“The starting order is up,” Skatermom says, handing her phone to Skatergirl. Continue reading “How to Stop Comparing Yourself to Others”
How to Stop Comparing Yourself to Others
How to Unlock the Potential of Your Hindbrain
Hey, Mentalgamecoach here. Today’s article is going to be a bit different than usual. Instead of following Skatergirl as she struggles and learns, I’m going to give you a practical exercise that you can use to help improve your mental game.
Continue reading “How to Unlock the Potential of Your Hindbrain”Get Out of Your Head to Unlock Peak Performance
Skatergirl is in the middle of her 20 minute warmup session. She is getting ready for her long program later in the day.
Yesterday, Skatergirl skated a stellar short program and is currently sitting in first place.
Continue reading “Get Out of Your Head to Unlock Peak Performance”Overthinking vs Muscle Memory in Figure Skating
Skatergirl is on the ice warming up her jumps.
Axel. Double Salchow. Double Toeloop. Things are going well until she starts warming up her double Lutz.
Bam. Skatergirl hits the ice hard.
Continue reading “Overthinking vs Muscle Memory in Figure Skating”Celebrate Your Achievements on the Long Road to Peak Performance
“Congrats, on landing your first triple flip,” Skatercoach says. “High five.”
Skatergirl smiles and smacks her Skatercoach’s hand. Finally, her years of hard work paid off.
“Starting tomorrow,” Skatercoach says, “we’ll start working on triple lutz.”
Continue reading “Celebrate Your Achievements on the Long Road to Peak Performance”I’m So Frustrated, I Want to Quit!
“Argh. I want to quit,” Skatergirl shouts.
“Didn’t you say that before?” Skatermom asks. “Like last week, and the week before that, and the week before that, and the week before that, and…”
“Yeah, well I wanted to quit then too!”
“Then, why don’t you just quit?” Skatermom asks.
“I…”
“No one is stopping you from quitting.”
Continue reading “I’m So Frustrated, I Want to Quit!”