Pre Season Prep – Five

MUSIC AND COSTUMES: Welcome back. We have come to one of my favorite parts of a skaters’ pre-season prep. Once your goals are established and a clear direction for training has been set its time to start hitting the ice to begin working on next season’s programs. To begin, each skater or coach needs to [...]

Pre Season Prep-Four

Skate Your Way Into the Holiday Season If you’re like me, you’ve probably noticed the Christmas music playing on the radio, the malls being decorated for the holidays, and commercials advertising awesome Black Friday deals. And let’s face it- the holidays are right around the corner. Bet they snuck up on you, didn’t they? Thanksgiving [...]

Pre Season Prep-Three

Goal Setting: Goal setting is the powerful process of thinking about your ideal future successes and motivating yourself to work towards achieving that vision. Knowing exactly what you want to accomplish helps you to concentrate your efforts in the right direction. Once you know your goal it becomes easier to block out any distractions that [...]

Pre Season Prep-Two

Coaching Changes Welcome to week 3 of pre-season prep! Now that you’ve decided what level you’re going to compete at next season and taken stock of where you are, it’s time to set up your support team. An invaluable part of this team is your coach- the CEO of your support team. He or she [...]

Pre Season Prep- One

Reviewing and determining what to do next. Before you plan for next season you need to reflect on how things worked for you last year. Take an honest look at yourself and your  environment. Did you meet your goals? Did you have goals? Did you skate your best? Were you able to say  “ I [...]

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