by Elizabeth Ryan | Jan 7, 2021 | Skaters |
This may have been one of the hardest training years of your life. Nobody could have foreseen a situation where rinks would be shut, schoolwork would be carried out almost entirely from home, and socialising with friends would pose a risk to you, your family and loved...
by Elizabeth Ryan | Jan 29, 2019 | Skaters |
Injuries are the constant bugbear of skaters and it is always hard to cope with being off ice for any length of time, undergoing physio and taking things much more slowly than you would like. And the return to training can be fraught with self-doubt and anxiety that...
by Elizabeth Ryan | Aug 16, 2018 | Coaches, other sports |
This came up in one of my groups this week in a fun way (the spoof version where WiFi is deemed a basic need before all else!) and it occurred to me that not everyone will have come across Maslow’s hierarchy of needs. It’s a psychological theory put...
by Elizabeth Ryan | Apr 29, 2018 | Adult Skaters, Coaches, other sports, Parents, Skaters |
Are you a Positive Peter or a Negative Nellie? Are you a Pooh bear type of person, who sees wonder in every little thing or a Tigger, bouncing around spreading joy wherever you go? Or are you more of an Eeyore? Human beings tend to default towards an Eeyore-like...
by Elizabeth Ryan | Apr 21, 2018 | Adult Skaters, Coaches, Parents, Skaters |
I may have watched ‘that puppy video’ a few too many times this week. But it was just so similar to what I see when I watch skaters trying out something new! At the beginning he takes one look at that high staircase and his little face just says “Nope” and heads off...