Keeping the Mind Quiet 『保持思绪平和』

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This week’s Speedo Tip of the Week is an excerpt from the July-August 2004 issue of Splash, in which special correspondent Bonnie Moss writes about improving your mental strategies for peak performance. Moss reports on what sports psychologist Dr. Jim Bauman has to say about keeping the mind quiet.
本周的 Speedo 小贴示系转载 Splash 杂志 2004 年七八月合刊，在本片文章中，特约记者邦尼·摩斯（Bonnie Moss）介绍了有关通过提高思想控制策略以进入最佳竞技状态的内容。摩斯报到了运动心理学家吉姆·鲍曼（Jim Bauman）提出的保持思绪平和的观点。


The Tip:
How many times have you heard that the race is 90 percent mental? Not true, says Bauman. Your race should really be 80 to 90 percent physical, technical and tactical, and only 10 to 20 percent mental. “Anything more, you’ll be in trouble,” says Bauman. “It should be a physical effort, while mentally going along for the ride.”
贴示内容：
你是否多次听说过竞赛的百分之九十是人的思想意识？这是不正确的，鲍曼说到。你参与的竞赛应该是由百分之八十到九十的身体素质、运动技术以及竞技策略，而剩下的仅仅占百分之十或二十的才是你的思想意识。“如果你在其中融入更多的元素，你就有麻烦了，”鲍曼介绍到，“竞赛应该是以身体作业为主，思想意识辅之。”

Think back to a disappointing race. You can probably recall what you were thinking and can describe it using lots of “feeling” words (felt good, strong and loose).
回想那些你表现不佳的比赛。你会记忆起当你竞赛时的想法并且能用一些“觉得怎样”的形容词来表述（如，感觉良好、感觉强烈，感觉放松等）。

Now recall your best race. What were you thinking about? Possibly nothing, if you were on auto-pilot. You stopped thinking and just let it happen.
现在再来回忆那些你表现颇佳的竞赛。你当时都想了些什么？很可能是什么都没有想，如同你当时设置了自动驾驶一样。你停止了思想，自然竞技。

Bauman suggests that the best race swum is mentally quiet because all the effort goes into being technically and tactically proficient. You can think – which can make you nervous and steal precious energy from the body – or you can perform.
鲍曼建议到，在你所参与过的表现最佳的竞技游泳比赛中，你的思绪是平和的，因为你用所有精力去采用最佳的运动技术动作以及竞赛策略。

Stay mentally quiet and just let it happen automatically. Says Bauman, “Don’t try to do it. Just do it.”
保持思绪平和并且自动地自然地竞赛。鲍曼说，“不要努力去做，就是去做。”