Although visualization in sports produces great results there are missing pieces of the puzzle that restrict 2/3 of all athletes from using this technique in their favorite sport.

Visualization is a simple process of reviewing or visualization of the desired outcome and performance that you would like to achieve.

Basically you would do the following steps to learn visualization:

1. You sit down in a comfortable position
2. Close your eyes
3. Take a few long death breaths
4. Then you would picture or see a movies in your mind of the result that you want in your performance
5. Then you would repeat this process for a possible 10 to 20 times.

The above process is done to kind of anchor the desired result that you want in your mind so that when the competition day arrives you’ll be able to replicate the practiced performance that you visualized in your mind during the 5 step practice.

I encourage all athletes to practice the above visualization technique before their training and before competition but this technique will only work to 2/3 of athletes for the following reasons.

Let me explain all of this process so that you will understand the three levels of learning.

Level 1 – Visualization
This athlete will learn their sport by somebody showing them diagrams, pictures, movies and this will be in line with their visual learning process. Visual athletes will even speak and think in visual words like:

– I see what you’re saying
– It looks good to me
– I can picture that…
– It’s clear to me…

You can see that they speak and think in visual words like (see, looks, picture, clear) and this is why they can do visualization.

Level 2 – Auditory
These athletes process and think and communicate by words like:

– I hear what you’re saying…
– Tell me more about…
– Sounds good to me…

You see how they use auditory words like (hear, tell, sounds) to process information so if you want them to learn faster then you have tell them and communicate in those words and you won’t have any problems.

Level 3 – Kinesthetic
These athletes are more feeling types of people that process almost everything through words that relates to feelings like:

– It’s hard for me to…
– It doesn’t feel good…
– I can’t grasp the concept…
– I am afraid of…

These athletes will use these types of words like (hard, feel, grasp, afraid) in their thinking and learning process.

If you would like to learn the exact method that will any athlete to use all three levels then please contact me.