Fristcher's The Mental Wall: Swimming
“The Mental Wall”
The buzzer echoes through the brightly lit building. A girl named Mackenzie is standing behind the block staring at the water lost in thought. She cannot stop focusing on all the negative things that might happen during her race. Little does she know that those will affect the outcome of her race. The mind controls everything: from walking, talking, and thinking. Swimming is sport where an athlete’s mindset will determine the outcome of their performance. Without mental strength athletes cannot perform to the best of their ability. Training hard makes swimmers competitive, but they must have a mental strength to achieve greatness.
According to local swim coach Robbie Fristcher, swimmers have a mental wall. This wall is a …show more content…
Over time it can be daunting task for a swimmer to overcome this buildup of negative thoughts. However this can be overcome by having confidence and staying positive about the situation. Coach Fristcher frequently tells his team that they have to believe in order to succeed. For example, when a swimmer is waiting behind the block to race, they cannot worry about the person that is next to them or how much faster they may swim. They must only focus on believing in themselves and their …show more content…
A person always needs a goal to keep them going. Because without a goal a person will never have anything to strive for and will lose their determination. Coach Zack Knudsen always says that in order to reach you goal you have to be hungry and if a person isn’t hungry enough for it they will never reach it. The wall will tower in a person’s mind and a person will think that they are mentally though enough to push it down or reach the other side but most of the time you over estimate and they cannot. Every single day is it has to be on a person’s mind you have to want to get over that wall in order to see the other side. In order to overcome this layer a person has to displace themselves in order to stay determined to reach their goal. It doesn’t matter how hard you train or how much you train. If a swimmer go to practice and just go through the motions and never think about what they are doing a person will never reach their goal. If a swimmer never works their brain muscle at practice and just work out your body muscle will never be a well-rounded swimmer. A swimmer always need to be hungry for success because if they lose their hunger they will never be able to concur the
The buzzer echoes through the brightly lit building. A girl named Mackenzie is standing behind the block staring at the water lost in thought. She cannot stop focusing on all the negative things that might happen during her race. Little does she know that those will affect the outcome of her race. The mind controls everything: from walking, talking, and thinking. Swimming is sport where an athlete’s mindset will determine the outcome of their performance. Without mental strength athletes cannot perform to the best of their ability. Training hard makes swimmers competitive, but they must have a mental strength to achieve greatness.
According to local swim coach Robbie Fristcher, swimmers have a mental wall. This wall is a …show more content…
Over time it can be daunting task for a swimmer to overcome this buildup of negative thoughts. However this can be overcome by having confidence and staying positive about the situation. Coach Fristcher frequently tells his team that they have to believe in order to succeed. For example, when a swimmer is waiting behind the block to race, they cannot worry about the person that is next to them or how much faster they may swim. They must only focus on believing in themselves and their …show more content…
A person always needs a goal to keep them going. Because without a goal a person will never have anything to strive for and will lose their determination. Coach Zack Knudsen always says that in order to reach you goal you have to be hungry and if a person isn’t hungry enough for it they will never reach it. The wall will tower in a person’s mind and a person will think that they are mentally though enough to push it down or reach the other side but most of the time you over estimate and they cannot. Every single day is it has to be on a person’s mind you have to want to get over that wall in order to see the other side. In order to overcome this layer a person has to displace themselves in order to stay determined to reach their goal. It doesn’t matter how hard you train or how much you train. If a swimmer go to practice and just go through the motions and never think about what they are doing a person will never reach their goal. If a swimmer never works their brain muscle at practice and just work out your body muscle will never be a well-rounded swimmer. A swimmer always need to be hungry for success because if they lose their hunger they will never be able to concur the