psychological training

[dpapak06]

how important is it, and how to train?

 

[bobdonny]

More important than the physcial training.
Usually a challenging and structured physcial training will result in mental training. And the structure depends on teh person

 

[Salehthefish]

Hello and welcome on DB... Well they do it through Yoga sessions... But you need someone experienced to teach it for you... All best

 

[dpapak06]

i know that you need a pro for that kind of training,but are there some methods you can do on your on, like visualization...?

 

[bobdonny]

Hard work and lots of it....
I'm not joking... hard physical yet challenging work, like running at 5am every morning before work , and improving on the previous day or going to the Gym and attempting to improve everything... Sooner or later you reach a treshhold where the improvements become harder so you work harder to get them... the more you improve the harder it gets and its here that a strong infallible mind is forged.

I think the visualisation techniques are only really beneficial to a really strong mind, one that has gone through the above

 

[mirror]

I agree with you there bobdonny,about hard physical effort develops mental strength, however mental strength is needed to put your self through the effort ,especially when you reach a point of diminishing returns (ie you train so much harder for a very small increase in performance !) if you are into freediving contests you can set yourself goals and targets and raise your game for a specific event ,time, depth etc ,,,however i just like exploring the local coastline and if i can get a meal out of it then thats a bonus!!! the pleasure for me is just being out there on, or in, the water and do not consider myself to be in a competitive sport ,BUT, always think i could do better !!!!