Below you'll find a list of all posts that have been categorized as “Psychology”
A Swimmer’s Mindset Thirty-six years beside the pool and there are still things that haven’t changed. Perhaps it’s a matter of sports culture, of respect for a sport that is not valued as highly as it should be, of the efforts made by swimmers who unhesitatingly give the best of themselves in the water and who, in some cases, would like …
Attention All Swimmers “Most of our tension and frustration comes from our compulsive need to act as if we were someone we are not” Hans Selye (1956) There are swimmers who are afraid of looking in the mirror. They are afraid of uncertainty and of failure, or even the thought of failure. This feeling holds them like a deer in …
Before we get a bunch of angry coaches, remember this is only a segment of swimmers. Also, it doesn’t remove the coach, parent, or other’s involved in the swimmer’s life as a reason the “lazy swimmer” is this way. Enjoy 🙂 The lazy swimmer: They rarely come to the pool to train and, when they do, they hardly make any …
So how well do you stay calm and composed under the pressure of championship swim meet competition? Your ability to stay relaxed under stress is absolutely critical for fast swims because THE SECRET to swimming fast when it counts the most is that you have to stay LOOSE! If you get too nervous, it becomes physiologically impossible for you to …
If we were to examine the skills and abilities used by swim coaches when they work, you might well be surprised. Leadership and activity-specific knowledge, patience and perseverance for the successful achievement of goals, the ability to guide their swimmers towards success through an education-, psychology- and training-based approach, and inspiring passion-building strength – these are just a few examples of …
Many instructors, coaches, and therapists are interested in the question – “does introducing movement variability during practice facilitate learning?” Unfortunately, the answer to this question is not likely yes or no. It is important to move away from the notion of considering variability as a static term because it is possible to introduce variability during practice in multiple ways, which …
Abstract The aim of this study was to analyze the relationship between competitive anxiety and heart rate variability (HRV) in swimming athletes. A total of 66 volunteers (41 male and 27 female) who swam the 400-m freestyle in the Brazilian Swimming Championships participated. Thirty minutes before the 400-m freestyle event, the athletes answered the Competitive Anxiety Inventory (CSAI-2R) questionnaire, then …