Fear!
How to deal with the monsters of the mind
by Greg Hamerton ( http://eternitypress.co.za/freshair )
Fear can bind you in a web of limitations which leach the joy out of the sport you once loved. Often you don't even know you're afraid, your only sign is that the fun...
read article ....Building Confidence by Jaco Wolmarans
Tip # 1: Take a step back.
If you’re a competition and cross country pilot used to flying big air, don’t force yourself to fly strong conditions. Take a trip to the Garden Route and do some coastal flying. Try winching De Aar in winter. Fly before the day really switches on. Whatever you do, don’t beat yourself up. You’re not a sissy. People who break legs don’t start...
If you’re a competition and cross country pilot used to flying big air, don’t force yourself to fly strong conditions. Take a trip to the Garden Route and do some coastal flying. Try winching De Aar in winter. Fly before the day really switches on. Whatever you do, don’t beat yourself up. You’re not a sissy. People who break legs don’t start...
Managing Fear
Read the book "The Rock Warrior's Way" by Arno Ilgner. It is excellent.
Fear Control by jd
An accident (or incident) you lived or have witnessed, has left you with fears, which overwhelm your flying pleasure. Knowing that:
- People's capacity to visualize a risk is an important part of the attention they give to it. So if you can think of an incident in which a risk has come to fruition, you will exaggerate its likelihood.
- What availability does to you: It...
- People's capacity to visualize a risk is an important part of the attention they give to it. So if you can think of an incident in which a risk has come to fruition, you will exaggerate its likelihood.
- What availability does to you: It...
