The Sport Mind: lessons from sports
I see the sporting world as a microcosm of our society, and that makes it an ideal place to learn how to function best in our society. If you read my blog, you will read personal anecdotes, whimsical thoughts, philosophical ponderings, observations, research, articles, ideas, and quotes - but all will, however loosely, deal with the mental side of sports and how lessons learned there can be used in life. (Note, as my header might suggest, that I am a swimmer, and many posts, though maybe applicable to all sports, will pertain to swimming.)
8.31.2009
I got married over the summer, and therefore, took some time off school and off this blog, but now I am back and full of ideas. One of the best parts of being back on campus is having a group to swim with. I love swimming enough to keep it up on my own, but after a while the intensity of the workouts slackens due to no accountability and no competitive goals. So it helps quite a bit to swim with a core group of college swimmers who either made the varsity team and dropped out, swam for the varsity team and graduated (like me), or were good, but not quite fast enough to make the team - whatever the background, all competitive swimmers who are now practicing because they want to, with no coercion, and no real reason other than a love for the sport. What a great environment! As a varsity swimmer, we looked down on the intramural swimmers, but now as a member in a different point in my life, I see what an immature mistake that was. I am very excited to up my intensity again and get into shape!
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