6 Ways Mental Training can TRANSFORM Your Skating!
Mental Training is a hugely important and unfortunately under-utilized piece of the training puzzle. Just like you fuel your body with healthy food and exercise, your mind also requires nourishment in the form of positive, focused thoughts and mental training tools....
Great Training is all about How You View Your Environment
How you view your practice environment is everything when it comes to creating productive practices. I have skaters who train at the Cricket Club and I was thinking about what the energy must be like since the influx of incredible skaters. Skating on the same ice as...
First Comp. Success = Building a Solid Foundation
How are you feeling about your first competition of the season? For many of you, that is quickly approaching and you may be a bit bewildered to believe that it is only a few weeks away. Whether you are feeling prepared or not, there is a mindset shift that can...
Starting Fresh: The Mental Do’s and Don’ts before Changing Coaches
At this time I am sure you are all aware of the coaching changes that are happening in our wonderful little world of figure skating. One of the most talked about is, of course, Medvedeva leaving Eteri to train in Canada with Brian Orser. Despite how lightly the media...
Perfectionism: A Portrait of Me the Skater
I was a skater once and this is a glimpse into how Perfectionism showed up for me on the ice. If you can relate to any of these statements then maybe it is a part of your life too. If you are like me or most of the skaters I work with you have experienced the need to...About Me
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Proud of Lucas and Juliette for all their hard work in Novice dance this season!
This is how we begin to change the narrative around the importance of mental health and mental training in sport. Thank you to Gabby and her mom for being vulnerable and sharing their story and Pj Kwong for shining a light on the topic.
I am happy to have contributed.
This was a real privilege to write. The struggle for mental health affects so many of us. This is a mother/daughter story as much as it is a skating family's story.