Category: Figure Skating

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Work Around Mistakes and Belief in Yourself: Observing Mirai Nagasu

As far as careers go, Mirai Nagasu has reasons to give up, just quit. She was the US National champion in 2008 at the age of 16, 4th place at the 2010 Vancouver Olympic games, then was dramatically left off of the next US Olympic team in 2014 despite a third place finish at the US National Championships.

Many athletes would have quit at that point. She could have taken it as a vote of no confidence when Ashley Wagner, 4th place at US Nationals that year was named to the Olympic team. Continue reading “Work Around Mistakes and Belief in Yourself: Observing Mirai Nagasu”

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This is the Champion Mindset in Action

In the champion mindset, you must be alert and pay attention in order to Learn and Grow in your sport and in life.

This learn and grow mindset allows you to make mistakes, to be patient with yourself and to keep things in perspective.

When you know that adversity is part of the process, and that each mistake is an opportunity to learn, you can let go of a lot of your internal struggle and feel more peace.

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You Need Consistency to Win

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In anything, sport or business, if you want to get to the top of your game, studying those at the top can give you a lot of great information. Although many elite athletes work with experts on their mental game, the general public doesn’t usually hear about it. It leaves the wrong impression about mental game. Young athletes need to know that mindset doesn’t come automatically, it takes attention and consistent work.

One thing that high achieving athletes have in common is consistency. They recognize that consistency is essential in order to compete at the highest levels. Continue reading “You Need Consistency to Win”