There are three important factors in enhancing sports performance:
1. Improved sport-specific training to provide greater strength and efficiency in the actions necessary for the sport
2. Increased control of the mental aspects, or the "Inner Game"
3. Decreased injury recovery time to allow for increased training and return to competition.
   
   Sport-specific training includes strength and conditioning along with improving range-of motion efficiency of the muscle groups and actions directly involved in performance of the sport. This training involves more than merely amplifying the amount of time spent "doing" the sport. Sport-specific training was the cornerstone of the former USSR's success in athletics. The USSR could not compete with the USA in nutrition, or healthy population, but by focusing on sports physiology and sport-specific training, the USSR was able to maintain an even footing with the US in world and Olympic competition.
     
   Enhancing the capacity of the body to perform the specific activities of a sport allows the performer to coordinate the increased capacity to provide better performance.  There are many individual programs for sport-specific training, but only one modality that can improve the application of these programs by reducing training related pain and stiffness recovery issues, along with enhancing pain-free range-of-motion. That modality is Bowenwork. By renewing the body's awareness of its healing capacity, Bowenwork can supercharge sport-specific training.
   
   Another important issue in enhancing sports performance is the "inner game" or the control of mental and emotional factors that can either support or sabotage an effective sports performance. At the Olympic level improvements of nearly 4% were noted using psychological methods to focus and control mental and emotional processes. Since less than a 1% difference usually separates Olympic medallists from non-medallists, the differences noted in the study could serve to help a performer medal where they could have finished out of the running otherwise. Sports psychology for enhancing performance is a proven technique that can be further improved by establishing better autonomic nervous system balance. How can that be done? By using regular Bowenwork sessions and even using Bowenwork at appropriate times during competitions, better autonomic control is an automatic bonus.
     
   Injuries can interrupt training sequences and even the opportunity to compete.
Accelerating injury recovery allows quicker return to training and competition. Competitive athletes often have faster recovery times due to their better fitness, but a proven method of accelerating healing and maintaining health is Bowenwork. Sport-specific injuries have been treated "on-site" with the athlete being able to return to action in a matter of moments. Bowenwork helps prepare for the game, compete in the game and stay in the game.



1 Some Psychological Factors for Promoting Exceptional Athletic Performance, Brent S. Rushall www.psichi.org/pubs/articles/article_89.asp