After being hit by relegation, a Brazilian club, Portuguesa have hired an hypnotist, Olimar Tesser to teach their players how to walk over broken glass. The idea is, if a player can walk well on broken pieces of glass and not get hurt, he can do exploits in any game he participates in
“I don’t like to miss out on a good qopportunity. I know what he has done elsewhere and I want him to work with my players before games. There will be limits – I am the boss – and he will not disrupt the technical or physical side. But I accept his role due to the situation the club finds itself in. It’s a desperate situation.” Coach Vagner Benazzi explained.
Olimar Tesser, who has also taught players from other clubs to bend iron bars with their neck muscles, and walk across broken glass said: “I work with the human being, the man, and this is reflected on the pitch. If a player thinks he can bend iron and walk on glass, he can do anything in the game.
“The brain can’t tell the two things apart. Two minutes of training under hypnosis have the same effect as 20 minutes without.”
Source: UK Guardian