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...
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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How do you put a price tag on building confidence, controlling negative thoughts, setting achievable goals, maintaining a healthy mindset and finding the joy in your sport?
"You can’t control all the factors in your environment that affect your performance. For example, how busy the ice is, the temperature in the arena, the noise or distractions, your physical health (injury, pain or sickness), travel and jet leg, etc."
Perform Your Best Despite How You are Feeling | Rebekah Dixon
Facebook Twitter Gmail LinkedIn It is difficult enough to perform your best when you have all your ducks in a row…but imagine when things are not going as planned. I recently had this happen and it made me think about the elite athletes I have worked with and how they have become really good at .....This is a good reminder!
5 Mistakes you may be making with Your Skater | Rebekah Dixon
Skating parents are you making any of these mistakes? Here are suggestions to communicate better and build a stronger relationship with your skater.