Something for the weekend: Boosting performance and productivity in the workplace is often achieved through a range of employee engagement and wellbeing measures, however, Mexican football club Chiapas, formerly Jaguares de Chiapas, took a more innovative approach when it hired hypnotherapist Luis Guillen to deliver a unique form of mental training to bolster players' goal-scoring abilities.
Delivering the session at the club’s training ground at Estadio 'Zoque' Víctor Manuel Reyna, Guillen worked with 29-year-old midfielder Christian Bermudez, hypnotising him in a bid to improve his sporting performance.
Videos posted on the club’s Twitter page show Guillen instructing Bermudez to relax his body and mind, and go into a deep sleep.
Once awakened, Bermudez performs an impressive free kick, landing the ball in the top corner of the net.Christian 'Hobbit' Bermúdez fue hipnotizado por @luiseguillen para mejorar su desempeño deportivo en el estadio Zoque. pic.twitter.com/pu3HhTUe7B
— Jaguares de Chiapas (@Chiapas_FC) January 24, 2017
Here at Employee Benefits, we are intrigued as to whether this approach could have a similar impact on performance in an office environment like ours…any volunteers?Primer resultado de entrenamiento mental con hipnosis @luiseguillen #UnidosLoLograremos pic.twitter.com/mIf9Q2zJT4
— Jaguares de Chiapas (@Chiapas_FC) January 24, 2017
