Swimming Technique February 1982

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 Table of Contents

Theme: Psychology in Aquatics

• Aiming the Mind . . . . . . . . . 12

Getting your mind on the right track and keeping it there, by Bob Nideffer

• Training Motivation . . . . 16

If a carrot on a stick hasn’t been doing too well, Keith Bell might be of help

• A Season’s Plan . . . . . . . . . . . 30

A step-by-step outline of Iowa’s mental training system, by Eugene Gauron

• Accessories directory – Where to get What . . . . . 21

Swimming Technique’s second annual guide to just about everything aquatic

• Coaching – Elite Development . . . . . 37

The second half of Cecil Colwin’s look at a program to build strong coaches

• Departments

                   Against the Current . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

                  The Cutting Edge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

                  Abstract View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

                  Viewpoint . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

                  Index to Advertisers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

                  Pool Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

                  New Products . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

                  Calendar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

                  Preview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

On the cover

In a color,keyed diagram, it looks pretty simplei the cerebrum, the cerebellum, the pons and the medulla obiongata. But the brain and its functions remain one of the toughest nuts to crack in modern science-and modern coaching. Just when you think you know how a swimmer will react in a given situation, surprisel you’re wrong again.

Fortunately, many patterns of behavior are predictable and to a large extent controllable. To get an idea about how to get your athletes’ minds to work for them, see the articles on psychology in this issue.(Illustration by Karen McBride.)