NLP Sports Practitioner

NLP Sports Practitioner – Online Training. Learn practical NLP tools to boost mindset, motivation, and performance in sports. Ideal for coaches and athletes seeking lasting mental edge.

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Activate the mind. Unlock performance. Coach the whole athlete.

Offered by NOCNA – Nordic Coach & NLP Academy, this online training is designed for coaches, trainers, athletes, and mental performance professionals who want to master Neuro Linguistic Programming (NLP) as a tool to elevate sports performance, mental resilience, and transformational coaching.

Whether you work with elite athletes, youth players, or recreational performers—this course will give you the skills to coach not just the body, but the mind behind the movement.

What You’ll Learn:

The foundations of NLP and its powerful impact in sport
How to help athletes break mental blocks and build unshakable confidence
Tools for emotional regulation, focus, and inner state control
Language strategies that motivate, reframe failure, and build trust
Goal-setting and visualization techniques for peak performance
How to coach through limiting beliefs, self-doubt, and internal pressure
Strategies for creating powerful habits, routines, and team dynamics

Who Is This For?

Sports coaches & trainers
Mental coaches & mindset mentors
Athletes wanting to understand and elevate their inner game
Physiotherapists, PTs, yoga or movement instructors
Anyone interested in the connection between mind, movement, and mastery

What You’ll Get:

Learning sessions for flexible learning
Practical exercises, demonstrations, and real-life case studies
Learning practice within NLP for Sports
Digital resources and NLP Sports Tools
NOCNA Certification as NLP Sports Practitioner

100% Online – Train at Your Own Pace

You’ll have access to a high-quality learning platform with learning modules and guidance from certified NLP trainers with real-world experience in sports and coaching.

Step into the mindset behind elite performance.
Coach with clarity. Lead with insight. Transform from within.

Course curriculum

1. Welcome to NLP Sports Practitioner
1. What is NLP?
2. The History and Principles of NLP
3. Core Principles and Presuppositions of NLP
4. The Athlete’s Mindset: Linking NLP to Performance
5. Understanding the Inner Game in Sports
6. The Role of the NLP Sports Practitioner
7. Module 1: Quiz – Introduction to NLP in Sports
1. The conscious vs unconscious mind in athletes
2. Mental Maps & Perception: “The Map is Not the Territory”
3. Assignment: Reflection about mental maps
4. Developing Mental Rehearsal & Visualization Skills
5. Exercises for mental rehearsal
6. Anchoring Positive Performance States
7. Anchoring Exercises
8. Multiple choice: Module 2 The Power of The Mind
1. The impact on language on athletic performance
2. Precision Questioning: The Meta Model & Overcoming Limiting Beliefs
3. Powerful Suggestion & Motivation: Milton Model Basics
4. Exercise: Speaking to the Unconscious – Practicing the Milton Model
5. Coaching Language vs. Criticism: Framing Feedback with Purpose
6. Reading and Using Body Language in Coaching
7. Multiple choice: Module 3 Language and Communication Mastery
1. SMART goals vs Well-formed outcomes in NLP
2. What is a Well-Formed Outcome?
3. Exercises for SMART goals
4. Eliciting Values and Aligning Goals
5. Removing Internal Conflicts
6. Building Intrinsic Motivation Using NLP Techniques
7. Creating Compelling Future Visualizations
8. Practical Exercises for Goal setting and Motivation
9. Multiple choice: Module 4 Goal setting and Motivation
1. Understanding emotional triggers in competition
2. Anchoring Confidence, Calm, and Focus Under Pressure
3. Exercise: Creating Your Personal Performance Anchor
4. Collapse Anchors: Replacing Fear and Doubt with Clarity
5. Swish Patterns for Breaking Negative Habits
6. Exercise: Swish into a New Habit
7. Circle of Excellence Technique for Peak Performance
8. Multiple choice: Module 5: Emotional Regulation & State Management
1. Identifying common athlete limiting beliefs
2. Reframing Failure, Pressure, and Self-Doubt
3. Practical Exercises for working with Beliefs
4. Timeline Techniques for Past Experiences and Injuries
5. Belief Change Techniques
6. Rewiring Internal Dialogue for Resilience
7. Exercises for moving from unconscious limitation to conscious choice
8. Multiple choice: Module 6: Limiting Beliefs & Mental Blocks
1. Modelling excellence: how elite athletes think
2. NLP Strategy Elicitation: Decoding Mental Routines
3. Installing New Strategies for Training and Competition
4. Habit Creation Through NLP Chaining & Future Pacing
5. Using NLP for Injury Recovery & Comeback Mindset
6. Practical Exercises for Strategies, Habits and Performance
7. Multiple choice: Module 7: Strategies, Habits & Performance Patterns
1. NLP in 1:1 coaching vs group/team environments
2. Building Rapport & Trust with Athletes
3. Conflict Resolution & Effective Communication
4. Practical Exercise to support conflict resolution and effective communication
5. Creating Belief and Culture Change in Teams
6. Ethical Use of NLP in Sports Coaching
7. Multiple choice: Module 8 NLP in Coaching and Team Dynamics
1. The power of practice and lifelong learning in nlp and sports
2. Integrating NLP in Different Sports
3. Creating Your Practitioner Toolkit
4. Custom Protocol Building for Athletes
5. Personal Coaching Style and Niche Development
6. Assignment: NLP Sports Practitioner – Coaching Style and Niche Reflection
7. Multiple Choice – Module 9: Integration and Practice within NLP and Sports

