TOO TIRED
TOO BUSY
TOO WEAK
NO WHINING
NO QUITING
NO EXCUSES
You can have RESULTS --or--EXCUSES not both. GOOD THINGS COME TO THOSE WHO WORK HARD AND DO IT THE RIGHT WAY CONSISTENTLY.
So, you have made the sacrifices and done the work in the pool and are ready to step up onto the block and race, but are you mentally ready? Thinking that everything is done without really focusing on the mental side of swimming can bring all your hard work crashing down.
I believe that the number 1 way that you sabotage your swimming is by walking onto the pool deck with a negative attitude. This could range from lack of in interest, LAZINESS, or arrogance. The number 2 way is when you make excuses and blame your poor performance on your surroundings. Seeking senseless excuses after a poor performance is a way to make it all right in your mind for your swim. You refuse to accept responsibility for "your swim". Every time you race it is an opportunity to grow in the sport and learn what was good and what you need to focus on when you get back to training.
The third way which will directly lead into the 4th way is, believing that every race should result in a good result and feeling bad, breaking down into tears and losing hope if it doesn't. Every athlete in every sport will have ups and downs in their training and competitions, sometimes they will perform poorly but the ones who persevere will be the ones who rise to the top. This leads us into the next thing that swimmers do, they either avoid talking with their coach or they do talk to the coach but really do not focus on what is being said and then go and complain behind their backs. Coaches know this is true because we see the same things being done during training that were talked about.
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