Mental Training in Swimming

Mental Training in Swimming Training for swimming competition can be rough, hard, strenuous physical work on an athlete. Most people and athletes don’t’ realize the psychological training that an athletes mind needs to focus on the game. There are various techniques of mental practice that have been examined on their effectiveness and performance on swimming athletes. Mental practice is the rehearsal of a skill in imagination rather than by overt physical activity, visualizing the …

…sounds, the smells, even the sting of chlorine in your eyes. Find a quiet place, lie back, and take a deep breath. Breathing is the most important component of getting prepared to do any sort of mental practice. Breath deeply and full, this relaxes the body progressively-tightening and loosening every part of it. Anxiousness will not make imagery work, the more relaxed, the more detailed images will be, and the more effective visualization will become.