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Are you getting enough food to meet your
training needs? Click on the Nutrition Tracker below to create a
log of your nutrition online. This is a vital part of your swimming
performance that you need to be responsible for to get the most out
of your body during practice and meets. For information on carbs,
protein, and the correct amounts, click on the "Fueling for
Performance" link. If you want to o some more reading, check
out USA Swimming’s website.
Communicate with your coach....excerpt from an article
printed on USA Swimming.
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When you get to practice late or have to
leave early
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Not feeling well
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Being afraid to ask
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Not understanding their
correction
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When your feeling lazy or not
motivated
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When you just don’t feel good about
your strokes
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What your goals are
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Be honest with your coaches, don’t tell
them something just so they won’t get mad at
you.
YOUR
IN CONTROL
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You decide
if your going to work or talk a lot
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You decide
if your going to stay in that bad mood
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Your going
to remember the correction your coaches have already given you or
not
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Your the one
that is going to stay mad because you can’t get a skill or
decide to try it again and try it again and try it
again
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Your the one
who decides if you’ve done all of
your training or just some of it
You decide
if your going to keep working on the things that don’t effect
the body that’s injured or you decided it’s a good
excuse not to work
SET
GOALS
How can you be responsible for what you get
done at practice
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Have goals
set before you get to practice
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Challenge
yourself to do more that parts of a practice or
sets
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Focus more
on your goals and less on hanging out
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Don’t
wait for coaches to tell you to fix your stroke or race, you tell
yourself to fix it
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Ask yourself
if you really work hard enough to get the times you
want
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Find out
from your coaches if they think your doing it right and what you
need to do to make it better if you don’t
know
WORK HARDER THAN EVERYBODY ELSE
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