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Tips For Mental Preparation For Competition

This technique can give you the advantage in competition, its to good to miss.

Positive Thinking Is All About Seeing Positive Results.

Positive thinking to improve swimming For example seeing yourself finishing your swimming race fast and in first place.

Therefore when you come to your race for real, your brain thinks “I've been here before and succeeded”

If done correctly your brain won’t know the difference between actual competition and mental preparation.

This sounds fab, how do you do it?

Before your event, visit the swimming pool you will be competing at. Get in the water and have a swim.

Basically, get a feel for the place. Therefore when it comes to the day of your competition It wont be new to you and you will feel more relaxed.

PUT ANOTHER WAY……..

Have you ever wondered why football teams win more games at home than away!

½ hour before your swimming race find a quiet place and do some VISUALISATION

Visualisation how do I do that?

	See yourself swimming fast and winning the race.
	Use quiet or loud music to help with this.
	Visualise yourself from within (be inside your body) and not watching from above.
	Instead of adding an extra training session in the pool or gym, add an hours visualisation practice. Try 3 x ½ hour sessions a week.

Visualisation will train your brain in to being a winner. Then allow your swimming preparation to see to the rest.

Swimming fish

These techniques can be great for all swimming levels, especially competitive swimmers who wish to improve on there best times.

Go on and try these ideas out…..It will help.

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