It’s not technique. Not your coach. Not the pool you train in. It’s your willingness to embrace the daily struggle of improvement in the water. Here is why learning to love resistance and struggle will make you the best swimmer you can be.
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There are a lot of benefits to spending a few minutes a day on your mental training. Besides that whole swimming faster aspect, here is the next sweetest thing that happens.
It’s inevitable. At some point over the course of your swimming career things will go sideways on you at a time when you expect and
Coaches and great swimmers often talk about how critical the mental side of the sport is. That big races are often decided by who wants it most or who is mentally toughest.
At some point we have all stood on the brink of a tough workout or big-time race and found ourselves thinking, “I can’t.” Here is
At some point we have all experienced the feelings of wanting to quit the sport we once loved. Here is what you need to know about avoiding burnout in competitive swimmers.
Here is a piece of chlorinated breaking news for your soggy-bottomed butt: it’s okay to be unmotivated. One of the most frustrating complaints I hear
It’s easy to think the worst of ourselves when things don’t go the way we planned. But if you’re really serious about achieving excellence in the water, this setback may turn out to be exactly what you needed.
Need a boost to your confidence? Here are 12 proven ways for swimmers to increase their self-confidence in the pool and out.
