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Overcome Poor Performance, Blocks, Fears and Slumps

If you have tried, but not found a solution to your sports performance problems, you might be suffering from repetitive sports performance problems.

How do you know if an athlete suffers from repetitive sports problems?

It’s time to dig deeper when an athlete:

Has tried various surface solutions, but continues to suffer from poor performance.
If the surface solutions give temporary relief, but the problems continue to resurface.

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Why am I afraid to do skills that I used to be able to do?

Mental skills training helps athletes to both develop skills and perform up to their potential. Usually most athletes seek mental skills training when there is a mis-match between what they know they are capable of and what they are doing on the ice. Continue reading “Why am I afraid to do skills that I used to be able to do?”

Don’t Mistake Pep Talks for Mental Skills Training

The Meltdown Before the Fire

Fast forward to the end of the year. Qualifying competitions are right around the corner and Skatergirl is freaking out.

She’s been training hard all year*. She had a couple of really good skates at the earlier competitions. (Well, let’s say there were a lot of challenges this year…so the problems might even be worse…)

Stop Comparing Yourself to Others

Invasion

Skatergirl is at the rink. Again.

But, today is different.

Today, there’s a new skater at the rink.

She’s wearing her club jacket, black leggings and hot pink runners. Her hair is done up in a bun. Her aura is intimidating.

Skatergirl hasn’t ever seen her before, but she can already tell she’s good.

Stop Negative Thoughts Before They Stop You

Negative Perspective

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.

Peak Performance: From Distraction to Focus

For the past two weeks Skatergirl has been a happy camper. She was jumping well, and even started to get her triple Lutz in her program segments already!

This week is another story. She’s not sure why, but starting on Monday, she couldn’t land her Lutz, and everyday since, practice went downhill. Not just the Lutz, but everything else too. Now she’s tired and frustrated and really worried that she has a big mental block. Continue reading “Peak Performance: From Distraction to Focus”