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 | Mar 3, 2018 | Adult Skaters, Coaches, Parents, Skaters |
In the lead up to PyeongChang 2018 there was a lot of coverage of Gracie Gold’s decision to step out of the limelight, take time for self-care and deal with her eating disorder. Adam Rippon talked publicly about his own struggles with disordered eating, and of...
by Elizabeth Ryan | Jan 16, 2018 | Adult Skaters, Coaches, other sports, Parents, Skaters |
How did Blue Monday go for you? Did you know there’s even a mathematical formula for it? Where W = Weather, D = Debt, d = monthly salary, T = time since Christmas, Q = time since failing New Year’s resolutions, M = low motivational levels and Na = the feeling of...
by Elizabeth Ryan | Dec 12, 2017 | Coaches, Parents, Skaters |
It’s always an amazing week at Ice Sheffield when the British Championships are on – and I look forward every year to chatting with mums, dads, coaches and skaters about their challenges and their achievements. I especially love to catch up with ‘my’ skaters – whose...
