Dr. Jim Taylor

From Good Skiing to Fast Skiing

By Dr. Jim Taylor| 2014-10-27T10:09:47-07:00 October 27th, 2014|Categories: Ski Racing|Tags: competition, giant slalom, Mikaela Shiffrin, pressure mindset, psychology, ski racing, Soelden, sport psychology, Ted Ligety|15 Comments

I saw a very different Mikaela Shiffrin win (in a tie with Anna Fenninger) the first World Cup race of the 2014-15 season and claim her first World Cup GS victory. What I saw in Mikaela’s skiing was not good. “What?,” you say, “She just won a World Cup race and you’re saying that it [...]

One Reason Why Ted Ligety Dominates GS

Great video of why Ted Ligety, the 2014 Olympic gold medalist in giant slalom, is so dominant. He just skis better than everyone else!