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Michael Phelps and his Swimming Philosophy | Jason Park | TEDxKISJeju


one of the most simple yet interesting
substances that our life evolved around
is water water is specifically the main
constituent that make up oceans rivers
in large parts the fluids and most
organisms although it provides us with
the main necessities of life and
fascinating about the substance due to
its ability to embrace us today I want
to talk about a man who on 28 medals in
the Olympics 23 of them gold microscopes
mostly probably knowing or I’ve heard of
it I decided to research and look into
his amazing career and I learned three
valuable and special lessons and lessons
in life that are taken for granted and
to share them with you she’s often
referred to as the world’s fastest
swimmer
how did he win 28 medals in the Olympics
when he when he sings among some of the
fastest swimmers around the world in
many events the first and second
positions are usually decided in the
touch of a finger in the Beijing
Olympics both be cabbage also some are
known for an extraordinary thrive inside
the water this is the photo taken
moments before the Lynx began with –
looking across each other
Tabitha’s on the left and false ones on
the right side and this was the final
difference in their touched the
difference between the two swimmers are
unbelievable the time difference being a
hundredth of a second the two
practically finished at the same time
but the force of false fingertips got
even officially registered as first
place there are some controversies from
cats fans about who the winner was and
many beliefs that have exchanged first
but that folks have the greater finger
force triggering the touchpad this is a
year later the 2009 World Championships
the two met again and this time is clear
who the winner was with Phelps getting a
new world record that is to this day
still unbeaten of an amazing forty nine
point eighty seconds the strength of the
swimmers their putts and practice are
important factors with the race but
these are common aspects that all
effects from Earth has a common basis
what I believe helped folks
the medal is mine control at the Zoomers
line up on the starting blocks they all
have similar personal best times and
basic anatomy that allows them to get a
good grasp the water and a fourth motion
but the one thing that they different is
devices and how they control it before
the race and during the race there’s a
special room for more of a signature
moves that plays a key part in his mind
control he expands his Twitter rings
Bannen flaps around his back he’s done
too since he was 11 obsessed an
important motion he does before every
race or anything focused and clears the
mind before the race I like to talk
about another factor that has influenced
me and also a key factor to micro
success he had consistent routines the
word routine may remind one of boring
and continues repetitions but actually
the key factor and helped folks
alongside his incredible mind control
he always prepared the same way before a
race she would eat the same meal and two
hours before the race began lead to the
same stretch routines
start from the upper part of his body
down to his ankles he would always have
our same I an identical warm-up with a
mixed 800/600 kick 400 full 200 drills
and finally a few short distance
Sprint’s to get his heart pumping these
were the same routines Edith perused
helping him in the unfortunate situation
of being blinded in one of the events in
the Beijing Olympics finally I want to
talk about preparation Bob Bowman was a
swimming coach from very young age and
he recognized Michaels potential as to
becoming a successful swimmer Ballman
would instruct folks to put the video
tape in when you went to bed at night
the video tape wasn’t in the movie nor
are other intended means of entertaining
but rather folks lay down and imagine
look incredible reefs it covered
everything from the start and dive into
the water with his fingertips gradually
beating the water lines he would
visualize each stroke and then the
Voorhies this is one of the methods that
actually helped him in unreal in a real
race during the 2008 Beijing Olympics he
was on the quest to win all eight gold
medals this was making a historic figure
beating mark spitz who won seven gold in
1972 Munich Olympics however during the
200-meter butterfly
his goal was filled with water and left
him completely blind
most of us would freak out and panic was
slowed up inside been leading content
stuff however both was calmer than ever
and you remembered hadn’t want these
situations in this video session
Bowman would even instruct folks to
Train it in a darkened pool to
anticipate and stimulant event both of
you exactly how many strokes you’ll have
to take in order to reach the 50 meter
wall and his market of elastic
containers touching a pack to see a new
world record she was interviewed
afterwards mixed and his experience in
swinging blindly and it applied like I
imagined it would it was as mind control
routines and preparation people tend to
believe that these are easy easy things
to grasp and apply them into their own
lives but just like any other crucial
life skills we needed meaning they
require practice we need to realize the
significant yet simple value that can
alter one’s attitude towards life
therefore these are the three key
components that I believe leading to a
success I hope you can take these three
standards of success that I’ve shared
with you your own life
thank you [Applause]
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