Mental Game Training is for Life (Mental Game Training is for Life #1)

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Many people make the mistake of thinking that only elite athletes would hire a mental game coach for mental game training.

The mental game strategies for sports and for life are the same.

Whether you want to be an Olympic champion or to be the best darn skater that you can be, mental game training can help.

Or if you want to be the creator of the next world changing device since the iPhone, or have a fun job that makes money, mental game training can help.

The mental game strategies for sports and for life are the same. 30 to 80 year olds pay thousands of dollars to business and life coaches to teach them what they missed.

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How to Take Charge of Your Training (For Best Results Part 2)

In Part 1, For Best Results; Take Charge of Your Training,  you learned that for effective training leading to maximum improvement in the minimum amount of time, you need to:

  • Know your goals, and follow your plan.
  • Take responsibility for your journey.

That in order to reach your dream, you need to have clear goals, and take charge of your figure skating journey. By sitting in the driver’s seat of your skating journey bus, you know that you are going in the right direction toward your ultimate goal.

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For Best Results; Take Charge of Your Training (Part 1)

When go out onto the ice to compete, once the gate closes, you are on your own. Your coach and the rest of your team (parents, support coaches, trainers, mental game coach) can help you prepare, but you are the only one that can make the magic happen.
The truth is, whatever your sport, the only person responsible for your success is you. Coaches appropriate to your level may come and go throughout your development, but you (and your parents) are in it for the long run.

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