Show so ft sa Maxwell Maxwell Max we t Hypnotist Assists Golf Champ To To Io Return to Top lop Playing Form i over Mind has always alway piqued my curiosity from those those who saw the man little there wasn't there man to those clever crooks rooks in the Brothers Grimm bole tale who made the people believe be be- believe be- be If lieve ve they saw the emperors emperor's weren't that But Buta Buti i a J greater accomplishment of modern miracle men is the ability ability ability abil abil- ity to make people see and believe believe believe be be- lieve something that actually is ti there ere Of these men Andrew AndrewS S Salter the Salter the psychologist psychologist not not to tob tobe tobe b be confused with a public hypnotist hypnotist named Slater is one of the most successful JA IA A certain golf champion I know of dropped in to see Salter at his Park avenue office not nots s so long ago Doctor he said there there here is nothing wrong with me But I have an odd complaint complaint complaint com com- plaint my game is slipping Im I'm off two to four strokes First of all Salter answered doctor And what's Im I'm m not a more I cant can't see how being off strokes can do you any mortal harm Ima Im Im a professional snapped the he man This slipping is cost- cost ng ng me about a year I Iye e read about your work as a 1 st and Ive I've come up here Q see if jf you cant can't hypnotize me mento mento mento nto playing at my best more often Salter laughed Its clear R r off the tee that theres there's probably something wrong with v vou you although although u-although you dont don't know tj g If I can root out your basic problems Im I'm sure I can improve y your ur game game Salter then taught the subject t to tg put himself into a semi- semi state He probed deep nto into the mans man's early life his associations associations as as- traumas anxieties H Hypnosis loosened the inhibitions inhibitions inhibitions promoted the recall of distant distant dis dis- tant t memories memories incidents incidents buried fathoms fathoms d deep ep After five of such sessions Salter felt the c case se was solved Here is your case he said outlining in detail the sequence oft links of links in the mans man's neurotic pattern attern Now well we'll use hypnosis s sis 8 again Two hours later Salter who had never swung a golf club in his life was at a country club with his patient Remember he wen went on giving a professional instruction at his own game your problem has been solved You have one suggestion to keep keepin in mind as you as-you you start to putt every thought will disappear from your consciousness but hole ball ball hole ball baU hole ball Your muscles will do all the rest unconsciously To the mans man's great surprise he found himself playing one of his finest games of golf His form was tops Soon he began coming out in first and second place in tournaments instead of sixth and seventh seventh and and his in income income in in- come come jumped accordingly A submarine commander went to Salter with a similar request I want to see if you can give me a general toning up he saidI saidI said I feel Im I'm not doing as well in inthe inthe inthe the navy as I 1 might cant can't you make me more efficient The same hypnotic procedure was gone through Basic anxieties anxieties anxieties ties were uprooted counter suggestions suggestions suggestions sug sug- were given The officer returned to 10 his duties and reported reported re- re x re-x x ported several weeks later that while on maneuvers he scored on every gunnery test an average average average aver aver- age of four hits out of four Realizing that a patient in a hypnotic trance can recall childhood childhood child child- hood memories to a much greater degree than when In a awaking awaking awaking waking state Salter used the hypnotic method to uncover the early experiences which contributed contributed contributed con con- to the patients patient's emotional emotional emotional emo emo- problems Once these were uncovered he applied hypnotism toward the cure Putting the patient Into a hypnotic state he used a suggestion counter-suggestion to offset the memory of the early shock Hypnotism by itself wont won't cure your neuroses neuroses any any more than will hard work or opium smoking Properly used however however however how how- ever It can be a speed high-speed machine tool for uprooting emotional emotional emotional emo emo- problems and aiding in inthe inthe inthe the setting up of new patterns Press Alliance Inc |