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HAPPY EASTER TO ALL THE MAKO SWIMMERS AND YOUR FAMILIES.  Hope you get some rest today with families and friends.   For those of you getting ready to travel to Saint Petersburg this week for the age group Elite meet, safe travels.  We are waiting for you and look forward to a GREAT WEEK of swimming.

Make sure to pack extra goggles, suits, caps.  LOTS OF SUNSCREEN .  You burn that first day you’re still swimming so plan accordingly.  Your sun time does not all have to be done on that first day.   

WE ARE DOWN HERE TO WORK, RACE, AND THEN WE CAN PLAY.

PRE-RACE MISTAKE #10

Allowing fear of failure to be top motivator 

I had a rugby coach who used to preach to us that most of our games played safe.  What he meant was that we played not to win but played not to lose.  We were more afraid of the consequences of losing than what the consequences would be if we worked.  Once we worked through that our game took off because we were a lot less timid and tight and we could play in a more relaxed state.  We were no longer worried about what could happen if we made a mistake, we could play with less anxiety and were now able to trust our plan and the work that we had put in.

I truly believe swimmers are like this and they swim their races in the safe zone instead of getting outside of that comfort zone to see the possibilities that lay in front of them.

So, in conclusion how many of these pre-race mistakes do you struggle with.