Table 2.

Mental Program Training

Task	Protocol / instruments
Time of session (Mental Training)	30 minutes /weekly
Instructions	Verbal description according to coach’s terminology
Mental Training (MT)	Progressive construction of the task according to partial chronometric data regarding final time and the goals defined progressive simulation from partial times to full construction of mental race
Physical Practice (PP)	Coping strategies were learned and transferred into swimming practice according to causes of mistake
Number of MT sessions	1 swimming season (36 sessions)
Similarity of MT with idealize performance	100%
Additional technical support	Audiovisual data of swimming events in competitive settings Video analysis with a 5 set system of cameras in competitive event according to ESL protocol