Ski Racing: Intensity in Ski Racing
Intensity may be the most important contributor to ski racing performance once the race begins. It’s so important because all of the motivation, confidence, focus, and emotions in the world won’t help you if your body is not physiologically capable of doing what it needs to do for you to ski your best. Simply put, […]
Read MoreSki Racing: The Best Messages to Send Your Young Racer
The most important thing that you can do to ensure that your young racer gets the right messages is for you to know what those right messages. This understanding is not a given for all parents. To the contrary, many parents don’t give much thought to this level of their children’s development simply because they […]
Read MoreSki Racing: Building Confidence: Part II
Negative thinking that hurts confidence can become a bad habit. Bad confidence habits are just like bad technical habits; the more you practice them, the more ingrained they become and the better you get at being negative. And that negativity is what will come out in a race. Fortunately, like a bad technical habit, negative […]
Read MoreSki Racing/Parenting: Last Year in Review
It’s hard to believe, but we’ll be back on snow in Colorado in just over a month and that rollercoaster ride called another winter of ski racing is about to begin again. I’m especially excited about this winter because I’ve recently accepted a faculty position at the University of Denver, so I’ll be around the […]
Read MorePersonal Growth: Why Inspirational Talks Don’t Work
Have you ever listened to an inspirational talk, for example, The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch? Have you ever read an inspirational book such as Born to Run? Or watched an inspirational film like Hoosiers? How do you feel after? Well, inspired, right? What a great feeling! You’re fired up and ready to take on […]
Read MoreLatest News: Denver Faculty Position Now Official
As of today, I am officially a member of the faculty in the Sport & Performance Psychology graduate program at the University of Denver. I begin my teaching duties as a clinical associate professor in a few weeks.
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