Boost your Mental Preparation and Maximize your Sports Potential
Sophrology to Improve your Sports Performance
Sophrology can be applied to all types of sport, whether in team or individual. It is an invaluable ally in the physical, mental and emotional preparation of athletes and in the achievement of their goals.
By mobilizing and boosting your personal resources through body and mind activations, it helps you to get to know yourself better and to give the best of yourself to optimize your performance and realize your ambitions.
My mental preparation sessions with sophrology are designed to help you:
You can also prepare for the unexpected by working on how you react to factors beyond your control.
Mental & emotional management
- Pressure management
- Thoughts management
- Regulation of emotions
- Optimism
- Self-confidence
- Taking a step back
- Reacting to uncertainty / the unexpected
Physical management
- Relaxation
- Energy management and recovery
- Sleep quality
- Gesture precision
- Pain management
- Post-injury recovery / rehabilitation support
Performance management
- Self-awareness
- Concentration
- Success management
- Withdrawal & failure management
- Anchoring in the present moment
- Objective assessment of performance
- Adaptability
In a team
- Getting to know others
- Positioning and roles
- Interpersonal relations
- Communication skills
- Synergy in action
- Strengthening collaboration and team spirit
- Optimizing performance
Testimonial
I can only recommend Diane's sophrology support to any athlete with ambitious goals. The techniques she shared with me enabled me to strengthen my personal resources for the Tor des Géants ultra-trail (350km). They enabled me to develop the confidence I lacked to tackle my competition calmly and deal with the unexpected, to focus better and manage my emotions, while facilitating my sleep management during the race and my recovery. Diane demonstrated an excellent ability to listen and adapt to my situation, and developed an action plan perfectly suited to my needs.
Angélique C., amateur ultra-trailer
Holistic Capacity-Building
4 types of capacities essential to sports performance can be strengthened with sophrology.
Sophrology sessions take place throughout the athlete's preparation and competition process, in parallel with sports training.
Coaching can be provided to support short-term objectives (e.g. preparation for a particular competition, managing pre-competition stress, post-operation recovery, developing fighting spirit, staying positive, improving concentration) or long-term objectives (holistic work over one or more seasons).
Injury recovery
Mental Preparation Case Study
Preparing for an Ultra-trail
An amateur ultra-trailer with 25 races between 55 and 170km, Angélique C. has decided to tackle the Tor des Géants®, a 350km ultra-trail with a positive vertical drop of almost 31'000m, in September 2023.
The athlete has chosen sophrology as her exclusive method of mental preparation. It has enabled her to strengthen many of the personal resources needed for the race, whether on a physical, mental or emotional level. The method has played a decisive role in her preparation and race management.
6 Reasons to Choose Sophrology for your Mental Preparation
Holistic
Personalized
Concrete & targeted
Quick & easy-to-use techniques
Adaptable & flexible
Effective & long-lasting
Personalized Mental Preparation
My 5-step Methodology
In partnership with each athlete or team, their coach and manager, I co-create a tailor-made sophrology program adapted to their objectives.
Within the framework of a team, individual and/or collective support is possible.
1. Exploratory discussion
- Getting to know each other
- Understanding needs
- Defining collaboration
2. State of play
- Analysis of the athlete's / team's context and ambitions
- Athlete's / team's SWOT
3. Definition of objectives
- Individual and / or collective
4. Sophrology program design
- Frequency
- Duration
- Format
- Practical details
5. Implementation & ongoing support
- Implementation
- Regular analysis of the program and its impact
- Adaptation of the program according to performance, personal development and contextual factors
Are you Ready to Reach New Heights?
Whether you're an amateur or professional athlete, a team or an individual, sophrology will help you optimize your sports performance and support you in achieving your sporing goals through mental programming.
I'd be delighted to discuss your situation and goals in a first exploratory discussion.
