As with many sports, in skeleton we spend as much as two hours a day watching video in addition to all the other things one has to do in terms of preparation and training (not to mention eating and sleeping). It’s easy to think to yourself, “hey I’ve done two hours of homework here, my [...]
Archive for July, 2010
56. Self-Awareness, Part 2
Posted in Self-awareness, tagged Excellence, perspective on July 29, 2010 | 3 Comments »
55. Self-Awareness, Part 1.
Posted in Self-awareness, tagged perspective, Sportsmanship on July 27, 2010 | 4 Comments »
The underlying message of this blog is this: athletes with perspective, who see the big picture, believe in sportsmanship and fair play, etc., are also more likely to be successful athletes and successful people as well. One of the ways in which I believe this to be true is through heightened awareness of both themselves [...]
54. The Value of a Medal
Posted in The Big Picture, tagged perspective, The Challenge on July 19, 2010 | 1 Comment »
“You know, winning a world title is not that important in life.” Kelly Slater, 9 Time World Champion Surfer Lauryn Williams, an American sprinter, finished 2nd in the 100 meters at the Athens Olympics in 2004. She followed that up with a gold in the same event at the World Championships the following year and [...]
53. Jungle Jim Hunter
Posted in The Challenge, tagged Excellence, Sportsmanship, The Challenge, Values on July 12, 2010 | 4 Comments »
Jungle Jim Hunter was one of the original Crazy Canucks as a member of the Canadian alpine ski team in the early to mid seventies. These days, besides being both a coach and mentor of young athletes he has a radio talk show that airs in Calgary every Saturday that you can also get on the [...]
Follow-ups…
Posted in Follow-ups..., tagged perspective on July 8, 2010 | 3 Comments »
This is a blog written by Sébastien Théberge, a former media relations manager with the Vancouver Olympic Organizing Committee. I’m posting it here today with his permission as it is a response to the article I posted on June 22 (http://sportatitsbest.com/2010/06/22/50-money-for-amateur-athletes/). It is an interesting perspective piece that highlights the relationship between public interest and [...]
52. John Wooden
Posted in The Big Picture, tagged Excellence, perspective, Value of Sport on July 5, 2010 | 3 Comments »
When John Wooden passed away last month he was referred to as the greatest coach of any sport, of all time. Pretty high praise, but the man had a record that’s pretty hard to argue with and a philosophy that’s a little off the beaten path in that it focusses on making better people as [...]
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