Many thanks & Happy Holidays!
Greetings from a very snowy Donner Summit near Sugar Bowl, California! On this Christmas Eve morning, I want to, first, thank all of you for your interest and support this year. I have so enjoyed sharing my ideas and hearing from many of you. More than anything, what blogging and social media has allowed me […]
Read MoreHow Media Use Hurts Ski Racers
I have a lot of pet peeves when it comes to ski racers when they’re training including leaning on their poles shortly before a training run (no intensity), chatting it up with teammates when they’re in the starting gate of a training course (no focus), and half-hearted effort to the first gate (easing into the […]
Read MoreParents are Worse Than Kids with Media Use
You have probably already heard about the research that found that children spend as much as 7.5 hours a day on non-school-related media. That is a crazy amount of time spent in front of a screen if you do the math of having 24 hours in a day, about 8 hours of sleep, and another […]
Read MoreParents Needed to Pilot Test New Online Sport Parenting Course
I’m putting the final touches on my new 4-week Prime Sport Parenting 505 online course. I would like to enlist a handful of sport parents to review and give me feedback on the content of the course via a PowerPoint slide deck. I will be ready to send the deck out to testers by Monday […]
Read MoreAre Timed Runs in Training Good for Ski Racers?
Technology is playing an increasingly more important role in the lives of ski racers both on and off the hill. This influence is, no doubt, both helpful and detrimental to their athletic, personal, family, and social lives. This article is the first in a three-part series exploring how technology impacts racers, coaches, and parents, and […]
Read More4 Keys to Consistently Great Athletic Performances
I work with athletes at many levels of sport, from juniors to collegians to pros and Olympians, and a major goal that I help them to achieve is consistency in their competitive performances. I see so many athletes who have big swings in their performances from great one week to mediocre to even lousy the […]
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