Mental Game Skills for Skating Success
This was it. This was the competition she had been waiting for all season.
Her content was good. The score was within reach. During training, her programs were clean. Short program into long program, long program into short program, double run-throughs, triple run-throughs, no matter what her coach threw at her she couldn’t miss.
But, during the competition she fell apart. When it actually counted, she crumbled under the pressure. Continue reading “How to Stop Choking at Competition”
“C’mon. You can do it. Stay calm. Focus.”
Skatergirl skates to her opening position. She’s sitting in third after the short program and it’s time for her free skate.
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Skatergirl is in the middle of her 20 minute warmup session. She is getting ready for her long program later in the day.
Yesterday, Skatergirl skated a stellar short program and is currently sitting in first place.
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Skatergirl is on the ice warming up her jumps.
Axel. Double Salchow. Double Toeloop. Things are going well until she starts warming up her double Lutz.
Bam. Skatergirl hits the ice hard.
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“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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