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How to Train A Mindset of Confidence and Trust

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Have you ever seen a test session? A kid goes out there, and it looks like they don’t have a care in the world. They skate with confidence, and even though they made a few mistakes—they pass.

At that same test session, you did what was required of you, you were very careful, mindful of each movement because you were worried that you would make mistake and fail. In fact you only made only one minor mistake–but you didn’t pass. Continue reading “How to Train A Mindset of Confidence and Trust”

Give Yourself Permission to Dream Big

There are many reasons we don’t allow ourselves to dream big, to reach beyond reality.
Maybe you that if you declare yourself to the world, people will think you are stupid, delusional, or crazy.

It’s too scary. I want it so much it will hurt if I don’t get it.

The other day I retweeted this:

Congratulations and thanks for the inspiration! What focus and determination. What will you do? Declare yourself! pic.twitter.com/S4p5rshCYw

— ICEmentalgame (@icementalgame) August 4, 2016

Morolake Akinosun represents the US. She declared her dream to the world and 5 years later she made good on her promise. Continue reading “Give Yourself Permission to Dream Big”

4 Steps to Greater Confidence: Confidence Résumé

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Oh no, you thought this year would be different! This year, you would have more than enough time to develop the skills to take your skating to the next level.

You’ve practiced hard, picked yourself up when you fell, and brushed yourself off. Over and over.

Day after day.

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Kurt Browning Shares Mental Game Tips

I had the privilege of sitting in on a question and answer session with the great Kurt Browning. He was in Vancouver, BC for Stars on Ice and took time out to teach a seminar for skaters in the area.

I have always been a fan of his fun and creative style, and his skill on the ice. His showmanship is in a class of its own.

Watching and listening to him talk about skating, one can feel his genuine love of the ice fill the room. It’s tangible; the ice becomes a presence sitting in the room with us. What Kurt Browning does when he skates is what coaches mean when they say “be one with the ice.” Figure skating to him is a way of life, a way of being, not just something he does.

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What You Should Know About Focus in Figure Skating

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How Focus is like Skating in a Foreign Language

It’s competition day. You know you are prepared. You have been running clean programs in practice and you feel ready to skate your best.

The announcer calls your name. You turn towards center ice. Your last thought before you take the ice is “I hope I don’t fall.”

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6 Steps To Eliminate Self Doubt in Figure Skating

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We all have thoughts that come out of nowhere to attack us when we least expect it.

In skating it often comes in the form of self-doubts. Take for example, a jump you fall on over and over again. Skaters can build mountains of self-doubting thoughts around this.

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