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 | Sep 23, 2017 | Skaters |
It’s that beautiful autumn season with high blue skies and crisp crunchy leaves underfoot. Not that skaters, coaches or parents see much of the outdoors when they are spending so much time at the rink! And by now I’m guessing you’re leaving for the...
by Elizabeth Ryan | Feb 18, 2017 | Coaches, Parents |
It can be hard for parents if their child starts to go through a period of falling out of love with their sport. All the hours and sacrifice that parents and athlete have put into the sport up to now are on the brink of being lost, wasted. And it can be extra...
by Elizabeth Ryan | Feb 4, 2017 | Skaters |
This morning I had an absolute blast (literally) at the local rifle range. You may not know this, but my sport, half a lifetime ago was target rifle shooting. And believe it or not, there are so many similarities between that and skating – or any other sport for that...
by Elizabeth Ryan | Jan 29, 2017 | Adult Skaters, Skaters |
This week I read a brilliant article on how bomb disposal experts keep calm in the face of intense pressure. (Yes – I think that puts your skating competition nerves into perspective a little bit doesn’t it?) And do you know what? They said exactly the same things...
