Freediving Q&A webinar Apr 24, 2013

Webinar with Aharon Solomons on mental training - FD is one of the most mental sports - stress is needed but it’s harmful at the time. need right amount - memorising and analysing first dive course - in the beginning we have internal dialog telling us what to do - later on subconscious helps us to do all things in the needed order - comes after numerous repetitions - medical/physiological background of phenomenon - trust and will factors. internal “must” instructions are non-productive - we are committed to the dive, but we are non attached to results - visual deconcentration as a positive factor - 2 factors before begin: confidence and relaxation - confidence comes out from successful training BG, and brings believe - train is a stimulation that you give to a growth, that happens during a rest period - things to avoid: spoiled diver; not allow to be destructed; - be ready for non-perfect conditions in the competitions - pushing maximum pushes psychology - it gets tired and drop it. we lose enjoyment - perfect unspoiled diver - skandalopetra divers, philippines’ & ama - perfect planning and organisation helps to solve a lot - skip “rituals” or “favorite piece of equipment” - don’t create unnecessary expectations