Motorsport Demands and Effective Practices Part 2: The Effective Practices
Motorsports are unique because there is the material factor, the car. The car is thus a factor that an athlete can engage in DP with, as discussed above. However, there are aspects of the material factor the athlete cannot utilize DP to help address physical, physiological, psychological, and competitive demands.
Confronting Fear When Injured Part 2: Working with Fear?
We will briefly explored some techniques and ideas that have helped athletes address fear during injury recovery. This is meant to be information only, not a form of treatment or a recommendation for a treatment approach. It is essential that these approaches are done with the support of a professional, like a sport and performance consultant.
Confronting Fear When Injured Part 1: What is Fear?
Injury does happen as much as many of us would prefer that it not happen.Who wants to be sidelined with any injury or even worse taken out of your favorite sport all together? What about the journey back from injury? It can be filled with many different emotions, thoughts, and experiences. This post is going to focus on fear. Yes, fear when it comes to coming back from injury. While we may not want to talk about it, we are going to go there because it is essential. It is best to start at the beginning, which means we need to understand fear and what some common fears are for injured athletes. Chances are while reading, you may recognize some of your own experiences. This is only part one of a two part series. The second part will look at techniques and concepts for helping to address fear.
The Nature of Fear
When we can understand the signs of fear, we can then befriend our fear, thank it, and then invite courage and self-compassion to the party so that we can act from that place instead of the fearful place.