As the weather has turned colder over the last few weeks there really is no doubt that Summer 2012 is gone for good. \u00a0 I will remember 2012 for many reasons not least of which was my \u00a0passing a\u00a0significant age\u00a0milestone. I do think however I will remember 2012 most for the Olympics and Paralympics. In combination they accounted for more hours glued to our television that I\u00a0would\u00a0care to admit. More importantly then reminded me of \u00a0the fantastic things that humans can \u00a0achieve when we set our minds to a task.<\/p>\n
I was fortunate enough to get a ticket to see the final day of the Olympic regatta and was just one of 30,000 people cheering the Team GB\u00a0athletes\u00a0on to two golds\u00a0and\u00a0a silver that day.With me in the stands was one of my best friends with whom I used to both row and coach. After the regatta finished I suspect \u00a0we were not the only people to reflect on what might have been had we stayed the course in rowing all those years ago.<\/p>\n
When I was involved in coaching the thing that I\u00a0found\u00a0most rewarding was helping people who had never before\u00a0competed\u00a0to any standard in sport and often thought of themselves as un-athletic and helping them to realise potential that they did not even know existed within themselves.<\/p>\n
Today I judge my chances of winning olympic medal \u00a0as beeing \u00a0remote to negligible you may consider your chances of beating dental fear as being pretty slim too.
\nSo what can we learn from the Olympians? I am sure every child who sets their heart on competing at the\u00a0Olympics\u00a0realises that the odds are against them from the start. But simply by making small incremental gains in their training and performance<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
As the weather has turned colder over the last few weeks there really is no doubt that Summer 2012 is gone for good. \u00a0 I will remember 2012 for many reasons not least of which was my \u00a0passing a\u00a0significant age\u00a0milestone. I do think however I will remember 2012 most for the Olympics and Paralympics. In … Continue reading What Has An Olympic Year Got To Do With Dental Fear?<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-161","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t