7 05, 2024

11 Questions to Ask Yourself at the End of the Ski Race Season

By | May 7th, 2024|Categories: Ski Racing|Tags: , , , , |0 Comments

After what was a long and demanding winter, the 2023-24 race season is now over. You’ve had some down time to catch up on school and get some much-needed rest and recovery, both physically and mentally. You may also be already looking toward next winter. But before you file the 2023-24 race season away, you [...]

11 12, 2023

Shift from Training Mode to Race Mode in Your Ski Racing

By | December 11th, 2023|Categories: Ski Racing, Sports|Tags: , , , , |0 Comments

The 2023-24 alpine race season is now underway. From St. Moritz to Copper to Edouard to many other race venues in between and beyond, it’s “go time” for racers from juniors up to the World Cup.  So, now is the time to shift from training mode to race mode. This transition requires several important changes [...]

23 10, 2023

Don’t Do These Five Things in Your Ski-race Training

By | October 23rd, 2023|Categories: Ski Racing|Tags: , , , , , , |0 Comments

One of the biggest lessons I've learned over my many years in our sport as a racer and as a mental coach, and one that many young racers don't seem to get, is that training really does matter. Too often, I see racers pretty much wasting their time in training; all the things that are [...]

9 02, 2023

Find Balance in the Imbalanced Ski-racing Life

By | February 9th, 2023|Categories: Ski Racing, Sports|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , |0 Comments

I was in Alta Badia, Italy, in December speaking at a ski-racing conference during the men’s World Cup GSs and had the opportunity to speak at length with Lucas Braathen (how’s that for name dropping?) after his first-run DNF in the second race. He is a bright, down-to-earth, and open guy (and he had smiley [...]

6 09, 2017

Phase II of the Prep Period: Make the Fall Count

By | September 6th, 2017|Categories: Ski Racing|Tags: , , , |1 Comment

It’s hard to believe the summer, what I consider Phase I of the ski racing prep period is over. Hopefully, the summer was devoted to building the foundation for your success next winter. In all likelihood, your efforts focused on two areas. First, you engaged in an intensive physical conditioning program. The reality of ski [...]