The Problem with Comparing Yourself to Other Swimmers
Comparison making can be motivating, and it can crush our confidence. Here’s why you should keep your eyes in your own lane.
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Comparison making can be motivating, and it can crush our confidence. Here’s why you should keep your eyes in your own lane.
Nelson Diebel had made up his mind. The 21-year old breaststroker had clambered up a fantastic looking water slide and was going to hurl himself
Tom Dolan is two years ahead of schedule. The lanky 18-year old has been showing signs of greatness, and his coaches, including Jon Urbanchek at
The 200m freestyle presented the biggest challenge of Katie Ledecky’s Rio schedule. Here is how she prepared for a gold medal finish in practice.
Today I am going to talk about something that seems really obvious, and yet a staggeringly small number of us do it. It’s taking a
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One of the oldest and simplest tools available to swimmers is the log book. Olympic distance legend Janet Evans used one. Katie Ledecky uses one.
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Swimming performance is heavily influenced by the self-talk you use. Deploy motivational self-talk (“You got this!”) in your training environment to boost strength and endurance.
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