心理疲劳是许多高水平运动员及其教练面临的一个大问题。运动员,尤其是女运动员,经常在十多岁,在他们进入生理和心理上的全盛期不久即退出了专项训练,他们未能充分表现出人类应有的潜力。他们过早的引退对美国游泳队的建设无疑是一个巨大的损失。因为心理疲劳并不是不可避免的,所以,这种损失尤其令人痛心。实际上,各个项目的优秀运动员在比赛中一直可以表现出较高的水平,直到他们的技能减弱为止,而这种减弱是由于年龄增大的缘故,并非心理疲劳所致。 Mental fatigue is a big problem for many high-level athletes and their coaches. Athletes, especially female athletes, who are often in their teens, withdrew from the special training shortly after they entered the physical and psychological heyday, failing to fully demonstrate the human potential they deserved. Their premature retirement is undoubtedly a huge loss to the construction of the American swimming team. Because mental fatigue is not inevitable, the loss is particularly painful. In fact, elite athletes from all walks of life have been able to show a high level of competition until their skills are weakened, and this decline is due to aging rather than psychological fatigue.