{"id":4380,"date":"2015-11-19T19:32:13","date_gmt":"2015-11-19T19:32:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.peaksports.com\/sports_psychology_blog\/?p=4380"},"modified":"2025-07-29T07:40:49","modified_gmt":"2025-07-29T11:40:49","slug":"mental-toughness-tips-for-figure-skaters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.peaksports.com\/sports-psychology-blog\/mental-toughness-tips-for-figure-skaters\/","title":{"rendered":"Mental Toughness Tips for Figure Skaters &#8211; Video"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Be_A_Confident_Figure_Skater\"><\/span>Be A Confident Figure Skater<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2><div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_82_2 ez-toc-wrap-center counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-transparent ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Article Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #0769bf;color:#0769bf\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #0769bf;color:#0769bf\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.peaksports.com\/sports-psychology-blog\/mental-toughness-tips-for-figure-skaters\/#Be_A_Confident_Figure_Skater\" >Be A Confident Figure Skater<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-3' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.peaksports.com\/sports-psychology-blog\/mental-toughness-tips-for-figure-skaters\/#Related_Sports_Psychology_Articles\" >Related Sports Psychology Articles<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.peaksports.com\/sports-psychology-blog\/mental-toughness-tips-for-figure-skaters\/#Discover_Mental_Strategies_For_Peak_Performance\" >Discover Mental Strategies For Peak Performance!<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<p>In &#8220;Sessions with Doc,&#8221; Dr. Patrick Cohn answers your sports psychology and mental training questions about<strong> <a label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/lJ7FoP5Qns8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Mental Toughness Tips for Figure Skaters<\/a><\/strong><a label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/lJ7FoP5Qns8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here&#8217;s the question Dr. Patrick Cohn answers this week:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>VICKY ASKS<\/strong>: <em>&#8220;Right before a big competition or skating test I <strong>doubt<\/strong> my skills and imagine the worst possible outcome will happen. I have a hard time monitoring my self-talk and <strong>trusting my skills. <\/strong>Sometimes I get into a drowsy, almost like tired state that is hard to break out of.  <strong>Why am I not more mentally tough<\/strong> leading up to my skating competitions and tests?&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Watch the video below to hear what Dr. Cohn has to say to Rick about <a label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/lJ7FoP5Qns8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Mental Toughness Tips for Figure Skaters. <\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-f99e2a8a\">\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed aligncenter is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Mental Toughness for Figure Skaters: Sport Psychology Tip\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/lJ7FoP5Qns8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; 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