A number of drivers and BMX riders struggle with incapacitating fears. Their fears may prevent them from being aggressive on the race course when they need to be. Fears within your sport are exceptionally common and are integrally related to the very nature of the sport. Both drivers and BMX riders crash as a normal part of the racing. Sometimes these crashes are exceptionally scary and can result in injuries.
As a result of some of these scary experiences and injuries, an athlete can develop a significant, fear-based performance block. If you’re afraid to be aggressive when you need to be, if you continually shy away from or back down from contact when it’s a necessary part of the race, then you will race below your capabilities. Many drivers and bike riders unknowingly suffer from what I call Sports PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder). Here’s how it works:
Every time that you have a scary crash, close call or injury, your brain/body memorizes the entire experience in exquisite detail. You unconsciously remember all the sights, sounds, smells, movements, emotions and thoughts from this experience. In fact, long after you crashed and this experience may have been consciously forgotten, it still remains frozen in its’ entirety in your brain/body. The problem with this is the next time you are under pressure or are in any way reminded of that original scary experience, (i.e. trying for the hole shot or being bumped in a race), components from this original upsetting event (images, sounds, emotions, anxiety, physical tension and/or negative thinking) get activated out of awareness and bubble up, interfering with the present performance. Oftentimes when this happens, your body automatically goes into self-protective mode in an attempt to keep you safe from a perceived danger. When this happens, no matter what you consciously try to do to go faster, your body instinctively stops you.
A number of drivers and BMX riders struggle with incapacitating fears. Their fears may prevent them from being aggressive on the race course when they need to be. Fears within your sport are exceptionally common and are integrally related to the very nature of the sport. Both drivers and BMX riders crash as a normal part of the racing. Sometimes these crashes are exceptionally scary and can result in injuries.
As a result of some of these scary experiences and injuries, an athlete can develop a significant, fear-based performance block. If you’re afraid to be aggressive when you need to be, if you continually shy away from or back down from contact when it’s a necessary part of the race, then you will race below your capabilities. Many drivers and bike riders unknowingly suffer from what I call Sports PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder). Here’s how it works:
Every time that you have a scary crash, close call or injury, your brain/body memorizes the entire experience in exquisite detail. You unconsciously remember all the sights, sounds, smells, movements, emotions and thoughts from this experience. In fact, long after you crashed and this experience may have been consciously forgotten, it still remains frozen in its’ entirety in your brain/body. The problem with this is the next time you are under pressure or are in any way reminded of that original scary experience, (i.e. trying for the hole shot or being bumped in a race), components from this original upsetting event (images, sounds, emotions, anxiety, physical tension and/or negative thinking) get activated out of awareness and bubble up, interfering with the present performance. Oftentimes when this happens, your body automatically goes into self-protective mode in an attempt to keep you safe from a perceived danger. When this happens, no matter what you consciously try to do to go faster, your body instinctively stops you.
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