CMH CMH Sports Performance & Peak Achievement 2 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: Which pre-competition hypnotic technique helps an athlete achieve the ideal arousal level for their specific sport?
- Arousal regulation (activation/deactivation suggestions) (Correct answer)
- Age regression to childhood
- Forensic hypnosis protocol
- Group induction techniques
Correct answer: Arousal regulation (activation/deactivation suggestions)
CMH practitioners use tailored arousal regulation—calming suggestions for high-stress sports, energizing suggestions for endurance events—to bring athletes to their personal performance zone.
Question 2: Self-hypnosis training is valuable for athletes primarily because it:
- Gives athletes an independent tool to manage focus and confidence without a practitioner present (Correct answer)
- Eliminates the need for a CMH practitioner
- Produces deeper trance than hetero-hypnosis
- Is required by sports governing bodies
Correct answer: Gives athletes an independent tool to manage focus and confidence without a practitioner present
Teaching athletes self-hypnosis empowers them to self-regulate mental states on demand during training and competition, making the benefits portable and practitioner-independent.
Question 3: When an athlete reports pre-competition anxiety, a CMH session would typically address this by:
- Installing a relaxation anchor and reframing anxiety as performance energy (Correct answer)
- Eliminating all arousal through deep relaxation only
- Advising the athlete to avoid competition
- Using regression to find past failures
Correct answer: Installing a relaxation anchor and reframing anxiety as performance energy
Combining a conditioned relaxation anchor with cognitive reframing (interpreting anxiety arousal as excitement/readiness) channels nervous energy productively rather than suppressing it.
Question 4: The CMH use of 'positive self-talk scripts' delivered in hypnosis is designed to:
- Replace negative internal dialogue with performance-enhancing beliefs at the unconscious level (Correct answer)
- Teach athletes to memorize affirmations consciously
- Create post-hypnotic amnesia for past losses
- Reduce physical reaction time
Correct answer: Replace negative internal dialogue with performance-enhancing beliefs at the unconscious level
Delivering positive self-talk in trance allows the suggestions to bypass the critical factor and become internalized beliefs, more effectively replacing habitual negative internal dialogue.
Question 5: Which ethical consideration is most important when working with minor athletes in a sports hypnosis context?
- Obtaining informed consent from both the minor and their parent or legal guardian (Correct answer)
- Ensuring sessions are held in public places
- Avoiding all induction techniques
- Limiting sessions to 5 minutes
Correct answer: Obtaining informed consent from both the minor and their parent or legal guardian
Working with minors always requires parental or guardian informed consent alongside assent from the minor, ensuring legal and ethical protection for all parties.
Question 6: Imagery scripts used in sport hypnosis should ideally engage:
- All five senses (visual, auditory, kinesthetic, olfactory, gustatory) for maximum vividness (Correct answer)
- Only visual imagery
- Only kinesthetic (feeling) cues
- Abstract metaphors without specific sensory detail
Correct answer: All five senses (visual, auditory, kinesthetic, olfactory, gustatory) for maximum vividness
Multi-sensory imagery creates a more complete and convincing mental simulation, activating broader neural networks and producing stronger rehearsal effects than single-sense visualization.
CMH CMH Sports Performance & Peak Achievement 2
Which pre-competition hypnotic technique helps an athlete achieve the ideal arousal level for their specific sport?