About this course

€1.285,00
69 lessons

Instructor(s)

Doctor of Metaphysics Gillian Godtfredsen

Doctor of Metaphysics, PhD Holistic Life Coaching, Certified NLP Master Trainer, Registered Integrative Therapist, Registered Health Coach, Educational Developer, Certified Professional Coach, Mentor Trainer, Mindfulness Teacher, Certified Hypnotherapist, Certified Time Line Therapy Practitioner. Board Member and NOCNA Head Coach "Help for self-help is the best help of all" says Gillian Godtfredsen who created the motto 40 years ago. She is the pioneer and entrepreneur who has founded The Paradigm Academy and NOCNA. The 6 most important signature strengths chosen by colleagues: vision, determination, discipline, strength, heartwarming.

The Academic Melinda Merunada

PhD, Certified NLP Master Trainer, Masters Degree in Medical Science, Masters Degree in Public Health, Masters Degree in Adult Education and Education with Social Psychology, Physiotherapist, Registered Health Coach, Certified Life Coach, Certified Professional Coach, RYTA 500 Registered Yoga Teacher, Dancer, Advanced Yoga, Pilates, Mindfulness- and Meditation Teacher, Mediator in NOCNA, the deputy chairman and chief trainer, "Academic and the eternal student it is me ....." says multi-professional Finnish Melinda. She is one of the world's most highly academically educated NLPers and is committed to quality in teaching. The 6 most important signature strengths chosen by colleagues: dedication, discipline, creativity, goal awareness, focused, conscientious ...

The Pilot Elisabeth Tanum

Pilot, ATPL-A, Airline Captain, Certified NLP Trainer, Certified Professional Coach, Certified Business Coach, NLP Coach, Leadership Coach, Certified Hypnotherapist, Registered Health Coach, Sports Coach, Certified Business Coach. Elisabeth has long experience with management from the airline industry. At the age of 24, she became a professional pilot on Boeing 737. At the age of 30 she was appointed flight crew, and then held full responsibility for both aircraft, crew and passenger safety. Elisabeth is co-owner and board member of NOCNA. She is NLP Trainer and Certified Hypnotherapist has also been a teacher in child and youth school and has experience in sales. In addition, she has been an active athlete and football coach for children and youth. The 6 most important signature strengths chosen by colleagues: positive, solution-oriented, goal-conscious, courageous, humorous, accomplished.