Canadian Duff Gibson, the gold medalist in the skeleton at the Turin Winter Olympics in 2006, described to me how he used visualization to attain peak performance: In the sport of skeleton, visualization is key. When you’re sliding down an ice run faster than a car goes down the freeway, to be successful and for your own safety, you need to be completely focused and in the moment. Visualization, like anything, gets better with practice, and ultimately I was able to use the skill to prepare for the sequence of turns on a given track as well as to gain my focus for what I was about to do.
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