I had my second coaching session with performance coach Terry Williamson of In Search of Brilliance this week. We have been working on my target for the 2km ergo test at October trials. On the 22nd and 23rd of October our squad will be racing in Boston for the 2012 season Great Britain trials. It is made up of a 2km ergo test on the Saturday followed by a 5km race on the water.
I am a strong believer in the mental ability of athletes. Pushing your body to the limit in races is painful and its how you subconsciously process that pain mentally that can really make the difference between winning and losing. With Terry we worked on how my subconscious processes my 2km ergo race and did a lot of visualisation. In the first session we looked at how I could alter my thought processes to achieve my target and I did a lot of work on this between sessions. In this week’s session we looked at how certain I was in achieving my target and the conclusion is that I am very confident in achieving my target.
In the next session we will look at how I process my race on the water.
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