by Garrett | Apr 9, 2022 | Uncategorized
Hello everyone! We are excited to report that Athlete Centered Skating has been nominated by the PSA for the President’s Award of Excellence! The PSA is the official coaches’ education entity in the United States. The President’s Award of Excellence...
by Garrett | Dec 12, 2020 | Information, Uncategorized
Hello all, A quick update here on some exciting news. First, coach Garrett has been nominated for the United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee’s Coach of the Year Award! This means he is up against coaches in other sports and is the only figure skating...
by Garrett | Sep 5, 2019 | Uncategorized
In the previous blog we presented another common feedback scenario in a skating rink (though from what we hear, these exchanges are very common in any sport!). In this blog, we present the second story one more time and then below we address the “red...
by Garrett | Jun 20, 2019 | Science, Uncategorized
Read the fictional story below. There are feedback exchanges between coach and skater and parent and skater. How many instances can you count when there are issues with the feedback exchange? What issues did you notice? Which exchanges were effective? The Common...
by Garrett | May 22, 2019 | Science, Uncategorized
This is the 3rd blog in a series on our discussion of external focus of attention, a motor learning theory we consider foundational to Athlete Centered Skating. In the previous blog we wrote that a simple change of focus from internal (e.g. thinking of the movement of...
by Garrett | May 15, 2019 | Science, Uncategorized
This blog continues our discussion of external focus of attention, a motor learning theory we consider foundational to Athlete Centered Skating. In the first blog, we explained some differences between the way beginners and experts perform their skills. Beginners...
