete for that exact moment.

The better way to get their mind in the game.

Hypnosis and the mental conditioning techniques associated with it, are a direct way to influence the part of the mind responsible for sports performance. It's better than rituals, superstition and pep talks, (not that there is anything wrong with that). It works hand-in-hand with all that modern science has uncovered on how the brain functions during peak performance moments. If you're smart you'll let an expert (Mr. Palmer) in mental conditioning help your athletes get their heads in the game. So you can spend your valuable time teaching them the game, technique, plotting strategy, guiding their physical development, kicking dirt on the shoes of the umpire, throwing tantrums and other objects when necessary.

I Teach The Teachers Too!

Coaches workshop

I can conduct a workshop (1 1/2 hours) for your coaching staff. It would be similar to the workshop I do for teams only geared for the teacher (that's you). I'll show you what I teach my athletes and show you how to show them. It doesn't involve hypnosis and you are not expected to became a hypnotist but it does involve relaxation techniques you can easily pass on to your athletes. Coaches workshops are $500.00. in the Chicago area and I come to you. If you have a small coaching staff or just one, come see me at my office.

A Coaches Private Session Mental Conditioning 101

Maybe a good first step into the world of mental conditioning is for you to get the information from the horses mouth. If you are curious about my mental conditioning techniques, come see me, I'll share. Are you embarrassed by your lack of knowledge in this area, don't be, you are far from alone. A private session on mental conditioning training with me can help you be a better coach. It doesn't involve being hypnotized, it's a hour and a half of instruction on how this stuff works and why and plenty of tips you can take back to use with your athletes. Once you fully understand what I can do for your athletes, maybe you'll send a few my way.

We can meet in secret!

No one will know you were ever their. I'll book you under an assumed name and you can wear dark glasses when you walk in from the parking lot. Why the secrecy? Because, I know an ugly secret. Most coaches don't know squat about mental training, sports psychology and/or are using techniques that would have been laughable 20 years ago. If you are not current on the latest sports psychology theories and practices, you have some catching up to do. A good start in learning how to improve your athletes mental game is a 1 1/2 hour session with me. It will be a lot of Q & A, and we can make the session specific to you team and your sport. Same cost as a regular individual office visit $250.oo. Add another coach for fifty bucks!

Do you work with the young ones?

God bless you, you might even be doing it for free. Molding the youth is a awesome responsibility. They get their basics from you, the stuff they carry with them for the rest of their athletic career. You need to know the rudiments of mental training more than anybody else. Having a team workshop for a pee wee league team doesn't make much sense but I can teach you the basics. Then I won't have to fix them later!

Call today and set up a session.

Sports Motivation Clinic

9748 S. Roberts Road

Palos Hills IL. 60445

708-233-1111 Hours by appointment