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I think I am raising a Pastrana- decisions
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[QUOTE="Wolf, post: 928756, member: 19358"] Dave, reading this gives me the chills. I have no motorcycle related advice, but I will offer up what we did with our development skiers (some of the top kids in the country). Most were extremely talented kids, technically very skilled, dedicated and commited. Problem was that they'd crash in 2 out of 3 races. The mindset was "1st place or die trying". A great mindset by the way, except...it takes a certain level of experience and maturity to carry that through. We have lost more top kids to career ending injuries than we cared for. We ended up implementing artificial rules to make kids race "smarter". We required a certain "finish rate" in order to remain on the team (75%), and we ended up cutting kids...with a chance to earn back a spot of course. During my coaching years, we had one of the most consistent teams out there, our kids were the ones to beat. I would never want to discourage someone to go all out, however, this needs to include the decision making. Go all out physically AND mentally. Go all out but be smart about it FIRST!! "He is stepping up to a new class and in reality should be running top 3 consistently but he is pushing his physical skills trying to match what he thinks he can do." ".....most are just typical track conditions changing and catching him off guard." Are you sure its the "physical skills" that are holding him back? My 2 cents [/QUOTE]
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