Ski Racing: 5 Ps for Big Races
The biggest races of the season are rapidly approaching: State Championships, the Junior Olympics, J1 Nationals, U.S. Nationals, Topolino, and others. You’ve been aiming for these big races all season, working hard in training and doing your best in qualifying races. Hopefully, you feel you’re ready to ski as fast as you can. Those of […]
Read MoreLatest News/Education: Radio Interview on Public Education Reform
I was recently interviewed on Blog Talk Radio’s Total Education Show with Neil Haley on my views of public education reform. You can listen to the 15-minute interview here.
Read MoreChildren’s Emotional Reactions to Achievement
These days, children seem to be given every opportunity by their parents to achieve success in school, sports, and the performing arts. Children receive private tutoring, coaching, and instruction. They attend summer camps devoted to their achievement activity. They seem to be assured of having every possible skill necessary to achieve success. Except one: emotional […]
Read MoreSki Racing: Developing Emotional Challenge in Children
Every recommendation that I have made in my articles on skiracing.com is directed toward helping your young racers develop a positive emotional response to their ski racing experiences. The ability of your children to have a positive emotional reaction begins with a firm grounding in their feeling loved, secure, and competent. A positive emotional reaction […]
Read MoreParenting/Education: Failure is Good
Here’s an article demonstrating that at least one school (albeit in the UK) sees the value in failure: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-16879336
Read MoreCycling: Introduction to Prime Cycling
Note: I have recently been asked to write for PezCyclingNews.com, the 3rd most visited competitive cycling Web site, on the psychological aspects of cycling. This article is the first in my series. I have created a new category, Cycling, on my blog for these articles. When you compete in a cycling race, you are, in […]
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