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The Cowbell – Secret to U.S. Swim Team success in Rio

Many, if not all of you, are enjoying watching the 2016 Olympics that have been going on in Rio de Janeiro for about a week. And led strong performances by Michael Phelps, Lilly King and Katie Ledecky, the US Olympic swim team is dominating the world with seven gold medals as of this writing. So I think it’s safe to say that the U.S. swim team is having a pretty good Olympics.

We all know that years of hard work, training and competition go into developing Olympic champions. But the competition is fierce and often the difference between winning a gold medal and not winning a medal at all can be very small So Olympic competitors are always looking for a mental edge, something that can make a difference an put them over the top.