Foster Your Cycling Confidence For Racing Success
It is no surprise that cycling confidence plays a critical role in cycling performance. Fostering cycling confidence is sometimes easier said than done. Cycling can be an intimidating, and sometimes dangerous sport. Crashes can, and will happen in bicycle racing. How do you overcome your fear of crashing to achieve cycling success?
Let's begin with with the question. What is cycling confidence? Cycling confidence means that you are able to ADAPT to a situation, and BELIEVE in yourself when it matters most. Your cycling confidence allows you to exercise your personal freedom to eliminate anxiety, self-doubt, and indecision during a criterium, road race or time trial.
Second, where does cycling confidence come from? Simply put, cycling confidence comes from how you choose to PERCEIVE yourself as a bicycle racer.
Let's breakdown the definition to the ABCs of Cycling Confidence. A is for Adaptability. B is for Believe in Yourself. And C is for Competitiveness.
A: Adaptability: Cycling confidence comes from your ability to adapt. Why is this important? Imagine for a minute, you narrowly escaped a crash with four laps to go in a criterium. What are you feeling in the final laps to the finish of the race? It is likely that your perceived pressure to perform, and to stay upright will be greater as your near the final turns to the finish. The key is to adapt, and to race aggressively (and, safely) to the best of your ability regardless of outside expectations or obstacles.
B: Believe in Yourself: Cycling confidence comes from your ability to have faith, and to believe in yourself. This unquestioned faith provides the inspiration to follow through on your short and long-term goals in bicycle racing.
C: Competitiveness: Cycling confidence comes from the ability to tap into competitiveness. Competitiveness is the drive within. One of my colleagues in sport psychology, Dr. Ani Chroni tells us, "competitiveness provides the energy, strength, intensity, and persistence to improve and work hard." Competitiveness is the fire inside of you--it is the spark of creativity.
So, go ahead light the fire inside of you, and unleash your fears, and climb to cycling success.
Let's begin with with the question. What is cycling confidence? Cycling confidence means that you are able to ADAPT to a situation, and BELIEVE in yourself when it matters most. Your cycling confidence allows you to exercise your personal freedom to eliminate anxiety, self-doubt, and indecision during a criterium, road race or time trial.
Second, where does cycling confidence come from? Simply put, cycling confidence comes from how you choose to PERCEIVE yourself as a bicycle racer.
Let's breakdown the definition to the ABCs of Cycling Confidence. A is for Adaptability. B is for Believe in Yourself. And C is for Competitiveness.
A: Adaptability: Cycling confidence comes from your ability to adapt. Why is this important? Imagine for a minute, you narrowly escaped a crash with four laps to go in a criterium. What are you feeling in the final laps to the finish of the race? It is likely that your perceived pressure to perform, and to stay upright will be greater as your near the final turns to the finish. The key is to adapt, and to race aggressively (and, safely) to the best of your ability regardless of outside expectations or obstacles.
B: Believe in Yourself: Cycling confidence comes from your ability to have faith, and to believe in yourself. This unquestioned faith provides the inspiration to follow through on your short and long-term goals in bicycle racing.
C: Competitiveness: Cycling confidence comes from the ability to tap into competitiveness. Competitiveness is the drive within. One of my colleagues in sport psychology, Dr. Ani Chroni tells us, "competitiveness provides the energy, strength, intensity, and persistence to improve and work hard." Competitiveness is the fire inside of you--it is the spark of creativity.
So, go ahead light the fire inside of you, and unleash your fears, and climb to cycling success.
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