Be a Scientist and an Artist in Your Sport
The tough question that every athlete asks is: How do I perform my best when it matters most. Especially for young athletes who are still developing, it is essential for you to continue your technical and tactical development because without it. At the same time, on game day, I believe that too much thinking about […]
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Be a Scientist and an Artist in Your Ski Racing
The race season is somewhere between one-half and two-thirds over for racers, depending on their age and level of development. Racers are deep into qualifying season as the end-of-year championships are approaching rapidly. Now is the time that you have to ski your fastest. The tough question, though, is how to achieve that goal at […]
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You Have to “Risk it for the Biscuit” for Sports Success
I’ve been working with a world-ranked junior athlete over the last few months and, in exploring why she doesn’t take more chances when she competes, she told me that a big goal of hers recently has been to “risk it for the biscuit.” I had never heard this expression and I laughed hysterically for almost […]
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Risk it for the Biscuit
I’ve been working with a world-ranked junior athlete over the last few months and, in exploring why she doesn’t take more chances when she competes, she told me that a big goal of hers recently has been to “risk it for the biscuit.” I had never heard this expression and I laughed hysterically for almost […]
Read MoreSeven Fs for Athletic Success
Whether you’re just beginning, in the middle of, or just ending your sport’s season. Whether you’re having a great season and want it to continue, having an okay season and want to improve on it, or it has been a disappointing season so far and want to turn it around. Whatever your sports situation, you […]
Read MoreSeven Fs for Ski Racing Success
Hard to believe that we’re about half way through the race season. For some, you’re having a great season and want it to continue. For others, you’re having an okay season and want to improve on it. And for still others, it has been a disappointing season so far and want to turn it around. […]
Read MoreWhat Athletes Can Learn from George Costanza
For you to become the best athlete you can be, you have to be darned serious about their sport. You must be motivated, intense, focused, and give your best effort every time you train and compete. You have to put in the time in the gym, watch a lot of video, keep your equipment in […]
Read MoreWhat Ski Racers Can Learn from George Costanza
For you to become the best ski racer you can be, you have to be darned serious about your ski racing. You must be motivated, intense, focused, and give your best effort every time you click into your skis. You have to put in the time in the gym, watch a lot of video, keep […]
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The Taylors are Officially a Ski Racing Family (at Least for Now)
In 2011, when my daughters were five and three, we joined the Sugar Bowl Ski Team. At that time, I wrote an article titled, “Momma, Don’t Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be…Ski Racers.” In the article, as our family was just entering the ski racing world, I expressed considerable ambivalence about whether I wanted […]
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The Trials and Triumphs of a PG Year
For every serious ski racer who has aspirations to ski in college or get named to a national team, a PG, or gap, year is almost an inevitable these days. PG years have been around for decades; they were common even back in my day when I took two PG years between graduating from Burke […]
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