You made a choice to be a swimmer, You made a choice to make your workouts. You've made sacrifices. Now maybe it is time for you to sit down and consider how powerful a process-focused mindset can be for you in the water instead of leaving all your goals and dreams to chance.
The process is like a checklist that includes everything from proper rest, proper nutrition, proper hydration, consistent dry land, proper technique, proper turns, proper finishes and of course that last thing on all of your checklists, the outcome.
A mouthful in that paragraph. My question to you is; Are you a swimmer who trusts that process and has your own checklist, or are you the type that is all about the outcome and ignore everything else. If your the latter your ignoring all the little steps that go into that GREAT swim. When you obsess over the outcome and ignore everything else it adds anxiety and uncertainty that leads to crashing on race day.
The process is personal and is yours and it starts with building a process that you can control. Life is full of uncertainties and so is swimming. First off you can't control what other swimmers are doing so stop worrying about them. STAY IN YOUR LANE. You can't predict a slow start, slipping off a turn or even stubbing a finger on the lane line. All uncertainties and out of your control. Your process should only include things like effort, techniques, sleep, sleep habits nutrition, positive mindset and positive self talk.
The more often that you practice it, and do it correctly, the more you can rely on it an d use it when you need it and the less stress and frustration you are going to deal with on RACE DAY.
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