Abstract:
The tough challenges encountered by a sportsperson while participating,
competing, and winning national and international events are always the
discouraging elements that a sportsman spirit comes face to face with. The
physiological side that’s intensely subjected to training modules, high endurance
training sessions and anticipation-based extreme pressure from trainers create a
kind of confidence. This is where the critical participation of mental faculties
through researched, tested, and channelized studies through Natural Language
Processing (NLP) visualization techniques (balloon exercise) help to overcome the
prevailing inadequacies that develop at later stages in high-competition
environments. This precautionary measure is taken and implemented on an
awareness basis to sports personnel who prepare for greater challenges to be
successful in the competitions. This NLP training program entailed a four-week
training with a batch of ten sports personnel ages ranging from 16-20 years (mean
age=18 years) it has been done in a comfortable environment by giving the
psychoeducation and after making them understand how this model works with
brain and body training was given to them. A pre-test, intervention and post-test
design was used. In the pre-test, athletes' performance in their events was assessed.
Then, all participants received mental training based on the NLP visualization
model. For four weeks, athletes rehearsed the mental training. The post-test was
conducted after the intervention to evaluate athletes' performance. The results
showed that NLP visualization significantly improved athletes' performance.
Athletes who received NLP visualization performed better in the post-test than
they did in the pre-test. This study suggests that NLP visualization is an effective
technique for improving sports performance.
