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 | 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 | 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 21, 2017 | Adult Skaters, Coaches, Parents, Skaters |
Some people find that no matter how well they set a goal – SMART, within their control and positive – it always seems to be just out of reach. Why does this happen? If you want something badly enough, and work really hard at it only to find it getting further...
by Elizabeth Ryan | Nov 5, 2015 | Skaters |
The waiting is over and the last qualifying competition before the British Championships has come to an end. Some of you will have qualified, scraping in at the last minute following competition after competition chasing those elusive qualifying marks. And now the...
