21项游泳的高级法则(译)

1.Three of the most important components of swimming are: technique, technique, technique.
游泳三项最重要的组成部分就是：技术、技术、技术。

2. Strive for optimum, not maximum, performance.
不求最多、最花哨，只求最适宜。

3. Learn to balance, align, and stabilize your body first. Everything else will become easier.
先学会身体（在水中的）平衡、直线和稳定，其他将会变得容易。

4. Seek the path of least resistance.
寻求最小阻力的途径。

5. Find the path of most resistance.
发现最大阻力的途径。

6. To become effortless requires great effort.
轻松（的游泳）需要（平时）巨大的努力。

7. Listen to the water, feel the water, be one with the water. Swim quietly. 聆听水声，感知水流，溶入水中，稳静游泳。

8. The mind leads the body.
大脑支配身体。

9. The harder you work, the harder you can play.
只有多付出，比赛时才敢碰硬。（平时多流汗，战时少流血。：））

10. Practice does not make perfect. Perfect practice makes perfect. What you do in practice will determine what you do in meets.
训练造就不了完美，只有完美的训练才能达到完美。如何训练决定你在比赛中有何收获。

11. The fastest swimmers are the ones who slow down the least.
游得最快的是哪些减速最小的。

12. The fastest you ever travel is when you dive off the block and push off the wall.
跳水和翻身蹬壁是游程最快的时候。

13. Slice through the water, ;don't plow. Make your middle name 'streamline'.
走水无需劈波斩浪，要呈“流线型”。

14. Don‘t think of pulling the water. Learn to anchor your hands, wrists, and forearms, and hold onto the water. Learn to use your legs for balance and body stabilization.
不要想着拉水，学着固定你的手、手腕和前臂，学会抓水，学着用腿平衡和稳定身体。

15. Power is generated from the hips and torso. Use your shoulders for your recovery and to generate additional arm speed.
用髋部和躯干发力，用双肩还原为手臂追加速度。

16. Relax from the inside out.
由内到外地放松。

17. Never look back.
从不回头看。

18. Attack your race, attack your opponent.
投入比赛，与对手比拼。

19. Embrace your opponents. They make you a faster, better swimmer.
拥抱对手，会使你成为游得更快，更好的选手。

20. Use visual and mental imagery of yourself achieving and surpassing your goals.
从视觉上、心理上暗示你自己达到或超过你的目标。

21. Swim smart, use your head, and keep your head still.
勤动脑、保持冷静会使游泳敏捷。


作者是位美国早年的知名游泳选手，在72年奥运会上曾为美国队获两项游泳金牌，2002年4月18死于家中，警方说他是自杀，当年52岁。