Mental Game Skills for Skating Success
Skatergirl is working on her double lutz. She strokes around the end
of the rink and cuts across center ice. Then, she executes a right
inside mohawk, switches to a left back outside edge, and transitions
into backwards crossovers on the opposite circle.
“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.”
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“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.”
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Skatergirl sighs. “My short program was a disaster. Skatercoach called me the living embodiment of a Zamboni. It was horrible.”
“Slow down,” Mentalgamecoach says. “Tell me exactly what happened.”
“First,” Skatergirl says. “I fell on my triple lutz. Then, everything fell apart.”
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Skatergirl has been having a lot of trouble. Several years ago, she was regional champion at the juvenile level, but she grew a lot and her jumps haven’t been the same ever since.
Before, she was executing double axels with ease, but now she has trouble even rotating.
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Skatergirl is overwhelmed. She is working with Visitingcoach, a world famous coach from a far away country. One of the best coaches in the world.
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