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The authors attempted to assess the brain activity in athletes and the related mental states. The study was based on a Neurofeedback EEG (NEEG) static training with respect to what is termed the state of readiness for sport activity. The QEEG method (mapping, EEG) was used to analyse changes in brain bioelectrical action potential which remain in close temporal relation to particular events e.g. relax, concentration. The participants were athletes. In addition to sport training, the subjects (25 people) participated in 20 NEEG static training sessions aided with audiovisual brain stimulation (alpha). The results obtained for individual brain areas before and after 20 static training sessions showed that the activity of neurones was elevated in the visual and auditory areas, whereas it decreased in the motor area, and, what is worth emphasizing, the alpha activity was rising in general. Neurone activity in other brain areas was at similar levels before and after training sessions. Conclusion: NEEG static training excites bioelectrical activity of the brain in the area involved in perception from the stimulated senses, silences the non-involved areas and intensifies the state of relax (alpha). We find this training useful as a particular form of stimulation and control of mind, both in sport and in other domains of life. Research Project (Grant) PB – 76 MNiSW.