November, 2009

Swimming Psyche Outs. How to be in control, confident and composed when faced with psyche outs (and how to use them to your advantage!!). Part Two.

Ten things you can do to respond to a psyche out-er:

  • Smile;
  • Say “thanks”;
  • Shake their hand and say “I really appreciate your support”;
  • Laugh and say “is that the best you can come up with?”;
  • Tell them, “I am sorry. I really wasn’t listening to you”;
  • Tell them an even bigger “exaggeration”;
  • Walk away;
  • Say, “wow – I am really lucky to be racing someone as talented and gifted as you”;
  • Keep chatting with family and friends.

But the best thing of all is to……………ignore them and swim your best.

Psyche out practice – dealing with Dirty Downers. Read more

November 4, 2009 | Comments Off

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Swimming Psyche Outs. How to be in control, confident and composed when faced with psyche outs (and how to use them to your advantage!!). Part One.

“The highest reward for a person’s toil is not what they get for it but what they become by it.” John ruskin

How many times do you hear a football player or baseballer or basketballer say something like “It was tough out there today. The other team really psyched us out”.

Sportspeople talk about the psyche out as something someone else did to them – that someone somehow did something mystical or magical that impacted on their performance.

Lots of people talk about psyching out…………..so what is it?

What is a psyche out? Read more

November 2, 2009 | Comments Off

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