Mental Toughness Workshop for Skaters coming to the San Diego Ice Arena

As a skating parent, it can be very frustrating to see your skater struggle with their consistency and performance in competitions. Many times, skaters have a hard time staying focused in practice and struggle to land new jumps or improve their overall skating ability in a timely fashion. Many parents and coaches alike, have witnessed a skater attribute a poor performance to losing focus, or tightening up under pressure,

~ the mental side of skating.

Despite that, athletes and coaches commonly try to correct poor performance simply through more practice time or program runs. Often, a lack of physical skills is not the real problem, but a lack of mental skills is. Just telling a skater to relax will not produce the desired effect unless that skater has already learned and practiced relaxation skills. Simply telling a skater to be confident does not magically instill it.

In a study looking at how important Mental Skills are to athletic success, most coaches consider sport to be at least 50% mental when competing against an opponent of similar ability, and certain sports, such as golf, tennis, and figure skating, are consistently viewed as 80% to 90% mental. (Leffingwell, Durand-Bush, Wurzberger, & Cada, 2005).

Why then, do most athletes spend so little time honing their mental toughness skills ?

 This summer, Shannon Peck, M.S. will lead a series of Mental Toughness Workshops at the San Diego Ice Arena.

Please visit MentallyToughSkaters.com for more information

Please e-mail Shannon at Shannon@mentallytoughskaters.com to sign up. 760-505-2302