this thread is here for us to share tid bits of wisdom about swimming
stuff like
get your cap wet before you put it on.
keep your racing suit dry before you race.
Don't warm up in your racing suit
don't breathe on the last stroke into a turn
or your first stroke out of a turn
ande
One trick that seems to work; try to downplay the previous events. Instead of "dwelling" on success, (or failure), focus on what still has to be done. When you think about the mundane routine, like what lunch you'll pack, what time you have to wake up, how many hours are left in the night; think of how tired you'll be if you don't "let go" of the past.
Hitting nail on head here, especially regarding the percieved "failure" portion of this. Whats done is done, you can't go back in time (yet) and rerace, but what you can do is get fired up and rock your next race. Ask the blue muppet about our first day of 2007 SCY Nats. We both had a pretty blah outing in our first events. For my part, this was the first time I was ever disappointed about a Nationals swim. However, I think it served as partial inspiration as we came out and TOTALLY ROCKED our 2Frees that set a tone for having a great rest of the meet. :smooch: It was a great lesson for both of us on meet mentality - not one you want to learn at Nationals, but I guess you gotta learn somewhere.
One trick that seems to work; try to downplay the previous events. Instead of "dwelling" on success, (or failure), focus on what still has to be done. When you think about the mundane routine, like what lunch you'll pack, what time you have to wake up, how many hours are left in the night; think of how tired you'll be if you don't "let go" of the past.
Hitting nail on head here, especially regarding the percieved "failure" portion of this. Whats done is done, you can't go back in time (yet) and rerace, but what you can do is get fired up and rock your next race. Ask the blue muppet about our first day of 2007 SCY Nats. We both had a pretty blah outing in our first events. For my part, this was the first time I was ever disappointed about a Nationals swim. However, I think it served as partial inspiration as we came out and TOTALLY ROCKED our 2Frees that set a tone for having a great rest of the meet. :smooch: It was a great lesson for both of us on meet mentality - not one you want to learn at Nationals, but I guess you gotta learn somewhere.
