Big Race Decisions - When You Have got Something to Lose

If you apply even just half of everything here, you’ll get super advanced. You will take pole positions, win heats, be able slice through whole fields of drivers with ease….

But will the next stage happen? Will you win the finals or the big events your abilities deserve?

Maybe not!!

Very often this is the case. Well it is for me because those drivers seek me out!

I work with drivers like this whose technique and consistency are incredible. Even their aggression, overtaking, race-craft are all top notch. Faultless….

They are always there in the mix at top events - world finals, national championships etc, but that big result eludes them, and it is very hard to dig out the reason why.

It’s only a tiny moment or two in these high stakes events - a micro-decision about overtaking usually, that drops them out of contention for the win.

In a 20-minute race, tiny moments like that are rarely noticed.

But over time, the pattern emerges - Everything goes perfect except one thing - someone else won!

What’s going on?

When the race matters to you, when you feel there is something to lose, and win, you take more care to make the right in-race decisions.

That’s it, you’ve had it.

As soon as you have to make decisions, that means considering consequences and making choices, you need time to think the deadly ‘what if?’….

“I can go in here, but what if I clip him, I lose the race, the championship!” - hesitates, holds back but that was the last chance of the race.

Or…

“I can dive-bomb right now, but what if I go wide?” - does half move doesn’t come off, loses a place.

Whereas normally those decisions won’t even need to be made. If there’s a move on, you are in - no hesitation. And it’s the perfect execution, and you are down the road!

How to Eliminate Deadly Decision Making in Big Races