Lindsey Vonn’s Starting Gate Intensity
You want to see an aggressive mindset and intensity? Watch the first 10 seconds of this video of Lindsey’s World Cup SG victory (scroll down). Notice the pole clicking, breathing, constant movement, pole-strap-adjustment “twitch”, and attacking out of the start to the first gate.
Read MoreCompete Like You Practice or Practice Like You Compete?
One of the first questions that I ask athletes and coaches I work with is: Should you compete like you practice or practice like you compete? By far, the most frequent response is: You should compete like you practice. This answer seems perfectly reasonable if you think about it. When you practice, you’re relaxed, feel […]
Read MoreSliding Down That Slippery Slope Toward Ski Racing
Back in 2011, I wrote an article titled “Mama, Don’t Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Ski Racers, in which I described my internal conflict about whether I wanted my two daughters (then ages 5 and 3, now 9 and 7) to become ski racers. Well, now as four-year veterans of the Sugar Bowl […]
Read MoreHelp Choose the Cover for My Next Book
My next book, Dance Psychology for Artistic and Performance Excellence, will be published in a few months. My publisher has provided two wonderful choices for the cover design. We just can’t choose, so we decided to ‘crowdsource’ the decision. Cover #1 […]
Read More8 Ways to Nurture Your Children’s Love of Nature
Children love the Earth. They really do hug trees. Kids care in the purest and sweetest way for birds, flowers, plants, and animals. To see children smell a flower, marvel at a bee buzzing around them, and jump with joy at seeing a deer are just a few of the ways that children express their […]
Read MoreRace Like You Train or Train Like You Race?
One of the first questions that I ask racers and coaches I work with is: Should you race like you train or train like you race? By far, the most frequent response is: You should race like you train. This answer seems perfectly reasonable if you think about it. When you train, you’re relaxed, feel […]
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