Wednesday, November 05, 2008

NEWSWEEK LOVES MENTAL IMAGERY!

Steve Buckley knows the Power of Mental Imagery.

Buckley had won Bronze in Barcelona in 1992 and Silver in Atlanta in 1996.

Before he became a champion, Buckley suffered through injuries as do many world class athletes.

In Buckley's case, it was a severe ankle sprain that left him unable to train, barely able to walk.

He found a "mental gym" to work out in.


"Sitting in a chair, he imagined himself throwing the javelin in every one of the world's major track and field stadiums, until he had racked up about a thousand hurls. He returned to competition a few weeks later making his top distances. Usually, losing weeks of practice will set you back inches--and in the javelin, of course, inches might as well be miles.

Whether it was Earl Woods teaching Tiger to form a mental image of the ball rolling into the hole (see my writing on Tiger and Mike and how they apply mental imagery to the champion's detachment formula in Chapter 7 of WORD PICTURES) or Olympic weightlifter Tara Knott training her brain to block out distractions, a strong mental game has always been part of elite sports. Michael Jordan, Nancy Kerrigan and Jack Nicklaus all practiced their moves mentally; Jean-Claude Killy used to ski a slalom course in his head upteem times before exploding out of the starting gate."

Newsweek MIND GAMES by Sharon Begley published September 25, 2000


If you are still waiting to apply the Power of Mental Imagery to your life or waiting to join my championship team spreading this power across America, you might reevaluate what group you find yourself in.

There are 3 groups of people in America.

The group that makes things happen.

The group that watches the people that makes things happen.

The group that says what just happened.

Which group are you in today?

Join us and makes things happen in the lives of others, beginning with your own life.

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