Well, i am a student at Canisius College in Buffalo, NY that had the football team cut from the athletic program and instead had a swim team and a few other sports put in the program in its place. One day as i was working out in the gym this past september, the coach of the swim team saw me working out and asked me if i wanted to swim. He needed numbers more than anything since the collegiate competitive requirements are 11 participants a team. Mind you i am 5'7", 185 lbs, broad chest and shoulders with large legs. A running back figure. I have never swam before and i agreed to be on the swim team. The coach wants me to swim the 50 and 100 free and i like that for it is a fast twitch race more than slow twitch, and since i am a senior i don't really have time to increase my endurance and slow twitch. I was wondering if any of you had advice for me in my endeavour to become an excellent swimmer by february 2004, and hopefully win an event at the MAAC nationals. In my first meet on Oct. 11, i swam a 27.88 in the 50 free at Duquesne. If you couldn't tell by my hunting for a discussion ring and post, i am very intense and competitive, and am taking this very seriously. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you and hope to have some replies soon!
VISUALIZATION WORKS! It sounds weird but, just try it. I did it a lot before a big regional meet when I was your age. I did all my lifetime best times at that meet! Do deep breathing and relax your body first. Then visualize yourself before,during and after your race. Write your own mental script of the "perfect race" and do it over and over. I believe the mind is about 75% of any performance! You have to believe you can achieve anything before you can actually do it! :D
VISUALIZATION WORKS! It sounds weird but, just try it. I did it a lot before a big regional meet when I was your age. I did all my lifetime best times at that meet! Do deep breathing and relax your body first. Then visualize yourself before,during and after your race. Write your own mental script of the "perfect race" and do it over and over. I believe the mind is about 75% of any performance! You have to believe you can achieve anything before you can actually do it! :D
