18 02, 2019

Seven Fs for Athletic Success

By | February 18th, 2019|Categories: Sports|Tags: , , , , |0 Comments

Whether you’re just beginning, in the middle of, or just ending your sport’s season. Whether you’re having a great season and want it to continue, having an okay season and want to improve on it, or it has been a disappointing season so far and want to turn it around. Whatever your sports situation, you [...]

14 02, 2019

Seven Fs for Ski Racing Success

By | February 14th, 2019|Categories: Ski Racing|Tags: , , , , , , |0 Comments

Hard to believe that we’re about half way through the race season. For some, you’re having a great season and want it to continue. For others, you’re having an okay season and want to improve on it. And for still others, it has been a disappointing season so far and want to turn it around. [...]

8 02, 2019

What Athletes Can Learn from George Costanza

By | February 8th, 2019|Categories: Sports|Tags: , , , , , |2 Comments

For you to become the best athlete you can be, you have to be darned serious about their sport. You must be motivated, intense, focused, and give your best effort every time you train and compete. You have to put in the time in the gym, watch a lot of video, keep your equipment in [...]

5 02, 2019

What Ski Racers Can Learn from George Costanza

By | February 5th, 2019|Categories: Ski Racing|Tags: , , , , , , , |2 Comments

For you to become the best ski racer you can be, you have to be darned serious about your ski racing. You must be motivated, intense, focused, and give your best effort every time you click into your skis. You have to put in the time in the gym, watch a lot of video, keep [...]

30 01, 2019

The Taylors are Officially a Ski Racing Family (at Least for Now)

By | January 30th, 2019|Categories: Ski Racing, Sports|Tags: , , , |0 Comments

In 2011, when my daughters were five and three, we joined the Sugar Bowl Ski Team. At that time, I wrote an article titled, “Momma, Don’t Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be…Ski Racers.” In the article, as our family was just entering the ski racing world, I expressed considerable ambivalence about whether I wanted [...]

11 01, 2019

Six Attitudes Parents Should Instill in Their Athletes

By | January 11th, 2019|Categories: Sports|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , |0 Comments

When most people in the sports world think of sport psychology, they think of mental training, that is, helping athletes prepare mentally to perform their best when it matters most. Mental muscles that help athletes strengthen include motivation, confidence, intensity, and focus. And mental tools I help athletes to put in their mental toolboxes include [...]

8 01, 2019

Six Attitudes Parents Should Instill in Their Ski Racers

By | January 8th, 2019|Categories: Ski Racing|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , |0 Comments

When most people in our ski racing community think of sport psychology, they think of mental training, that is, helping racers prepare mentally to ski their fastest when it matters most. Mental muscles that help racers strengthen include motivation, confidence, intensity, and focus. And mental tools I help racers to put in their mental toolboxes [...]

5 12, 2018

Sports Parents, We Have a Problem

By | December 5th, 2018|Categories: Sports|Tags: , , , , , |2 Comments

Like I said, sports parents, we have a problem. Want to know the problem? Well, look in the mirror. I don’t mean to insult you by indicting you as being the problem as an individual parent. I don’t know you or how you are with your children in their sports lives. I’m talking about the [...]

3 12, 2018

Ski Racing Parents, We Have a Problem

By | December 3rd, 2018|Categories: Ski Racing|Tags: , , , , |1 Comment

Like I said, ski racing parents, we have a problem. Want to know the problem? Well, look in the mirror. I don’t mean to insult you by indicting you as being the problem as an individual parent. I don’t know you or how you are with your children in their ski racing lives. I’m talking [...]

28 11, 2018

Are You a REALLY Committed Athlete?

By | November 28th, 2018|Categories: Sports|Tags: , , , , |0 Comments

I’ve been thinking a lot about how important real commitment is to athletic success and how sports teams can measure commitment in athletes. Just about every so-called serious athlete is pretty committed to their sport, but are you REALLY committed? I could ask you to rate yourself on a 1-10 scale. I could also ask [...]