So I wrote an entire tip last edition about how to find your way out of a slump… the only problem is that I was in one, and I wasn’t sure how to find my way out. Well, I won’t say I’m completely out, but I am starting to feel the flow again and I want to share a few of the simple thoughts and revelations that might have pulled me out of the slump:
- Check your gear. I probably spend a lot more time working on other skiers gear than mine, but this time I should have paid more attention to mine. I think I had my fin setup such that I was killing myself and never getting positive feedback from positive movements.
- Be in the moment. I have had so many things going on over the course of this season, I was never fully in the moment. My training partners made a lot of jokes about how many different places my mind could be in the course of one set. I was spouting off random thoughts at each end of the lake almost as though I forgot I was in the middle of a ski set.
- Have some confidence and fight! I spent most of this summer talking poorly about my skiing whether it was in practice or at an event…almost as though I was giving myself an excuse. Ever heard of the self-fulfilling prophecy. Well, if you say your bad, you start to think your bad. If you start to think you’re bad, then eventually you will be.
- Take a hint. Listen to what other people have to say. I am not saying that you need to take coaching blindly from anyone who gives a tip to you, but listen to people and try to put all of those random tips together into one theme and make some changes.
If all else fails, just fall until you get it right!
These things have helped me and I hope I am finding my way out of my slump. I hope to be better than ever for the 2010 season…rephrase, I WILL be better than ever for the 2010 season!