I'll be working with a 10-year old boy. He "lives for baseball." He was recently

at bat and was hit by the pitched ball. He's afraid of the ball now, and his dad

thought hypnosis could help him.



How would you approach this?



Kathy

Hi Kathy,



This kind of thing is easily fixed. Kids of that age need to be helped to

understand what happened and then to be given resources to empower them to deal

with it.

The best way is to tell them a tailored metaphor.

In the metaphor a similar kid had a similar problem and then got some help to

overcome  it.  The child will identify with the character in the story and will

believe that they too can learn how to overcome their problem.



The following url is a page on my website that shows how to design such a

metaphor.



http://www.hypknowsis.com/M02-Write-a-metaphor.php



Dave





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As a former professional baseball player and hypnotherapist, I would approach

the subject as follows:



"That in order to REALLY be a professional baseball player, or?someday to make

it to?the major leagues,?getting hit by a pitch is a part of the game the way

the "big boys" play it.?? Even?your favorite players are hit by a ball every now

and then, and they still come back to play the game...They even like to show the

pitcher up by not rubbing the area where they got hit by the ball as if to say

to the pitcher, "Ha.! that didn't even hurt."? It's a badge of honour to be so

"respected" by opposing pitchers that they consider?you so good as to be so

afraid of?your?abilities that they lose focus every now and then and that they

might throw a wild one either by accident because they're so afraid of you, or

maybe even on purpose, from time to time, or more likely, rarely.? In the

future,?you will recognise this and?your reflexes will be more aware next

time?you're at bat and that?you'll?maybe?get out of the way of the ball next

time, if you want to.? But at the same time, even if you don't get out of the

way or can't get out of the way, that you know that?you always wear a helmet

when?you're batting and that serious injury can be avoided because of that fact

alone.??You knows that if you do get hit by the ball,?you even get to go to

first base for FREE and that it helps?your team win games, because?you're a team

player, right? Just?like the professionals.? The professionals are always taking

one for the team to win a game.? Some of the players even lean into an inside

pitch because they know they'll get a free base if they get hit by the ball and

experience a little discomfort for only a little while.? And then they get to be

a hero because they are likely to score an important run that is crucial to

winning games."?



Let us know how things turn out.



Cheers,

G







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From: kmaxham <kmaxham@...>

To: hypnosis-hypnotherapy@yahoogroups.com

Sent: Tue, 2 Jun 2009 8:16 pm

Subject: [hypno] Advice for working with a child re baseball

















I'll be working with a 10-year old boy. He "lives for baseball." He was recently

at bat and was hit by the pitched ball. He's afraid of the ball now, and his dad

thought hypnosis could help him.



How would you approach this?



Kathy

















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Thank you, G. Good info.



I was so looking forward with working with this 10-year-old. Unfortunately, it

turned out to be a no-show, so I have no feedback to provide those of you who

gave me pointers.



I do appreciate the time you all took to share information with me!



Kathy



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> As a former professional baseball player and hypnotherapist, I would approach

the subject as follows:

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> "That in order to REALLY be a professional baseball player, or?someday to make

it to?the major leagues,?getting hit by a pitch is a part of the game the way

the "big boys" play it.?? Even?your favorite players are hit by a ball every now

and then, and they still come back to play the game...They even like to show the

pitcher up by not rubbing the area where they got hit by the ball as if to say

to the pitcher, "Ha.! that didn't even hurt."? It's a badge of honour to be so

"respected" by opposing pitchers that they consider?you so good as to be so

afraid of?your?abilities that they lose focus every now and then and that they

might throw a wild one either by accident because they're so afraid of you, or

maybe even on purpose, from time to time, or more likely, rarely.? In the

future,?you will recognise this and?your reflexes will be more aware next

time?you're at bat and that?you'll?maybe?get out of the way of the ball next

time, if you want to.? But at the same time, even if you don't get out of the

way or can't get out of the way, that you know that?you always wear a helmet

when?you're batting and that serious injury can be avoided because of that fact

alone.??You knows that if you do get hit by the ball,?you even get to go to

first base for FREE and that it helps?your team win games, because?you're a team

player, right? Just?like the professionals.? The professionals are always taking

one for the team to win a game.? Some of the players even lean into an inside

pitch because they know they'll get a free base if they get hit by the ball and

experience a little discomfort for only a little while.? And then they get to be

a hero because they are likely to score an important run that is crucial to

winning games."?

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> Let us know how things turn out.

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> Cheers,

> G

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> To: hypnosis-hypnotherapy@yahoogroups.com

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recently at bat and was hit by the pitched ball. He's afraid of the ball now,

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> Kathy

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