ICE Mental Game Coaching

Get Out of Your Head to Improve Consistency

Skatergirl is struggling with her triple loop. For some reason, she can’t do it consistently anymore.

“Try this,” Skatercoach says. She demonstrates a new entrance that Skatergirl hasn’t ever seen before. Left inside mohawk into change of edge.

How to Maintain Motivation When Training Gets Tough

“Ugh. I don’t want to go into the rink today,” Skatergirl says. “I’m sore. I’m tired. I’ll die if Skatercoach makes me do another double run-through today.”

Unlock Your Performance with Your Big Enough Why

Everything was going great for Skatergirl. She was rolling through summer competitions, landing new skills and picking up personal bests.

Then, qualifying season came along and ruined it all.

Mastery is the Key to Success

Everyone makes mistakes, even professionals at the top of their game. Yet, everyone seeks perfection.

But, perfection is a myth. A number that is impossible to achieve.

When we say, “____ jump isn’t perfect,” what we really mean is, “I’m not landing ____ jump 100% of the time.”

In mental game, there is no perfection. Only mastery. And, mastery isn’t perfection, because even masters aren’t perfect.

How to Overcome People Pleasing

Are you a people pleaser? Do you worry that you’ll be forced to quit or lose training time if you don’t perform well?

Thoughts like these are distractions. They pull you away from what you’re supposed to be focusing on, and cause your performance to tank.

How do we deal with these thoughts? The answer is in this article.

Improve Your Performance by Getting Out of Your Head

“Come on. You can do this. You have to land this jump if you want to make the podium.”

Skatergirl is skating into her triple salchow. It’s the last element in her program, and she’s tired.

Even though she can do this jump in her sleep, she’s nervous. She’s skated a clean program up to this point, and she doesn’t want to mess up.