Mental Game Skills for Skating Success
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What you believe about your skills and abilities can move you forward or hold you back.
A limiting belief is a thought you think that keeps you from doing or achieving something you desire.
Everyone carries some type of limiting belief around with them. They start small and if left unchallenged can turn into big barriers to your success. If you are reading this, you probably know that you have them. Continue reading “How to Overcome Your Limiting Beliefs”
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Skaters tie themselves in knots with worry that Judges won’t “like” their programs or with comparisons to others who seem to be “ahead” of them in skills. The more they worry, the more their confidence suffers. Eventually their improvement seems to be at a stand still, and frustration rules. Continue reading “Worrying What Others Think is Holding You Back”
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Have you ever lost your momentum and drive? Feel lost and unfocused in practice? Don’t remember why you go to the skating rink every day?
Feeling this loss of motivation can happen for many reasons, but no matter what the reason you can use the steps in this article to pick yourself up again.
Some reasons for loss of motivation: Continue reading “5 Steps to Get Motivated in Figure Skating”
Have you ever been excited about the prospect of a brand new season, brand new goals, only to wind up frustrated and stuck mid-season? Continue reading “Make Goals That Work All Season Long”
In the champion mindset, you must be alert and pay attention in order to Learn and Grow in your sport and in life.
This learn and grow mindset allows you to make mistakes, to be patient with yourself and to keep things in perspective.
When you know that adversity is part of the process, and that each mistake is an opportunity to learn, you can let go of a lot of your internal struggle and feel more peace.
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This article is about a common cause of frustration for skaters. One that slows them down and can keep them stuck, season after season.
It happens anytime a skater is unhappy with the skills they have (or skills they lack). For some skaters this happens after the intense the summer training season just before their big competitions. But for many this happens every week, or even daily. Continue reading “How to Deal With Self Doubt”