Points aren’t the Only Criterion of a Successful Ski Racing Season
With the season now over (well, almost in some parts of the world), it is, for every racer, a time of reckoning in which you look back and evaluate what kind of season you had: one to be proud of or one to reflect back on with disappointment and perhaps regret. One of the primary […]
Read MoreFREE Prime Ski Racing iPhone App
Just a reminder that the FREE Prime Ski Racing iPhone app is available for download from the App Store. The app provides you with the useful information and practical tools you need to be mentally prepared to ski your fastest and achieve your ski racing goals. All of this in your iPhone. 1. Allows you […]
Read MoreFinish Your Race Season Strong
It’s hard to believe, but there is only about a month of the race season left. After many days of training and racing this winter, the end is in sight. Note: Beginning with this article and through the early part of the summer, I will be posting a series of encore publications of “evergreen” articles […]
Read MoreWhat Do Pink Elephants and Blue Hippos Have to Do with Ski Racing?
I’m going to make a request of you: Don’t think about a pink elephant. What did you do? Well, you thought about a pink elephant, of course. Now I’m going to make a demand: DO NOT THINK ABOUT A PINK ELEPHANT, DO NOT THINK ABOUT A PINK ELEPHANT, DO NOT THINK ABOUT A PINK ELEPHANT!! […]
Read MorePrime Sport Parenting Online Course is Live!
I’m excited to announce the launch of my latest online course, Prime Sport Parenting 505: Raise Successful and Happy Athletes, a 4-class course that is offered on-demand and self-paced to fit into the busy lives of sport parents. Prime Sport Parenting 505 provides parents of athletes in any sport with deep insights, useful information, and practical tools […]
Read MoreHow to Ski Fast When it REALLY Counts
It’s that time of the race season when results REALLY start to matter. For many racers in the U.S., the REALLY important races of the year—States, Regionals and Nationals—are coming up and it’s REALLY important that you ski fast. Yet, this is also the time of year when many racers aren’t skiing fast at all. […]
Read MoreSupport the USST Athletes
I recently received an email from George Steffey, a USST D team member and Stratton Mountain School alum, who is organizing a fundraising campaign to support rising USST athletes. I met George last fall at Copper and found him to be not only highly committed to his ski racing goals, but also a really good […]
Read MoreWhat Young Ski Racers Need and Don’t Need
I come to this article from two directions. First, as a sport psychologist who has worked ski racers and their parents for decades. There is no doubt that my experiences in helping racers to achieve their goals and assisting parents in best supporting their children has informed my ideas here. At the same time, perhaps […]
Read MoreSix Phrases That Weigh You Down on Race Day
The race season is now in full swing with qualifying races underway for regional and national championship series. In other words, the season is getting real and the races are starting to really matter! So, this is the time when you want to ski consistently fast. Yet, this is also a time when you may […]
Read MoreDon’t Let Outside Forces Influence Your Ski Racing Confidence
I’m working with a World Cup downhiller (not named Lindsey Vonn and not an American) who is coming back to racing this season after a series of injuries. As you can imagine, it’s a real challenge for her to get her “mojo” back and regain her feel and comfort on the fastest downhill tracks in […]
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