Are you in front of me or behind me??

Many of us over the next several weeks at our various championship meets will see athletes that we have competed against for quite some time now. Some of those athletes will be from our own team. Many times we get up on the blocks, and right away think "I can't swim faster than this person", and we immediately psych our self out. This all starts back at practice. How hard are you really working at practice. There is no magic to it. There was a great quote I hear earlier today which said "You don't get in front of people that are already in front of you by doing less than they do". This does not necessarily mean going in front of a person at practice, but it means more about doing more work at practice, and not always in terms of actual volume of work.

As I talked about earlier in the week about being consistent, if you want to be faster than someone that is already faster than you.....how are you going to do it?? This person is already in front of you, SO you better figure out how to work harder than they do?? You need to commit to faster kicking in practice. How about faster intervals on certain practice sets. Use your imagination, and do not think you are going to improve simply by magic. It does not work like that. Keep your focus in practice, and allow yourself to work hard. It will not be easy, and sometimes it may actually be uncomfortable, but hey.....when you were learning how to walk, I am sure you fell a few times, or when you were learning how to ride a bike, I am sure you fell a few times.

If you want to be "in the front", you need to work harder than the others. Set up your plan and then follow it on a consistent basis