No stone left unturned: Canada’s Patrick Chan focusing on mental game
TORONTO — Even when Patrick Chan is at the top of his physical game, his mental one is a crapshoot.
“Usually when I have a good skate, I’m not quite sure how it happened,” Chan mused recently. “I can’t really put my finger on how or what I did to make it successful.”
So for the first time in his career, the three-time world figure skating champion is exploring the psychological side of competing, enlisting the help of Dr. Scott Goldman, a sports psychologist at the University of Michigan.
It’s all part of the 26-year-old’s “no stone left unturned” approach to what will be his final Olympic appearance next year in Pyeongchang.