What is the effect of EFT tapping therapy on athletic performance?

Research evaluates whether a single EFT treatment can produce an improvement in high-performance men’s and women’s basketball team members. 

The treatment group received a 15 minute EFT session while a performance-matched attention control group received a placebo intervention of similar duration.

 A statistically significant difference between the two groups was found. Players who received the EFT treatment improved an average of 21%, while the attention control group decreased an average of 17%.

When performance was analyzed separately by gender, trends toward significance were found for the women’s team on both performance measures with better results for the EFT intervention group.

This indicates that EFT performed as an intervention during the course of an athletic event may improve free throw performance.

Here is the conclusion:Clinical reports and accounts from coaches and athletesnote that EFT is practiced in professional and college levelgolf, baseball, and American football. This study indicatesthat a very brief application of EFT, administered in a compressedtime frame similar to the duration of a game, canincrease performance in high-performing athletes. The freethrow performance of both women and men benefited fromEFT. The use of EFT for stress reduction in sports warrantsfurther empirical evaluation. Further study is required todetermine if longer courses of EFT produce changes in verticaljump height, or greater improvement in free throwscores. The study of this technique in healthy populationsand peak performers opens up new potential applications forEnergy Psychology.  (Dawson Church, PhD Open Sports Sciences Journal, (2009), 2, 94-99)