Training
Is Perfectionism Good, Bad, or Both?
Perfectionism has been placed under the researcher’s microscope in recent years to determine whether this complex personality trait has a positive or negative influence on performance and well-being.
Self-worth and sport: Is it time to add some pillars?
Participating in sport can be a rewarding experience no matter what your age. Sport can develop character, resilience, social skills, respect, independence, cooperation, a sense of belonging, and a sense of competency and mastery of skills.
How to learn from the greatest show on earth: the Olympic Games
After two action-packed weeks, we are getting some sleep again and are able to get things back on track after spending these two, bleary-eyed weeks watching the best-of-the-best compete at the highest level. What comes now is an opportunity for us to learn from ‘the greatest show on earth’.
Dealing with failure
If there is one certainty in sport, it’s that everyone, no matter how good they are, will at some time fail and face disappointment. The important question is then, how do you respond to failure?
Visualisation, a crucial skill to aid success
Elite athletes embrace this skill as a crucial aspect of their preparation for important events. Having done all the groundwork – be it physical preparation or training - is simply not enough unless you have also developed the skill to mentally prepare for the challenge ahead.
2012 Olympian Luuka Jones about training alone. With a smile…
Luuka Jones has really white teeth. I know this because she’s usually smiling. Some would say she has plenty of reasons to smile, not least because she already has her Olympic entry confirmed.
How to prepare for your first international race?
Question athlete: This is my first year of competing internationally – what do I need to do differently to prepare for race day?
www.slalomtechnique.co.uk
This website sets out to identify and demonstrate the key technical content of slalom. It has three sections starting with the basic strokes and drills in Level 1, moving onto basic slalom gate technique in Level 2 and finally more advanced whitewater gate technique in Level 3.
ICF Equipment Register
The introduction of the new 2011 Rules for Canoe Slalom (CSL) changes the requirements for Personal Protective Equipment to be used in ICF CSL Competitions.
Upstream gates with Daniele Molmenti
The very first video technique module we produced early 2009. Daniele Molmenti explains the different alternatives to take an upstream gate on both flatwater as wildwater. With over 27,000 views one of the most watched technique videos in the world.