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...
Words are Powerful. Choose them Wisely.
The words you choose to communicate with yourself play a significant roll in performance. Too often you are completely unaware of the words, they are stuck in the unconscious on auto-play, controlling your every move without your knowledge. One of the first steps in...
The KEY to Training While Injured
At some point in your skating career you may experience an injury and the slew of emotions that accompany this experience are palpable. Frustration, anger, sadness to name a few are felt by your “whole team” (mom, dad, coach, family pet!, etc). You want to keep...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!