Mental Game Skills for Skating Success
What percentage of competition is determined by physical skills and what percentage is determined by mental skills?
Is it 50-50? Is it 25-75? Is it 10-90?
Actually, the correct answer is none of the above. Competition is 100% determined by your mental skills.
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What kind of goals do you set for competition?
“I’m so close to qualifying,” Skatergirl says. “I’m less than a tenth of a point away from 24th place.”
“That’s awesome,” Mentalgamecoach says.
“Assuming everyone else scores about the same, I just have to score one point higher at my next competition and I’m in,” Skatergirl says.
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Skatergirl was warmed up and ready to go for her long program. She’d finished her six minute warm up and since she was skating second in her group, she was standing with Skatercoach behind the boards waiting to be called.
Unfortunately, the skater right before her had a costume malfunction. Swarovski crystals ended up scattered across the ice, forcing the referee to call for an emergency ice resurface.
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Skatergirl was preparing for an away competition.
Double run-throughs. Triple run-throughs. Segmented run-throughs. Skatergirl was doing them all.
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Skatergirl was worried.
What if there is a traffic accident on the way to the competition.
What if her plane is delayed.
What if the competition runs early.
What if…