To achieve and improve performance

Dr. Raymond Abrezol transposed Caycedian sophrology to the field of sports in 1967, following the creation of the practice by the Colombian neuropsychiatrist Alfonso Caycedo in 1960. His method, "sophro-pedagogy for sports", had beneficial effects on the Swiss ski team at the 1968 Olympic Games which he prepared. 

During the 1980s and 1990s, several authors contributed to the development of "sophrology-pedagogy" in sport. 

The basic principles of sophrology meet the same requirement as sport:

Adaptation, knowledge of the body schema, objective reality, positive thinking.

 

The individual sessions for sportsmen and women are designed to meet the demands of competition. We work out a personal training program for the athlete.

A few sessions are sufficient to manage pre-competitive inhibitory stress. 

Group sessions, or training support, are often carried out in parallel with training and based on the requirements of the coach. The main exercises are breathing and letting go. They last about 10 to 30 minutes.

They are independent of the sports training sessions and can be followed in parallel with the sports practice. Three cycles of six to twelve sessions are often required for athletes to become independent.

Integrated into the training sessions, they take place during the warm-up or during stretching, and possibly both.

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