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Sport Psychology for Swimmers, Swim Coaches and Swimming Parents
My first attempt at an infographic. It’s not a thing of beauty (just as well I’m a psychologist and not a graphic designer!) but hopefully gets the idea across. Performance mindset is a choice The performance mindset is a choice. Specifically, it is about choosing to focus on your own performance, valuing effort and determination, [...]
As a psychologist I find Ryan Lochte fascinating. Not only is he a great swimmer and a great competitor, he embodies something that I believe in deeply about human nature. We are not fixed, we are not consistent. We do not behave according to traits. I don’t know Ryan, unfortunately, but as a swimming fan and observer [...]
OK, so the title of this post suggests that training is actually boring. That doesn’t mean that it is for me or it should be for you, but training can get to be repetitive and we’ve all probably found it hard to get excited about 8x400s at some point in our lives. There are two basic [...]
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