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Practice like you race because you race like you practice

Allen Stark
I have heard variations on the practice like you race idea since I was an age grouper and had always thought I was good at it but I just had a couple of realizations about how I created problems for myself.Lately I had noticed I was having a stall sometimes at the breakout of my BR pullout.I couldn't figure out what was the problem until I realized that one of my favorite sprint sets is 25s with a turn at the end.I would,of course,stop after the pullout and my body was learning to stop there.I'll now do 2 more strokes after each pullout. At the meet yesterday I was shocked to realize that at the finish of my 100 BR I had my head up instead of down in complete streamline.In workout today I noticed I had gotten in the habit of lifting my head to look a the clock as I finished. So how about you,any insights you have noticed about practice and meets?
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  • the simple way to say this is TRAIN TO RACE expand it a little Train to race don't train to train when you video your races, you see your mistakes, which is way better than hearing someone describe what they see you doing. You need to decide if what you see is a habit or a fluke. Remember when you're eliminating a bad habit you must replace it with a great habit. The ONLY way you can eliminate a bad habit is by concentrating on and properly doing the replacement habit until the new habit sticks. The problem is, once you lose concentration, once you stop focusing, once you stop doing the new habit, you'll probably revert back to the old habit. Old habits die hard. Habits are difficult to change. Only change habits that are worth changing. Ande
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  • the simple way to say this is TRAIN TO RACE expand it a little Train to race don't train to train when you video your races, you see your mistakes, which is way better than hearing someone describe what they see you doing. You need to decide if what you see is a habit or a fluke. Remember when you're eliminating a bad habit you must replace it with a great habit. The ONLY way you can eliminate a bad habit is by concentrating on and properly doing the replacement habit until the new habit sticks. The problem is, once you lose concentration, once you stop focusing, once you stop doing the new habit, you'll probably revert back to the old habit. Old habits die hard. Habits are difficult to change. Only change habits that are worth changing. Ande
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