10 Reasons Mental Training at the Club Level is a MUST!
Since the Canadian National Championships I recognize the importance of pursuing the mission to make mental training part of every athletes off-ice routine. The need to take a preventative, proactive approach to mental training, making it accessible to all skaters...
The Biggest Mental Struggle at Canadian Nationals
I always leave competitions with lots of inspiration and ideas to help improve my skater’s mental game. This year’s Canadian National Championships was full of those. After spending the entire week in the arena there was one mental mistake that stood out...
5 Tools I am Continuing to Use to Prepare for Nationals!
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5 Mistakes you may be making with Your Skater
1. Focusing on their Mistakes Most skaters are perfectionists so they already focus on their flaws. When you point them out this only emphasizes the obvious and makes them feel worse. It can be very easy to notice the mistakes on a jump or in a program. Model the kind...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!