How to Help Your Swimmer Handle Race-Day Pressure

How to Help Your Swimmer Handle Race-Day Pressure

How to Help Your Swimmer Handle Race-Day PressureDavid Karasek
Published on: 12/06/2026

Your swimmer can't avoid race-day pressure, but they can learn to use it. The threat-vs-challenge reframe I teach swim parents, from a London 2012 Olympian.

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