{"id":141745,"date":"2022-01-03T09:00:42","date_gmt":"2022-01-03T16:00:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=141745"},"modified":"2023-01-03T10:43:19","modified_gmt":"2023-01-03T17:43:19","slug":"excuses-excuses-excuses-for-people-who-dont-want-it-badly-enough","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/excuses-excuses-excuses-for-people-who-dont-want-it-badly-enough\/","title":{"rendered":"Excuses, Excuses, Excuses: For People Who Don\u2019t Want It Badly Enough"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>By Tera Bradham, Former Swimming World Intern<\/em><\/p>\n<p>As soon as the 11-year-old touched the wall, I told her that her arms were crossing over too far on her backstroke.<\/p>\n<p>She retorted, \u201cI\u2019ve actually seen a doctor who said my shoulder ligaments are too loose, so I may never be able to fix that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I bent down to the gutter to reach her eye level.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCan I show you something?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She nodded. I rolled up my sleeve, revealing the scar that runs down the entirety of the front side of my shoulder. Her eyes became saucers, and I saw the rabbit start racing through her mind. I could tell she was thinking I was about to tell her to quit swimming so she didn\u2019t end up like me. I looked her squarely in the eye.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI had a rotting, necrotic bicep. Now I swim for Texas A&amp;M. Never let anyone tell you what you can or can\u2019t do. It may be <em>harder<\/em> for you to do some things, but it is not impossible. Now work on it.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_141885\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/scar2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-141885\" data-attachment-id=\"141885\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/excuses-excuses-excuses-for-people-who-dont-want-it-badly-enough\/scar2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/scar2.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"640,635\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"scar2\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;scar2&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Photo Courtesy:&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/scar2-640x500.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/scar2.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-141885 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/scar2.jpg\" alt=\"scar2\" width=\"640\" height=\"635\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/scar2.jpg 640w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/scar2-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/scar2-533x529.jpg 533w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/scar2-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-141885\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo Courtesy: Tera Bradham<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Maybe my response was a little intense for a casual comment by a young girl who came to swim camp expecting to have fun and to get a few stroke tips, but I think I made my point.<\/p>\n<p>After five weeks of working camp, not only was I astounded by the creativity of the human imagination, I was also dumbfounded as to the necessity for it.<\/p>\n<p>Over the past few weeks, I have shaken my head far too many times at the excuses kids concocted for their non-existent work ethic, their lazy stroke habits, or their insufficient motivation.<\/p>\n<p>Here are my top five favorite excuses from our swim camps:<\/p>\n<p><strong>1.<\/strong> \u00a0<strong>The \u2018Genetics\u2019 Excuse<\/strong>: \u201cOne of my legs is actually an inch longer than the other one, so I can\u2019t kick my legs together at the same time on breaststroke.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>2. \u00a0The \u2018Bad Breakfast\u2019 Excuse<\/strong>: \u201cI can\u2019t make the fast interval today, because I ate a bad biscuit this morning, and now my stomach hurts.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>3.<\/strong> \u00a0<strong>The \u2018Boo-Boo\u2019 Excuse: <\/strong>\u201cI couldn\u2019t kick off the wall, because I stubbed my toe.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>4.<\/strong> \u00a0<strong>The \u2018Pooped Out\u2019 Excuse: <\/strong>(After an excruciating seven-yard sprint) \u201cI had to breathe off the wall because I was just too tired.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>5.<\/strong> \u00a0<strong>The \u2018Michael Phillips\u2019 excuse:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Coach: \u201cAlright guys, I want to see you use your arms on these starts!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Camper: \u201cI don\u2019t need any help on my starts. They\u2019re <em>awesome<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Coach: \u201cSo no one has a better start than you do?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Camper: \u201cOnly Michael Phillips.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Many of us have had an injury, have gotten tired in a set, or have eaten something before practice that just didn\u2019t sit right in our stomachs.<\/p>\n<p>I certainly am not suggesting people swim through legitimate injuries or concerns, but there is a problem when we make the everyday occurrences of the sport an excuse for our own lack of willpower.<\/p>\n<p>The more excuses you make, the easier it is to continue to make them. Excuses become habits, and habits determine outcomes. Excuses breed failure. That\u2019s all there is to it. <strong>Excuses are for people who don\u2019t want it badly enough. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Do not give in to the temptation to make an excuse. People who win in this sport do the little things correctly every day. Do not lie to yourself by saying it was \u201cjust one breath off the wall,\u201d or \u201cjust one pull into the wall\u201d on a kick set.<\/p>\n<p>Excuses come not only in the form of commission, but also in the form of omission. It is not just the kicks you miraculously manage to perform while straddling a pull buoy, but the dolphin kicks you choose <em>not<\/em> to use off the walls.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s that last little bit of power you have left in you that you choose not to dig deeply enough to attain. It\u2019s every action you should do that you don\u2019t.<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s a secret to the world of athletics that the best know inherently: <strong>your body will make excuses unless your mind overpowers it<\/strong>. Some excuses are the natural weaknesses to which your body subconsciously yearns to succumb.<\/p>\n<p>You don\u2019t learn to eradicate the excuses by chance; you must train your mind to overcome sensations, logic, and physical desires every day. Body does what mind prefers. If your mind prefers winning, then you must train your body to prefer winning.<\/p>\n<p>People vastly underestimate the power of the mind. Most people adjust their dreams down to what they think they can realistically accomplish before they explore the possibilities of where their dream might take them. <strong>Whether you believe you can or you can\u2019t, you\u2019re right. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Choose to believe in yourself enough not to make excuses. Your teammates don\u2019t want to hear them, your competitors won\u2019t believe them, and you won\u2019t benefit from them. Every stroke matters. Every lap matters. Every detail matters.<\/p>\n<p>Because those who win are those who don\u2019t make excuses. As the old adage goes, \u201cPeople who say it cannot be done should not interrupt those who are doing it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Suck it up Pumpkin, and get to work.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Tera Bradham, Former Swimming World Intern As soon as the 11-year-old touched the wall, I told her that her arms were crossing over too far on her backstroke. 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