Like life, we don't always get everything we deserve in sport. Sport is a great place to work on our persistence and coping skills when things don't go the way we want.
To realize our potential we all need support. We all need challenge from time to time as well, but support is a primary need. Ideally some of that support is unconditional, which means we feel loved for who we are,...
Many of the very best, including Gretzky, suggest we shouldn't underestimate the potential of 'pick-up' games for skill development.
If you are not well nourished, rested and hydrated, most of your 'capacities' will be masked or even lost. So training can be a waste of time if you don't take pride in recovery.
Effort, ability, task difficulty, and luck can all play roles in most sport outcomes. Understanding what factors contributed to those outcomes can help you draw insightful lessons.
Canadian skaters Susan Auch and Catriona Lemay-Doan developed a positive rivalry on their own team that enabled them to finish 1st and 2nd in the 500 metre Olympic speedskating Race in Nagano, Japan.
Sport enjoys an almost ridiculous status in life.
"If we know who we are, where our support is, and how we want to live, we stop worrying so much about what others think."
It's not possible to rehearse everything that will happen in competition, but it's extremely valuable to rehearse the main elements of one's game plan.
When one becomes a contender and is expected to win it is easy to begin to feel the beginnings of pressure from within and those around you.
Tips and advice on how to get the most of your life at the rink.
Cal is a sports psychologist from the University of Manitoba in Winnipeg. He works with high performance Olympic athletes and still enjoys the delights of an un-scheduled game of street hockey.
