Sports and Peak Performance

The Feldenkrais Method enhances sports performance by teaching athletes to move with greater awareness, efficiency, and precision through gentle, mindful exercises that retrain the nervous system and improve balance, coordination, and flexibility. There is great benefit in getting co-ordination right because from there, strength and power can be built safely and effectively. This is where great gains are made from enhancing movement patterns with the Feldenkrais Method.
The Feldenkrais Method is one of the most effective means to teach, train and hone co-ordination. This is because slow, attentive movement has been proven to assist the nervous system to sense the positioning of the limbs in relation to one another and more widely the body in space. It is only through reduced effort that we can align our skeleton in the most beneficial way. And from this starting point we are best placed to apply power.
When you play a sport, the quality of your movement is the quality of your game. It's great to have a body that's strong, fit and flexible. But to be at your best, you also need to be agile and light on your feet; able to move in any direction at any time.
And then there's the inner game - the ability to stay oriented to what's in front of you, to recover from niggles and misjudgements, and to keep your focus on the long game. Feldenkrais can help you get the most out of your body and your mind so you can play at your best. It can also help you prevent and recover from injury, and to keep playing the sport you love for longer.
Feldenkrais practitioners regularly work with:
Runners
Cyclists
Swimmers
Football players
Gymnasts
Professional athletes, and
Weekend warriors
Your Feldenkrais Practitioner will work with you to develop your body awareness, and unlock your full physical potential. Within hours rather than weeks, your skill will improve. You will have more of yourself available to play hard and win. When you play a sport, the quality of your movement is the quality of your game.

