Sunday, November 13, 2011

Coping with sport burnout?

I'm a figure skater and have been skating (competitively) for about 7 years. I'm 14 now and I dread going to the rink everyday. I recently switched to a new coach and although he's a fantastic coach, I'm also terrified of him. He can be really demanding and I just dread the unknown- is he going to make me run m program 3 times in a row? Is the off ice going to be really hard? And I just hate going to the rink now, to the point where I'm considering quitting. How would you suggest dealing with this, because I would take some time off, but I'm competing in a week and really can't do that. (I'm also getting tired of competing). I'm just in a bad mood every single day because all I can focus on is having to go to the rink later. And school just ended, so basically my whole day is wake up, go to the rink, come home, repeat. Is there a way to deal with this a little easier. My parents don't understand why I hate going to the rink and tell me to just focus on one session at a time. I just don't enjoy it anymore, but I'd be lost without skating. I have to continue, so how would you suggest not dreading going to the rink so much?

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