The balance between fear and risk
Fear is an emotion that can elicits a biochemical reaction and emotional response. Fear works to alert us to potential threats, which may be physical or psychological.
Athletes and anxiety
Anxiety is very common in endurance athletes, as with many sports. It is a part of sport that is a reaction with external stressors that are outside of the athletes control. It is important to understand what it means to work on attention regulation in the context of endurance sport racing, so that the athlete learns to maintain “focus forward” attention so that they can perform at their highest level.