Tiger Woods & Hypnosis

The Insights of Jay Brunza: How at 13 Hypnosis Helped Tiger Woods Focus and Be "In the Zone"

Jay Brunza and Earl Woods (Tiger's father) became friends when they both served in the United States Navy. Brunza became Tiger Woods' mind coach when Tiger was just 13 years old. They primarily worked on dealing with stressful situations by:

1. Focusing in the moment, and

2. Focusing on seeing the ball going in the hole.

Using hypnosis helps athletes perform unconsciously in stressful situations. Jay Brunza, a clinical psychologist and he caddied for Tiger during his six straight USGA championships, explained that he would use personalised subliminal tapes and hypnosis to help Tiger enter into what many call 'The Zone'. Brunza states that "the hypnotic element is that absorption. You think you lose control with hypnosis, but you don't. It's actually a heightened state of awareness and absorption.” Brunza said, “I taught Tiger a level of real focus technique, a creative awareness that you work into your nature."[1]

Learning hypnosis creates a heightened level of focus, and entering 'The Zone' easily creates a Champion's mindset! Interestingly, having a PhD and over 20 years as a Clinical Hypnotherapist, I find the words mindfulness and meditation are often used instead of hypnosis. They are similar, although, hypnosis is more powerful because it is a ‘Zone’ state that allows positive empowering suggestions and visualisations to be utilised by your unconscious mind. Utilising hypnotic techniques can help you achieve a heightened level of focus for ever-improving performance.

[1] Benedict, J. & Keteyian, A.: Tiger Woods. Simon & Schuster. (2018)

Dr Kay Green is a Clinical Hypnotherapist and Mind Skills Coach with over 30 years of experience empowering people to achieve their full potential by utilising the latest neuropsychological, biological and behavioural techniques and strategies.

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