My 5 Biggest Pet Peeves on Race Day
In my last two articles, I shared with you My 5 Biggest Pet Peeves in Gate Training and 5 “Must Does” for Quality Ski Race Training. This article and the one to follow shifts from training to racing and focuses on what racers should and shouldn’t do on race day to ski their fastest. Let’s […]
Read MoreRaising Young Athletes Podcast: Episode #15-Forced vs. Guided Participation
Episode #15: Forced vs. Guided Participation of my Raising Young Athletes podcast is the second of six episodes that explores the very direct impact that you have on your children in their athletic lives. You play a vital role in your young athlete’s first experience in a sport. Forcing them to participate can lead to […]
Read MoreSaturday Evening Post column: Life Inertia: Like an Asteroid Hurtling Through Space
The Saturday Evening Post published my latest column, Life Inertia: Like an Asteroid Hurtling Through Space. Much like Sir Isaac Newton’s Law of Inertia (“A body at rest tends to remain at rest. A body in motion tends to stay in motion. Bodies will continue in their current state, whether at rest or in motion, unless […]
Read MoreMy 4 Biggest Pet Peeves in Sport Training
I’ve been in the sports world since I was six years old. The first 20 years, I was an athlete (a ski racer) learning the ups and downs of sports the hard way, mostly through trial and error, and sometimes painful failure. That, I can say with 20/20 hindsight and absolute certainty, is no way […]
Read More5 “Must Dos” for Quality Sport Training
There is nothing more important to achieving your sports goals than what you do in training. It is during training that you ingrain the physical, technical, tactical, and mental habits that will come out in competitions. If you establish good habits, you’ll have a good chance of having a good competitive performance. But if you […]
Read More5 “Must Dos” for Quality Ski Race Training
In a recent post titled, My 5 Biggest Pet Peeves in Gate Training, I introduced you to the common training habits of young racers that really irritate me (and, more importantly, prevent them from getting the most out of their training!). There is nothing more important to achieving your ski racing goals than what you […]
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