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?
Paul,
I've written many swim faster faster tips on the mental aspects of swimming.
From what you described you need to change your self talk.
What you're saying to yourself and how you're saying it.
Write a new script to say instead.
'Give up' ~~~> keep going
'ease up' ~~~> swim smart & stay steady
'quit' ~~~> begin, stay with it, you can do it
'breaststroke's coming up, why not stop?' ~~~~> 'breaststroke's coming up, let's go
'you suck' ~~~> you're great
You probably also need to modify your behavior.
In the past your training has been spotty.
It's easier to think positively when you train consistently and have good swims in practice
When coaching, keep yourself out of it and just say what each swimmer needs to hear.
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?
Paul,
I've written many swim faster faster tips on the mental aspects of swimming.
From what you described you need to change your self talk.
What you're saying to yourself and how you're saying it.
Write a new script to say instead.
'Give up' ~~~> keep going
'ease up' ~~~> swim smart & stay steady
'quit' ~~~> begin, stay with it, you can do it
'breaststroke's coming up, why not stop?' ~~~~> 'breaststroke's coming up, let's go
'you suck' ~~~> you're great
You probably also need to modify your behavior.
In the past your training has been spotty.
It's easier to think positively when you train consistently and have good swims in practice
When coaching, keep yourself out of it and just say what each swimmer needs to hear.
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?
