Don’t Judge Your Season Only on Your Points
The race season is almost over. For every racer, it is 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 criteria that racers use to judge their […]
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Join in the world’s first and only online mental training program just for ski racers! Every ski racer wants to be as prepared mentally as they are physically and technically. But there hasn’t been a way to offer racers a high-quality and affordable mental training program developed by someone who really knows ski racing. That is, […]
Read MoreLesson #4 from Prime Ski Racing e-book: Peak Performance is Not the Goal
One of the most popular phrases in sport is “peak performance.” Athletes in all sports typically think of peak performance as performing their best, as being at the top of their game. That sounds good, doesn’t it? Who wouldn’t want to achieve peak performance? And when I came out of graduate school, peak performance was […]
Read MoreLesson #3 from Prime Ski Racing e-book: Success Begins and Ends in Your Mind
Whenever I talk to racers, I ask them what aspect of our sport seems to have the greatest impact on how they ski. Almost unanimously they say the mental part. I then ask how much time they devote to their mental preparation and their answer is almost always little or no time. Despite its obvious […]
Read MoreFinish the 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. At this late point in the season, you will have fallen into one of three camps as far as how your season has gone. First, […]
Read MoreLesson #2 from Prime Ski Racing e-book: Five Steps to Skiing Fast
A fundamental question I have been exploring in the many years that I have been working with ski racers is: What does it take to ski your fastest consistently? Of course, you have to be physically fit, technically and tactically sound, and have well-prepared equipment. And most racers and coaches would agree that an important piece of […]
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