Visualization in triathlon training for recreational athletes (eBook)

Seminar paper from the year 2019 in the subject Health - Sports science, grade: A-, London Metropolitan University (Triagon), course: Sportpsycholgie, language: English, abstract: In the case of enduring cyclical loads, it is advantageous to add mental training to the training plan. Visualization is a simple and versatile method. It can lead to improvements in training, technique, competition and avoidance of mistakes in further competitions. Jan Frodeno, Anne Haug, Lucy Charles-Barclay, Sebastian “Sebi" Kienle and Faris Al-Sultan have long been names, that are on everyone's lips and have their place in the tabloid press. Triathletes have long since ceased to be crackers and outsiders. Triathlon nowadays is a very popular endurance sport. Triathlon is a sport where swimming, cycling and running are done one after the other. The distances from a few kilometers of about 10 kilometers (500meter swimming, 6. 5 kilometers cycling and 1. 7 kilometer running) to the top class of the long-distance triathlon with 226 kilometers (3. 8 kilometer swimming, 180 kilometer cycling and 42.2 kilometer running).