At the Snowball Classic in Vancouver this past weekend, Joel and I had the opportunity to have a chat with two of the couples who were competing in the IDSF Open Standard event. Currently ranked 4th in the IDSF Standard World Ranking List, Simone Segatori & Annette Sudol, representing Germany, were gracious enough to let us publish our conversation together. They were willing to divulge all their ’secrets’ (well, almost all!) to help inspire up and coming dancers like yourselves. Joel and I used to train and compete with them in England when they were just coming up the ranks, so it was nice to be able to sit down and catch up with them.
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Archive View: January, 2010
Interview with Simone & Annette - Part 1
January 28th, 2010 Tags: competition, competitors, Interview, snowball
Bringing Inspiration to Vancouver - Snowball 2010
January 26th, 2010
Tags: Inspiration, snowball
5 Steps to a Successful Competition
January 21st, 2010
Tags: competition preparation, distraction
Get rid of the Nervousness and Tension of Being out of your Comfort Zone!
January 12th, 2010
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Wow! What a weekend! The Snowball Classic was held this past weekend Jan 22-24, Friday, Saturday and Sunday. It was 3 days full of action-packed events from morning ’til midnight. Joel and I were absolutely exhausted by the time it was done. There was so much to see and nothing that we really wanted to miss, so we were in the ballroom all day and all night. 
With the Snowball Classic coming up this weekend, I thought it might be useful to remind experienced competitors and inform you new competitors how to make your competition a successful experience. Here are 5 Steps to ensure success!
Through this episode of practice in Florida, we heard our own words reverberating in our heads; instead of being directed towards our students, this time to ourselves. If you don’t have the experience of doing something on a regular basis, at the intensity that you expect to perform at, your confidence will not be strong enough to keep you at ease and to enable you to dance at your best. Inevitably, nervousness and tension will come into the mix and your performance will surely be diminished.