1. Compete in Swimming and Diving because YOU want to. Your happiness and well-being is more important than success. If running track or competing in a field event isn’t in your heart, then try something else. Don’t do it for someone else, do what YOU love for YOU.2. Focus on the process not the outcome. If you…
Here are the 7 Cardinal Sins of Mindset in Swimming and Diving: 1. Indifference/Apathy – There’s no room for these feelings if you want to develop your skills and improve your performance. Always put in 110%.2. Stubbornness – Being stubborn leads to being uncoachable, which leads to being unsuccessful. Be open-minded and you might be…
Avoid becoming too much of a fan, instead of an athlete. If you’re about to swim against a team in your league, don’t look up their stats or find them in the newspaper. At meets, don’t watch the highest ranked swimmers competing against each other too much either. All of those things will make you…
I don’t need to sell anyone on the importance of confidence in swimming and diving. Simply put, it’s an absolute must – It separates the good from the great, and the elite from everyone else. Our 1-1 mindset program is all about practical volleyball-specific exercises players can do to improve their mindset. Here are 10…
1. Getting involved in the hype by reading the papers and/or looking up your stats. After your season is over, then you can check this stuff out. During the season, focus on always improving. 2. Associating with negative people. They will slow you down and taint your progress during the season. Keep your distance from…
1. A winner doesn’t make excuses. It’s easy to find reasons to miss practices and workouts. But you have a winning mentality when you stick to your commitments even when conditions are not ideal. 2. A winner maintains a White Belt Mentality. Winners keep an open mind and learn what you can from anyone you can. They don’t write…