Are your Tracks Pointing toward Success?
Getting in the zone, being in the moment, conscious performance are all ways I describe the focus it requires to perform at your best. The mind and body need to be working together to support this kind of skating. I often use the example of TRAIN TRACKS, whereby...
Train NOW for Success next Season
Skaters who have had the greatest success are those who invest in their training early in the season. The off-season is an important time to focus on rest and recovery, pushing the boundaries of your creative comfort zone with new programs, and periodization planning....
How to “Shut Up” your Inner Critic!
The “inner critic” or “negative voice” is a serious controller of behaviour, whether you are aware of it or not. It is continuously placing judgement about who you are, what you do, where you are going and why. So how do you...
The Role of Balance in an Incredibly Unbalanced Sport as Exhibited by the World Championships
Focus, commitment, and dedication are just a few of the characteristic that define figure skaters. I still remember that year when I made the decision to forego the New York band trip all my friends were going on so that I could train away for 6 weeks in the summer....About Me
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Hard work, determination, focus, drive….these are all qualities that define an elite athlete. However, there is another equally, if not more important quality, that often gets overlooked. That quality is:
LOVE FOR THE SPORT!
The Benefits of the Off-Season | Rebekah Dixon
Embrace the off-season, acknowledging it as an important down time and participate or encourage your skater's to participate in these creative outlet activities.Too often we think it is ok to talk about our bodies and other's bodies and it just isn't helping the next generation to develop positive body image.
I have been heavy and unhappy and thin and unhappy. We equate thinness with happiness, and this is just not the case.
Let's just stop commenting on bodies all together unless we are remarking on the amazing ability of our bodies to allow us to live our lives exactly how we like!