My parents stand on the shore and watch. It makes me nervous.
That is a subject in its own right, and a common one. We work on where your attention goes when you know somebody is watching. And sometimes we talk to the parents too.
That is a subject in its own right, and a common one. We work on where your attention goes when you know somebody is watching. And sometimes we talk to the parents too.
We talk about your races, your starts, your mistakes. What you feel comes up, but it is a means to an end, not the programme.
Then right now is the moment. Maybe the boat was never the problem.
Only if you want them to. You decide that, nobody else. Not even if your parents are paying, and not even if your club brought us in. We tell them that we are working. What you tell us belongs to you. If you want your parents or your coach to know something, you tell us […]
More people do than you think, and hardly any of them say so. It is not a sign of weakness either, it is your body getting ready. You can learn to turn that around.
In your class everyone sails the same boat. Above a certain level everyone sails at the same speed, and then the head decides. The head is the last boat you can still make faster. There is more to it: you train once a week, when parents, weather and water all cooperate. Mental training you can […]
Almost nobody. That is the point.
No. It is what every world class athlete does anyway. You are just starting earlier.
With four sentences. In my class everyone sails the same boat. The only place I can still get faster is my head. Almost nobody trains that. And it stays with me for life. If you argue like that, you are the best proof that it is worth it.