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?
Parents
Former Member
The voices get pretty loud sometimes. On our team we like to talk about befriending Mr. Pain. Get to know him during practice so that he is not a stranger during a race. Then, invite him in like an old friend. Make him feel welcome. But whatever you do, don't piss him off.
The voices get pretty loud sometimes. On our team we like to talk about befriending Mr. Pain. Get to know him during practice so that he is not a stranger during a race. Then, invite him in like an old friend. Make him feel welcome. But whatever you do, don't piss him off.
