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You Must Be Present to Win in Figure Skating (Mental Game Training is for Life #2)

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The goal of mental game training is to allow you to do your best work. This can be skating a personal best for a win or selling a million dollar business concept.

It is our habit to live in the past or the future. “The last time I competed at this rink I bombed my program!” or “If Peggy isn’t there, then I have a great chance of winning, because I will be the only one with a triple lutz.”

The only power you have is in the present moment. The present moment is the only time your choices and decisions count. You can’t change the past. The future is unknown. Continue reading “You Must Be Present to Win in Figure Skating (Mental Game Training is for Life #2)”

How to Deal With “Unfair” Judging in Figure Skating

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We are judged not by what we start, but by what we finish. For figure skaters, dealing with the disappointment of poor results in a competition event can cause a lot of stress.

This stress can be managed, even eliminated if a parent or a coach is present to gently point out the opportunities for learning and improving instead of compounding the disappointment by adding their own negative opinions about the outcome.

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How To Keep Your Training Energy High

person-1245959_640 In the sport of skating, this is the time of year that athletes are a little run down from the long season of pre-competitions. School has started and spending the day at the rink is no longer an option for most.

Even though the first thought for most athletes is to hit the training harder before the end of the season, remember that taking time to enjoy yourself might be the best thing you can do at this time in your training. Continue reading “How To Keep Your Training Energy High”

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”

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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