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In the latest BASI Newsletter there's a very interesting article on sport psychology entitled "Chimp, Judge or Scientist!!"
If you get an opportunity to read it, I think you will find it interesting - I certainly did
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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From the title of this thread, i thought it was a creative discussion on the different way people held their arm carriage. This seems to be just as good though.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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So, what's the article say?! (For those of us who will not have the opportunity to read it?)
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ssh, the gist of it is that we have all of these characters within us:-
The Chimp - our reptilian brain and our innate ability to survive when we are put in unknown or sticky situations
The Judge - our critical self "You didn't do that very well", "One more chance to get it right", "What will others think of me if I make a complete mess off it?"
The Scientist - analytical of our performance, "What did I do wrong?", "What can I do better next time?", your support, your friend
Basically the article said that we spend too much time and energy fighting the Chimp and being too self critical like the Judge. Whereas we should be more like the Scientist. Ok, you cannot completely ignore the Chimp as throwing yourself off the nearest cliff (and relying upon your reptilian brain to work things out) is never a good idea.
There's a great quote from the late, great Ayrton Senna on the subject which I really like
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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Sounds very interesting but what do you mean, we spend too much time "fighting the chimp", do you mean we try not to survive, or avoid sticky situations?
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| StevenH72 wrote: |
| Sounds very interesting but what do you mean, we spend too much time "fighting the chimp", do you mean we try not to survive, or avoid sticky situations? |
Basically we shy away from the unknown or what we perceive as fearful or 'dangerous' situations through our lack of belief in our own capabilities and as I said, this ability we have to work things out when 'push comes to shove' in order to survive
Forgot to add that the Chimp also comes into play when our ego is threatened. Deidre Angella who wrote the article states:
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"There is no place to hide in a sporting performance and being willing to risk your ego is a calculation that separates athletes who rise to the challenge and those that fear failure" |
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Thanks for the breakdown...
Does this also map into the levels of competence?
Unconscious incompetence
Conscious incompetence
Conscious competence
Unconscious competence
It seems like it could...
It also seems like the Judge and the Scientist can also be very positive if redirected to assess and analyze before we act... or afterwards in order to help us improve. It's when they try to do that work in the heat of the moment that we run into failure. They can't do those things fast enough!
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ssh, The levels of competence are my favourite thing that I can really relate to - I often quote them on SH's. In terms of the OP I am very much the scientist and probably need a certain amount of chimp in my to give me a bit of gumption.
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So..................
Since I actually AM a scientist.................
How come I ski like a chimp?
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| Acacia wrote: |
So..................
Since I actually AM a scientist.................
How come I ski like a chimp? |
Because you haven't bought my DVDs yet. 
It takes a roadmap and a plan to leave the world of the ever-chimp. So many skiers dive into the sport of skiing, in chimp fashion, discover survival based ways of coping with the challenges they encounter, and then proceed to embed those less than efficient movement pattern over the course of many seasons. Poor souls, can only be saved through an intense chimp exorcism.
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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. . . Oook?
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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| Masque wrote: |
| . . . Oook? |
Masque do I spot a fan of the librarian and Discworld
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The only guys I see on the slopes that imitate chimps - are snowboarders/knuckle dusters.. 
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You know it makes sense.
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Load of tosh - suggests the world is full of pessimists
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