Keep The GB Team Captain Skiing
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MY STORY
I've been racing with Great Britain for over 6 years now.
I've captained the GB Team for 5 of those years.
I hold the GB men's record in World Cup Sprint with a career best result of 12th.
I have numerous top 15 finishes at World Cup and World Championship level and I believe I can go from top 15, to top 10, and on to top 5, eventually becoming a Champion.
Yet none of that is really why I'm asking for your support.
For the past 2 years, my reason for skiing has been different. It has moved away from the shallow and quite poisonous pressure cycle of…
... skiing to get faster, to get results, to justify sponsorships (at least in theory...), to ski more, to get better results, to justify more sponsorship... and so on… and it has become…
.... ski and study to learn, in order to impact.
I am asking for your support, not because I am a GB Athlete, but because I am a GB athlete, mentor and trainer. An athlete, mentor and trainer who believes that in order to be the best coach I can be, in order to impact the highest number of people possible, I need to live what I preach and set up camp in the growth zone. Until now, Telemark has allowed me to do that.
For those of you unfamiliar with what a growth zone is, think of a situation where you are both uncomfortable, because there’s constant challenge and uncertainty, but also fundamentally in control, because you've been somewhere similar before. This magical place, where we find our flow, is also where we learn, adapt and grow the fastest. I believe it should be somewhere that demands total mental and physical commitment.
I help guide people towards wanting to be in this position repeatedly and ski racing, and all that comes with it, has been my teacher for the past 6 years.
All that said, what this also comes down to is that at 26 years old and still living at home, I either make my skiing sustainable, or I have to make a change and having spent the last 5 years helping to...
- build a GB Team into a Top 5 nation,
- raise enough team sponsorship to kit out an entire squad and committee,
- put in place a now nearly fully sponsored GB coach,
- take myself to top 15 World Cup standard,
- come back from multiple serious injuries,
- complete university, qualify as a trainer and build a burgeoning coaching business aimed at helping others realise their potential...
... If all the mental, physical and financial investment required to do these things still doesn't justify your support, then my way of learning will have to change, and the GB Team will have to find another captain for next season.
Thank you so much for your time and hopefully, for your support.
The power of crowdfunding is that there's no amount too big or too small. Anything that you contribute will go straight towards one of the costs listed in the document below and if by some beautiful acts of generosity we surpass this years goal, it will go straight towards next years pot.
If you'd like to sponsor me in a more traditional capacity, for something in particular, then please reach out to:
[email redacted]
or
+447738253791
Thank you!
http://www.louishatchwell.com
I've been racing with Great Britain for over 6 years now.
I've captained the GB Team for 5 of those years.
I hold the GB men's record in World Cup Sprint with a career best result of 12th.
I have numerous top 15 finishes at World Cup and World Championship level and I believe I can go from top 15, to top 10, and on to top 5, eventually becoming a Champion.
Yet none of that is really why I'm asking for your support.
For the past 2 years, my reason for skiing has been different. It has moved away from the shallow and quite poisonous pressure cycle of…
... skiing to get faster, to get results, to justify sponsorships (at least in theory...), to ski more, to get better results, to justify more sponsorship... and so on… and it has become…
.... ski and study to learn, in order to impact.
I am asking for your support, not because I am a GB Athlete, but because I am a GB athlete, mentor and trainer. An athlete, mentor and trainer who believes that in order to be the best coach I can be, in order to impact the highest number of people possible, I need to live what I preach and set up camp in the growth zone. Until now, Telemark has allowed me to do that.
For those of you unfamiliar with what a growth zone is, think of a situation where you are both uncomfortable, because there’s constant challenge and uncertainty, but also fundamentally in control, because you've been somewhere similar before. This magical place, where we find our flow, is also where we learn, adapt and grow the fastest. I believe it should be somewhere that demands total mental and physical commitment.
I help guide people towards wanting to be in this position repeatedly and ski racing, and all that comes with it, has been my teacher for the past 6 years.
All that said, what this also comes down to is that at 26 years old and still living at home, I either make my skiing sustainable, or I have to make a change and having spent the last 5 years helping to...
- build a GB Team into a Top 5 nation,
- raise enough team sponsorship to kit out an entire squad and committee,
- put in place a now nearly fully sponsored GB coach,
- take myself to top 15 World Cup standard,
- come back from multiple serious injuries,
- complete university, qualify as a trainer and build a burgeoning coaching business aimed at helping others realise their potential...
... If all the mental, physical and financial investment required to do these things still doesn't justify your support, then my way of learning will have to change, and the GB Team will have to find another captain for next season.
Thank you so much for your time and hopefully, for your support.
The power of crowdfunding is that there's no amount too big or too small. Anything that you contribute will go straight towards one of the costs listed in the document below and if by some beautiful acts of generosity we surpass this years goal, it will go straight towards next years pot.
If you'd like to sponsor me in a more traditional capacity, for something in particular, then please reach out to:
[email redacted]
or
+447738253791
Thank you!
http://www.louishatchwell.com
Organizer
Louis Hatchwell
Organizer
England