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There are some very distinct differences between the mental approach of the excellent and the average swimmer.

The first difference that stands out is that great swimmers seem to have an unshakeable belief in their own ability. Regardless of who their competitors are in a meet, or the events they are to swim, they seem to know that they (themselves) will be very difficult to beat, and their major focus is always upon that - plus they absolutely never focus upon their competitors or negative thoughts.

Unfortunately, many average swimmers do not believe in themselves or their own ability, and they tend to worry excessively about their competitors (which takes the focus off their own swim) and also the countless things which they have no control over anyway - such as their competitor's performance, temperature of the pool, number of swimmers in the warm-up pool, (etc...!). These things I call uncontrollables - and no successful swimmer ever worries about these.

Successful swimmers seem to understand that there is a connection between their swimming performance and their thoughts, moods and emotions. They actively seem to work at being positive before events, knowing that somehow this will have a positive effect upon the outcome of their race (and how right they are). Less experienced swimmers seem to view swimming as a purely physical sport, and assume any bad performances are (always) due to incorrect strokes or lack of training - and I have even known this to lead some swimmers to overtrain, and utterly deplete their energy reserves.

Certainly the physical aspects can (and do) have an impact upon your times, but the mental side simply can never, ever be discounted completely - because if the mental side is working perfectly, it can override (and correct) even physical stroke problems during a race.

As well as maintaining a positive attitude, good swimmers also often use techniques such as visualization, knowing that programming their mind has a major affect upon their physical swimming.

Another trait of a good swimmer is that they rarely allow a bad swim to affect affect future swims in the same meet. They instinctively seem to go into damage control to make sure any negative emotions they experience afterwards are contained so that they do not spill over and affect the remainder of the day's races. This is in stark contrast to the swimmer who has one bad race and then allows it to blow their entire meet!

Effective swimmers reduce the emotional fallout and disappointment after a bad race - learning what they can from it, but then quickly re-focusing upon what their next goal is - which is something many lesser swimmers simply cannot seem to do. This is a sure sign of a good swimmer - it is not that good swimmers don't have bad races; it's how they handle those races that counts most.

Less experienced swimmers often allow their emotions to take them over after a bad race, which means they are often history for the remainder of the meet, regardless of the events to come.

Last but not least, regardless of whether they have recently been on a good or bad patch of form, a successful swimmer always seems to have a positive expectation towards their next race, never allowing themselves to go out there expecting things to go wrong for them. This is due to their inner belief - which is highly important, as we all know that in swimming, we don't get what we deserve, we get what we expect.

So run through this checklist regularly and ensure you are mentally approaching your swimming the way all successful swimmers do - because anyone who thinks like a successful swimmer, must eventually become one.

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