Goldminds: Understanding Motivation

The job of parents and coaches is to help swimmers discover the real reason behind their actions and inactions, and in doing so, help them unleash their true potential.

It’s important to know why you do what you do…and why that’s important. Why do you swim? This is probably the most important question you can ask yourself. Understanding your answer is even more important. It will tell you what you really need to know: what motivates you to be the best you can be. Once you know this, everything else falls into place.

The key to understanding motivation is to honestly and deliberately discover why it is you’ve chosen to swim. Whatever the reason, that’s the driving force behind your swimming “story.”