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Visualization Tricks of the most decorated Olympian of All Time
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I was 13 years old the first time I heard about visualization.
My swim coach Joe Benjamin told us about the exact Olympic studies that I told you about in Visualization Miniseries #1.
During competition season, Joe had us visualize every day. Before we even got in the water, we would sit on the deck, close our eyes, and imagine each race from beginning to end.
Every detail from taking the step up onto the race block and hunching over, to the loud, smokey bang of the ref’s start gun, to every stroke and breath until the finish.
We could actually feel our muscles strain with exertion, our lungs bursting for air as we turned our heads just enough to get our noses and mouths above the surface of the water for our next breath.
Our hearts actually beat faster and faster as we raced through the water in our minds.
When Joe first had us start visualizing, a lot of the kids on the team joked and mocked him after practice outside of his hearing.
But you know what, starting that year and for the next 5 years I was on that team, we were undefeated.
So, before we go on and I tell you the exact steps to visualization that I use, expanded upon from the very techniques Joe gave me, it is fitting that you hear from another swimmer.
He’s probably the most famous swimmer ever. And is definitely the most decorated Olympian in history.
Learn from Michael Phelps:
How he stays ahead of the competition by using visualization.
Additional mental preparation techniques that keep him on top.
How deals with high pressure.
It gets really good at about the 1:10 mark, so pay attention. The video is short, so the information goes by really quickly.