Below you'll find a list of all posts that have been categorized as “Psychology”
In younger age groups, we often encounter angry swimmers who are disappointed with their performance. They are increasingly more demanding with themselves and their environment, enraged and unsatisfied after a good race if their result was not rewarded with a medal, subject to disproportionate pressure and incapable of understanding how the sport can be so unkind or even cruel to them. …
It pains me to think that, in our sport, we are sometimes impudent or critical and ignore or fail to harness the talent that surrounds us. That it is so hard for us to appreciate how the commitment and dedication of some swimmers who choose to enjoy their youth in pool lanes deserve to be recognized as they seek the …
The difference between setting a great time in competition and achieving your objective can often be found in your own mind and how easily you can focus on the goal. Too much anxiety before a competition, overzealous expectations, fear of your rivals or simply a pair of goggles that break a few moments before the race can be more than …
Everyone knows at least one; a swimmer who never stops training, follows their coach’s instructions to the letter and provides a fine example of consistency and commitment, but has a bad swim meet. They try so hard while training that they even manage to set unbelievable times, often unimaginably good, and leave their colleagues in a state of amazement, but …
Take Home Points on How to Prevent Swimming Burnout Physiological capacities are limited after maturation. Technique is the largest contributor of success, especially after maturation. Burnout is higher in women, potentially due to earlier development and longer period of plateauing. Improvements in swimming naturally occur during maturation, in fact, one can expect 3 – 4% improvement during these years (Sweetenham 2013). …
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 …