Mental Game Skills for Skating Success
Holding on to your mistakes during performance and competition is a huge mental mistake. This habit can also negatively affect your skill improvement and the quality of your practice sessions as well.
The time to work on mistakes is always in practice, never in a performance or competition. Continue reading “How to Let Go of Mistakes”
A major cause of dread, fear and nerves that can cause poor performance is what goes on between your ears.
I’m talking about the “what ifs?” that run around and multiply in your head before practice or before a competition.
Everyone has their own favorite version of the “What ifs” also known as head trash. Continue reading “Handle the “What Ifs” to Handle Your Nerves”
Fast forward to the end of the year. Qualifying competitions are right around the corner and Skatergirl is freaking out.
She’s been training hard all year*. She had a couple of really good skates at the earlier competitions. (Well, let’s say there were a lot of challenges this year…so the problems might even be worse…)
Continue reading “Don’t Mistake Pep Talks for Mental Skills Training”Skatergirl cringes every time she thinks of her Regional Qualifying Championship Event last year when she fell on 4 of her jumps. What happened? She really doesn’t know but embarrassment and humiliation are the two things she distinctly remembers feeling. It was the worst she ever skated. Thankfully, this season has been going pretty well. It has been a normal one with the expected ups and downs.
Continue reading “How to Stop One Bad Competition From Multiplying”Do you want to skate your best in competition? Then preparation is essential.
Preparation that starts early, not just two weeks before your event. The beginning of a new season is the perfect time to start.
A common challenge skaters face is to skate their competition programs at least as well as they do in practice.
You might have heard this before: “Practice the way you compete, compete the way you practice.”
So how do you do this?
Continue reading “How to Build a Pre-Competition Routine: The Secret to Success in Competition”Skatergirl is on the ice practicing her combo spin. She wants to improve her technique so that it will be centered and fast.
She skates around the rink to find a spot and does a quick sweep of the ice.
Okay, now to step into the right inside 3 turn, then forward… Hmmm, she wonders where she and her friends are going for lunch? Subway or pizza?
This Skatergirl is distracted.
Continue reading “Find the Right Focus For You”