Hypnosis and visualization techniques have been used as part of training sports people for decades.  It provides so many benefits from an individual wellbeing and performance perspective.

The Encyclopaedia of Sports Medicine states:

“Hypnosis has been used by sports performers in a number of different ways: (a) to receive more benefits from relaxation, (b) for controlling anxiety, (c) pain management, (d) for enhancing imagery, (e ) to improve concentration, (f) for erasing a performance block, (g) injury rehabilitation and (h) for ego strengthening.”

Read online from Source: Research Gate: Hypnosis and Sport Performance

or download pdf here Report-Hypnosis-and-Sports-Performance