Ande has done a great job of having all the various physical aspects of swimming covered but I need help with the mental aspects.
I'm really struggling with negative self-talk while I'm swimming. It feels like there's a huge jumbo-tron in my brain and messages are just running accross it non-stop while I'm swimming:
'Give up'
'ease up'
'quit'
'breaststroke's coming up, why not stop?'
'you suck'
I'm having trouble getting this stream of consciousness to stop. Not only that but I feel like such a fraud with my kids when I'm coaching. I stand there and tell them to get tough mentally but I seem to have the mental fortitude of a Krispy Kreme.
Not being able to 'get out of my head' seems to only happen when I swim.
Help?
I think this is an excellent idea for a thread. There are more "emotional" aspects (such as waxing and waning of desire) and more technical aspects (such as do you actually think your way through your swim techniques during practice or in a swim meet).
So, desire aside for a moment, does anyone use technique thinking during a race, or must one get to a point where the race-day must be an autopilot? Is it different for sprints vs. distance?
I think this is an excellent idea for a thread. There are more "emotional" aspects (such as waxing and waning of desire) and more technical aspects (such as do you actually think your way through your swim techniques during practice or in a swim meet).
So, desire aside for a moment, does anyone use technique thinking during a race, or must one get to a point where the race-day must be an autopilot? Is it different for sprints vs. distance?
