www.nytimes.com/.../19best.html
I believe the principles stated in thiis article will be helpful for improving performance across a spectrum of activities (not just sports). And I recall that some of the techniques mentioned in the article have been advocated in other posts.
See you in the water,
Philipp
I agree with Chris' points about the good points in the article. I also think another good point is that runners/cyclists who have "done the course" do better in the actual race. Any swimmer who misses warm-up in the competition pool can attest that it helps a great deal to "do the course" prior to the event.
However, with the crowding at warm-ups, and many meets forgoing prelims for timed finals, increasingly fewer of us get to do the "entire" course at race speed. I wonder how well we would/could do if we got to do just that?
As for the spit thing, at least we get that washed off before we finish! =)
I agree with Chris' points about the good points in the article. I also think another good point is that runners/cyclists who have "done the course" do better in the actual race. Any swimmer who misses warm-up in the competition pool can attest that it helps a great deal to "do the course" prior to the event.
However, with the crowding at warm-ups, and many meets forgoing prelims for timed finals, increasingly fewer of us get to do the "entire" course at race speed. I wonder how well we would/could do if we got to do just that?
As for the spit thing, at least we get that washed off before we finish! =)
