Skaters, said sports psychologist and former nationally ranked skater Caroline Silby, have to develop fairly advanced coping skills at a very young age.
Silby spent the week meeting with skaters in groups and individually, giving them a chance to talk about their training process, managing stress or anything else on their minds.
“They have four minutes to put out the best program of their life,” she said. “They don’t get to have a do-over. They don’t get to come out of the game, reset, refocus and get back in. They have to do it in a split second.”
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