How to Stop Choking at Competition

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This was it. This was the competition she had been waiting for all season.

Her content was good. The score was within reach. During training, her programs were clean. Short program into long program, long program into short program, double run-throughs, triple run-throughs, no matter what her coach threw at her she couldn’t miss.

But, during the competition she fell apart. When it actually counted, she crumbled under the pressure. Continue reading “How to Stop Choking at Competition”

Nerves Are Good

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Nerves get a bad rap, but nerves aren’t all bad. In fact you want to be nervous, because it makes you perform better.

However, like everything else, you can have too much of a good thing. Not being nervous is bad, but being too nervous can be worse.

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What Are Nerves

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“I’m so nervous,” Skatergirl says. “I can’t do anything.”

It’s two weeks before her next competition, and Skatergirl is trying to run her long program with Skatercoach. Unfortunately, she’s so nervous that she can’t even get off the ground for her first jump.

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