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Motor Sport Psychology – Fear Of Failure Or Need To Achieve?
Fear of failure of need to achieve?
Which side of the line are you on? The battle between the fear of losing and the need to achieveand which trait the top racers have.
The 2008 Season is almost upon us and two British hopes are well on with their preparations.In F1 Lewis Hamilton continues to post competitive times in testing at Barcelona and Jerez and Tommy Searle raced to victory yesterday in the MX2 traditional curtain raiser at Mantova.
What do you think motivates athletes like Lewis and Tommy to succeed? It’s very likely their motivation to do so has far more to do with a real need to achieve rather than a strong will to avoid failure. On reading this sentance you may think that these two things are one and the same , but although they are indeed two side of the same issue, the consequences of which one you choose are massive.
