Mental Game Skills for Skating Success
“Argh,” Skatergirl says. “I’m so frustrated. I was so close to skating a clean program. If I hadn’t made those two mistakes, it would have easily been a personal best.”
“What happened?” Mentalgamecoach asks.
Continue reading “How to Identify the Root Cause of Mistakes in Competition”
“So, how was your last competition?” Mentalgamecoach asks.
“It went pretty well,” Skatergirl says. “I fell on my triple flip double toe combination during my long program, but I did everything else.”
“That’s great,” Mentalgamecoach says. “Now that it’s been a week, let’s review the competition. What are two thing you thought you did well, mental game wise?”
“Hmm…” Skatergirl says, drumming her fingers on her desk. “Two things I did well…”
Continue reading “Here’s How to Focus for Peak Performance”
Holding on to your mistakes during performance and competition is a huge mental mistake. This habit can also negatively affect your skill improvement and the quality of your practice sessions as well.
The time to work on mistakes is always in practice, never in a performance or competition. Continue reading “How to Let Go of Mistakes”
Today, Skatergirl had a bad day at practice.
Nothing went right. She couldn’t land her double axel. She couldn’t rotate her triple salchow.
Continue reading “Stop Negative Thoughts Before They Stop You”
Skater girl feels overwhelmed. She’s working on her double axel and there’s too much to think about. She is able to land it every so often, but it’s inconsistent.
In Skatergirl’s last lesson, Skatercoach said, “You’ll land your double axel once you make these corrections.” Continue reading “Stop Overthinking When You Make Too Many Mistakes”
Skatergirl gets on the ice and starts warming up.
Maybe the ice is extra chilly because today, because it seems like it takes forever to warm up. She has to do repetition after repetition before even she lands a jump.
First she tries doing double Axel…fall. She thinks, “This is bad, I should do it again.” But instead, pops it and gets frustrated.
Okay, no problem. Move on to triple Sal.
Continue reading “How to Deal With Bad Jump Days”