Mental Toughness is What Swimmers Do on the Bad Days

By Olivier Poirier-Leroy on SwimSwam
Ask swimmers and coaches what they think mental toughness is, and you’ll get a variety of answers.
Grit. Determination. Commitment. No quit–not today, not ever, baby!
Fundamentally, mental toughness is the ability to better cope with the demands of training and competition compared to other swimmers.
It can be natural, it can be developed, and when we have it we are determined, focused, confidant, and thrive under pressure (Jones et al., 2002).
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