Visualization Approaches for Athletes

NBA star LeBron James is known for exuding confidence on and off the court. Some made fun of a post he did before the game even happened. But, that kind of confidence is a key component to his success. Visualizing success helps you achieve it. The path to success starts in your head and those who can picture victory, like James, have a competitive edge. James posted on Instagram congratulating his younger self ahead of what would soon be a monumental moment in his athletic career. The basketball star is well over 31,000 career points, becoming the youngest player ever to do so. “Wanna be one of the first to Congratulate you on this accomplishment/achievement tonight that you’ll reach! Only a handful has reach/seen it too and while I know it’s never been a goal of yours from the beginning try (please try) to take a moment for yourself on how you’ve done it!” James wrote, with a picture of himself from years ago.The House you’re about to be apart of has only 6 seats in it (as of now) but 1 more will be added and you should be very proud and honored to be invited inside. There’s so many people to thank who has help this even become possible (so thank them all) and when u finally get your moment (alone) to yourself smile, look up to the higher skies and say THANK YOU! So with that said, Congrats again Young King!” By imagining his future success, James is harnessing the power of visualization, a powerful mental tool often used by athletes, business-people and performers alike. Picturing victory has been touted by psychologists as a way to prepare for a slew of situations, and research has shown it helps improve focus and performance. Athletes especially — from Olympic skier Lindsey Vonn to swimmer Missy Franklin — use similar mental techniques to prepare for competitions. At the Rio de Janeiro games in 2016, the U.S. Olympic Committee had eight sports psychologists on hand in order to maximize the team’s potential, the Washington Post reported. At least one study has even linked mental training to muscle strength: It found that people who simply conducted mental exercises of weight training in their heads increased muscle strength by 13.5 percent. “I think the mental side of the game is way over 50 percent, probably about 80 percent,” James said..
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Do you try to visualize your performance perfectly but then that may come back to hurt confidence when you don’t perform perfectly or match what you visualize? Dr. Patrick Cohn, Master Mental Game Coach, helps athletes, coaches, and sports parents understand how to use visualization for athletes in competition..
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Michael explains the importance of dreams and imagination in order to achieve greatness. Enjoy

Did you know that our mind doesn’t know the difference between imagination and a real one? And did you know that you can use this to your advantage?
Yes! You can unlock the power of your mind to improve your sports performance! This don’t involve hours and hours of practice! What it takes is just imagination where you are performing your best and you can program your mind to mimic your imagination!
This is a proven technique to numerous known athletes there is. And let me tell you this, once you practice this before practice or sports performance rest assured you will do a better sports performance!
Few people know this, and in this video I will teach you how to do visualization techniques & exercises for sports performance training..
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In this video, I will show you how to visualize like a professional athlete. I use sports psychology research to summarize the science of visualization and to give you 3 tips that will help you get the most out of visualization. These tips are used by the best athletes in the world.

In this video, I explain 8 science based benefits of visualization for athletes. I also explain how some of the best athletes in the world (Conor McGregor, Michael Phelps and Alex Honnold) use visualization to improve sports performance..
Transcript:
Our brains can not tell the difference between an actual physical event and the vivid visualization of that same event. A reason for this is that when we experience something and when we visualize that same thing, we activate similar brain circuits..
Because of this, visualizing desirable outcomes helps boost confidence, motivate ourselves, improve focus, practice movement sequences, increase strength, decrease reaction times, rewire our brains and make epigenetic changes in our bodies. These things along with your training all complement and reinforce each other to improve performance and help you achieve your goals..
In terms of increasing focus and decreasing reaction times, a study of 200 Martial artists found that visualization and self talk reduced reaction times from 0.737 seconds to 0.659 seconds on average, roughly 10%. Although this may not seem like much, this is often the difference between winning or losing. An explanation for how why this happens is rooted in a part of our brain called the Reticular Activating System. The RAS acts as a filter. Out of all the information coming to our senses from the environment, it selects what will be noticed and given attention to by the conscious mind. By practicing visualization, you can prime your RAS to help you notice and focus on important information during your competitions..
In terms of practicing movement sequences, a Harvard study found that research subjects who mentally practiced a simple, five-finger piano exercise for two hours a day for five days made the same brain changes as the subjects who physically practiced the same activities, but without ever lifting a finger..
Remarkably, visualization can also increase strength..
In a study of 30 people over a 12-week period, some regularly exercised their little fingers, while others just imagined doing the same thing. While the group that actually did the physical exercises increased the strength of their little fingers by 53 percent, the group that only imagined doing the same thing also increased the strength of their little fingers—by 35 percent..
In a similar experiment, ten volunteers each imagined flexing one of their biceps as hard as they could five times a week. In a few weeks, they increased their bicep muscle strength by 13.5 percent, and they maintained the gain for three months after the training stopped..
The key takeaway from this video is that there are countless benefits to visualizing, and you would be at a disadvantage if you did not make use of them. In a future video, I will be explaining the specifics of how to visualize like an elite level athlete. Subscribe to the channel to be notified when that video comes out and to receive the best mental strategies for elite performance..
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Video clips from: The Body Coach, Nike Commercial, UFC, Conor McGregor Notorious film, The North Face, CNBC, Michael Phelp’s book and Alex Honnold’s book..
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