I did a cool survey last week with my age-groupers; I asked them all to tell me what they thought about when they swim in practice, and what they think about when they swim in a meet. I got answers ranging from boyfriends/girlfriends, homework, and music.
So, I'm curious....what do all of you think about when you swim?
I keep a mental checklist of birds that I have identified while swimming. It has two subparts: Birds that I have seen from the pool (usually while backstroking) and birds that I have seen in open water. I think the two sub-lists are about equal in length. I suspect that my coach has a similar mental checklist of birds he has seen while on deck.
Other than the birds I don't think about much while I swim besides my technique, and my pace if I peek at the clock mid-effort, and how far the workout has been.
I keep a mental checklist of birds that I have identified while swimming. It has two subparts: Birds that I have seen from the pool (usually while backstroking) and birds that I have seen in open water. I think the two sub-lists are about equal in length. I suspect that my coach has a similar mental checklist of birds he has seen while on deck.
Other than the birds I don't think about much while I swim besides my technique, and my pace if I peek at the clock mid-effort, and how far the workout has been.
