Mental Game Skills for Skating Success
Training harder leads to burnout or injuries, there is an alternative!
When you have a competition coming up, do you find yourself feeling more tired or achy? Do you often compete injured because you “tweaked” something during the weeks leading up to competition?
You are not alone. Continue reading “Train Smart Before Competitions”
Many months ago I asked skaters and their parents to talk with me about, “What do skaters really want from their sport?”
The most difficult part of this was putting my own experience and expectations aside to really listen to what they were saying.
The danger facing any “expert” is to teach to what we think people “should” know rather than what they really want to know. Continue reading “What to Do When You Are Not Happy with Your Skating”
I was recently interviewed for an article in Professional Skaters Association magazine about how coaches can help skaters take their best into competition.
Continue reading “The Wrong Mindset Can Kill Your Performance in Competition”
Where does the time go? At any time of the year skaters can start to panic.
When Spring competitions start, when Summer training is winding down, and when skaters and coaches are preparing for qualifying competitions.
Continue reading “You Don’t Need To Wait; Make a Fresh Start Now”
Focusing on competitors will not help you skate your best. Do this instead:
Skaters and parents can go the whole season in a bubble. Skaters practice at their own rink for most of the year, compete against many of the same skaters at their local competitions, then get a dose of reality when they travel to a larger competition or reach their first qualifying competition.
What do you do when you get on practice ice and see skaters at your level doing higher level tricks? Continue reading “Do You Get Caught up in the Pitfall of Comparisons?”
Athletes can practice hard all year long, only to defeat themselves before they take the ice in competition.
One of the biggest cause of this is “expectations.” Expectations are dream killers.
Continue reading “Do You Defeat Yourself Before You Step on the Ice?”