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....
3 Mindfulness Tools to Improve your Performance
Mindfulness, like meditation or yoga, is a topic that is getting a lot of attention in the media lately. You know that it is an important way to combat stress and mental health problems but did you know that it can also benefit athletes performance? When...
Competition Readiness
To the perfectionist athlete, the feeling of being “competition ready” is often elusive. The mind tells them, “one more practice, one more run through, one more clean landing”, there is always an opportunity to be more prepared. They often compare their performance in...
Mental Blocks and Worlds
Mental blocks are one of the leading struggles I see athletes face that keep them from performing their best. A mental block is a belief about your ability to do something that literally keeps you from doing it. If you have ever worked with me, you know the first...
Define a Mentally strong Performance
What I consider to be a mentally strong performance may surprise you. It is not a clean skate every time! In fact, there may be several mistakes. It is how you respond once a mistake is made that is how you define a mentally strong performance. An Olympic...
Planning for an Epic change of Plans
It was difficult to watch Roman Sadovsky struggle in the team event. Kurt Browning said, “his mind was going way faster than the music or the skate”. Being asked to fill the shoes of the veteran Keegan Messing, last minute, was an experience I am sure he would not...