i've been training my hardest in practice, but in meets its just not there.
i dont know what could be wrong, but i have a hunch its my attitude. i have difficulty getting psyched up before events or else i just feel soooo sleepy and emotionally/physically drained.
while i swim i know i can go faster, but i just can't. and after swimming my events i don't even feel tired or dead like i should be feeling, as if i've held a part of me back while swimming.
i give it my all in practice, but fail in swim meets... and i haven't improved in a long time.
can any of you offer tips? suggestions?
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You seem to be getting pretty bummed and stressed out by the fact that you are not doing as well as you would like in meets. Maybe you should just not worry so much about how well you do - it's not like you are trying for a scholarship or anything like that is it? Maybe for a while just be part of a group and try to have fun, whether your times come down or not. STOP TRYING SO HARD. Heck, be glad that you are still heathly enough to even work out, and you didn't say that your are actually getting slower (you will!). Having said all that, you may want to try visualizing your races (visualize completing them well, as well as having fun doing them), and also rest more before the meet. Taper, and also get lots of sleep. Not caring so much might help you sleep.
You seem to be getting pretty bummed and stressed out by the fact that you are not doing as well as you would like in meets. Maybe you should just not worry so much about how well you do - it's not like you are trying for a scholarship or anything like that is it? Maybe for a while just be part of a group and try to have fun, whether your times come down or not. STOP TRYING SO HARD. Heck, be glad that you are still heathly enough to even work out, and you didn't say that your are actually getting slower (you will!). Having said all that, you may want to try visualizing your races (visualize completing them well, as well as having fun doing them), and also rest more before the meet. Taper, and also get lots of sleep. Not caring so much might help you sleep.
