By SuSu Almousa, Swimming World College Intern
Why is it that I feel like I perform better when my pre-meet set is centered around alternating sprint 50s? And why do my teammates always groan when I suggest them when coach asks if we have any preferences for our new set. At this point, I don’t know even why coaches even bother asking, they already know what they want you to do. Regardless, I found it fascinating how different swimmers feel different sets prepare them better for a race, and why.
Of course, half of the battle of swimming is mental. While this is arguably the harder part of the sport, more often than not physical preparation is the foundation for the mental psyche. Although I would like to think that I step up on the blocks more and more confident each time, that is just not the case.
I have felt that my level of mental preparation translates to how hard I worked in practice—and more specifically what I’ve worked on.Unless I have done repeated alternating sprint 50s of each stroke in IM order, then when I step on the blocks for my 200 IM race, I feel ill-prepared. As much as I close my eyes and envision success, somewhere in my muscles and in the back of my brain I have a trace of doubt.
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