Just to be clear, I’ve watched curling on television enough to understand what’s going on. I’ve even tried it once or twice, but my sport is skeleton. It’s extreme in terms of speed and because you’re flying down a track with your chin only an inch or two off the ice… Okay here’s the truth. [...]
Archive for February, 2010
20. We Can Learn From Curling
Posted in Sportsmanship, tagged Sportsmanship on February 27, 2010 | 43 Comments »
19. Jon Montgomery vs. Martins Dukurs
Posted in The Challenge, tagged Sportsmanship, The Challenge on February 20, 2010 | 19 Comments »
Two nights ago I had a front row seat to one of the most incredible races I’ve ever seen. After the first two heats of the men’s skeleton it became clear that we were watching a two-horse race between Jon Montgomery of Canada and Martins Dukurs of Latvia, a man who, as Jon says, is [...]
Follow-up…
Posted in The Challenge, tagged perspective, The Challenge on February 17, 2010 | 4 Comments »
Today’s post is a follow-up to the Jennifer’s Heil article about facing a great challenge. I just wanted to say something about someone I have admired for years who didn’t quite have the race so many of us were hoping he would. Jeremy Wotherspoon also faced a great challenge in the men’s 500 meters speed [...]
18. Here’s To Jennifer Heil
Posted in The Challenge, tagged perspective, The Challenge on February 14, 2010 | 9 Comments »
Last night at Cypress Mountain, Jennifer Heil won a silver medal in the moguls competition. I started to write this yesterday morning before the event… If Jennifer Heil wins a gold medal today and becomes the first Canadian to win gold on home soil, keep this in mind: celebrate the fact that the drought is [...]
17. Dealing With The Pressure – Part 2
Posted in The Challenge, tagged perspective, The Challenge on February 10, 2010 | 1 Comment »
There are those who will say these athletes “choked”. To say that someone folded under pressure is really easy to do from the sidelines but in this case, 29 athletes who were each the best their nations had to offer couldn’t all be choking. The reality is that it was an extremely difficult, icy, steep [...]
16. Dealing With The Pressure – Part 1
Posted in The Challenge, tagged The Challenge on February 8, 2010 | 3 Comments »
“There would be no triumph in success if there had been no hazard in failure.” -Cardinal Newman Today’s post is a little bit of a departure from what I’ve typically written about on this blog. It’s about dealing with pressure and how that’s such a big part of an Olympic performance. I have talked [...]
14. Clara Hughes
Posted in The Big Picture, tagged perspective, The Challenge on February 3, 2010 | 4 Comments »
This entry was written by Clara Hughes and I just wanted to say how grateful I am to her for writing such a powerful and meaningful piece about sport in the big picture. And congratulations on being named Canada’s flag bearer for the opening ceremonies! ***** I get asked about winning often. As an Olympic [...]
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