US #3 rank men’s foil fencer, Nick Itkin, joins the All-American Fencing Academy’s discussion about resilience as an athlete and as a fencer. Specifically the ability to stay in the game and turning around your own negative thinking while we watch his 2019 Shanghai Grand Prix round of 8 bout with Tommaso Marini. In the […]
In our last On Strip/At Home Audio Series, we spoke with Valerie Alston about “Putting it in Perspective”, catastrophic thinking, and getting out of catastrophic thinking. This time, we will be speaking with 52 year retired UNC Chapel Hill NCAA Division I head fencing coach, Dr. Ron Miller. He is still the head coach for […]
In a previous e-mail on On Strip/At Home Series, we talked about Diaphragmatic Breathing. It’s a resilience skill that we can apply to fencing. It can be done in practice, at home, and during competition. This time, we’re going to introduce another resilience skills called “Put It In Perspective.” But instead of giving you something […]
REVIEWFirst thing. Did you read the last e-mail/post? Did you try some visualization? Make sure you do! I encourage to try to do some visualization every day. Do a whole bout in your mind, from salute, through 5 touches, to the handshake. Make sure you have bouts that you win AND lose! Visualize the decisions […]