Mental Game Skills for Skating Success
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I was fortunate enough to attend the Canadian National Championships this year. I went as a part of my work, not as a casual spectator. I was there for the all of the Senior short and free programs in all disciplines. I learned much and would like to share some observations I hope you will find helpful. Continue reading “Skating a Clean Program: Learn from the National Championships”
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What do you think of when you hear the phrase, “bulletproof mental game”? Many people think of an athlete with strong emotional control, almost like a robot devoid of emotions.
The truth is, a strong mental game is about balance. The balance between thinking and over thinking. The balance between allowing and forcing. Continue reading “A Strong Mental Game is About Balance”
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Many people make the mistake of thinking that only elite athletes would hire a mental game coach for mental game training.
Whether you want to be an Olympic champion or to be the best darn skater that you can be, mental game training can help.
Or if you want to be the creator of the next world changing device since the iPhone, or have a fun job that makes money, mental game training can help.
The mental game strategies for sports and for life are the same. 30 to 80 year olds pay thousands of dollars to business and life coaches to teach them what they missed.
Continue reading “Mental Game Training is for Life (Mental Game Training is for Life #1)”
Parenting styles in sports are as varied as the types of athletes in the world. Everyone has heard of, or been around the “nightmare” sports parent. You know, the one with the cringeworthy behavior; like screaming at their child after a competition or game, the child mortified, more about being shamed in public than how they performed.
Continue reading “A Sports Parents Guide to Youth Athlete Success”
If you have been around the sports world long enough, you have read Michael Durant’s famous quote: Hard work beats talent when talent fails to work hard.
Continue reading “Hard Work, Talent and the Champion Mindset”
Many parents become concerned, even upset when their child stops making progress, or seems to regress in skills. Skaters are frustrated and angry because they can’t seem to land the jump like before, and life can be difficult to say the least.
Before you start questioning your coach’s competence or blaming it on your child’s work ethic, please read this.