By Taylor Padington, Swimming World College Intern
There is no doubt that swimming is one of the world’s most mentally challenging sports. Swimmers are put into a single lane, day in and day out, to swim countless amounts of laps, only to be put into a race to drop a few tenths of a second. Even if you are a swimmer that is not at an Olympic level, the pressure of performing in a swim set, or meet, can be daunting. Swimmers are constantly battling the pressures of time, approval from coaches, self-approval, so it is no wonder that many swimmers struggle with anxiety.
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There are two types of common anxiety that swimmers face, the first being negative anxiety. Negative anxiety is a type of anxiety that many swimmers can be plagued with and it can be detrimental to their mental state during swimming. One way to understand negative anxiety is through the words of Dr. John M Hogg, who has specialized in the mental state of athletes over the past few decades. Dr. Hogg states that “negative anxiety, which is really just stress, occurs when athletes either A) do not know what they are doing (unprepared), B) feel overly apprehensive (unready), C) feel they are not full informed (uncertain) or D) feel they are unable to meet the task demands (incapable).â€
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