{"id":327904,"date":"2018-09-05T04:00:34","date_gmt":"2018-09-05T11:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=327904"},"modified":"2018-09-04T19:05:32","modified_gmt":"2018-09-05T02:05:32","slug":"swimming-world-presents-before-the-beep-with-allison-schmitt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/swimming-world-presents-before-the-beep-with-allison-schmitt\/","title":{"rendered":"Swimming World Presents “Before the Beep with Allison Schmitt”"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mental Prep: Before the Beep with Allison Schmitt<\/h2>\n

In total, Allison Schmitt has eight Olympic medals: four gold, two silver and two bronze. After an 18-month hiatus\u2014a sample retirement from swimming post-Rio\u2014Schmitt started coming to Arizona State University practices with her long-time coach Bob Bowman<\/strong> a few times per week…\u201cto stay in shape.\u201d But as weeks turned to months and a few practices turned into a full week of practices, there was no denying that Schmitty was ready to be a pro swimmer again.<\/p>\n

Schmitty is well known in the swimming community for her effervescent joy. According to Bowman, Schmitt had lost some of her childlike passion for swimming in 2016. The break was needed, and now she\u2019s back with a fun-loving sparkle in her eyes\u2014even more so after she earned a ticket to Tokyo in July to represent the United States at the Pan Pacs last month.<\/p>\n

Schmitt\u2019s approach to racing is different from 99 percent of swimmers…unless you\u2019re comparing her to summer league swimmers. Schmitt seems to have somehow held onto the summer league \u201cswimming-is-fun, there\u2019s-no-reason-to-get-nervous\u201d mentality. She attributes her healthy perspective of the sport to her parents, Ralph<\/strong> and Gail<\/strong>, who made it crystal clear early in her life that swimming really was for fun. It was something she chose to do, not something to lose sleep over.<\/p>\n

To learn more about how Schmitt preps for her races at the hotel, in the ready room and behind the blocks, check out the September 2018 issue of\u00a0Swimming World Magazine<\/em>, available now!<\/p>\n

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