Myth #3 Debunked: Part 6

What I have been discussing so far in this series is ways that the mind can be used against you as well as ways the mind can be using you to protect the body. There are many other ways but the ways I have indicated are the techniques that I have had personally used on me and that I have seen other people have used on them. Now as I get into the meat and bones of neutralizing the issues that are holding you back I first need to explain one little part of this process so you can understand a little better what to expect.

In some cases using the technique that I am going to unveil will be a cakewalk to get change using the method. You will know it instantly. It could very possibly happen in the matter of a minute. In other cases though this technique can take some time. It all depends on the size of the mental barrier that you are facing, as well as on how many different barriers you are facing. A mental barrier can be caused by something that happened yesterday, and yesterday only. Since this barrier has no real ground underneath it, it will be quick and easy to solve. On the other hand if you were told as a kid that you were no good, and you heard this repeatedly all the time you were growing up, then it could easily take an hour to work through the different episodes of when you were told that you were no good. Yes, being told that you are no good can make it so that you won't be any good at ski jumping.

This technique is being used and written about all the time by psychologists and average individuals that are using this technique to change their lives, sometimes dramatically. It's being used to cure, yes I did say CURE allergies, asthma, acne, fears, etc. It's also been being used to improve sports performance, increase wealth and break bad habits. This is a very powerful technique. The added bonus is that it can be done just about anywhere. I've been doing it while walking up the steps on the landing hill on the 50. Quite literally, it can be done anywhere and it only takes about one minute to perform the standard technique. You may find that you have to repeat the process more than once to get the desired results.

It does have a slight drawback though. It relies on conscious emotion to help you see the quickest results and to know that the problem is cured. If what you are trying to solve doesn't have some kind of conscious emotional attachment to it, this technique can still be used but it is harder to identify if the problem has been solved. To explain the what I mean by conscious emotional attachment I'll give you an example. Pain provides the perfect conscious emotional attachment, you can feel the pain and put a number on it from 1 to 10. On the other hand you may find that you have a problem, and you know that it is a problem but you are not effected by the problem consciously. For example, the crash I took on the 48 several years back. I know it causes me trouble, but I cannot put any kind of emotional level to it, I cannot put a number on it from 1 to 10 of what level the emotion is at. This is subconscious emotional attachment. The subconscious mind is telling you something is wrong, not the conscious mind. Consciously you can be at a 0 but subconsciously you can be at a 10. You can take my word for it, I'm at a 9 or 10 with many different issues subconsciously, while at a 0 consciously. These problems are harder solve simply because you don't know if they are solved or not until you can test them, and test them thoroughly.

Remember it is the subconscious mind that controls the body. You don't have to tell yourself to breathe, or to beat your heart to get it to happen, the subconscious mind takes care of that for you. In this same way your subconscious mind when it comes across something that it preceives as dangerous, it will make you stay away from it. If the subconscious mind sees moving out over the skis as a possible faceplant into the snow then it will keep you from moving out over the skis. Changing the mind on this belief will make it very easy to start moving out over the skis.

The nice part of using this technique is the fact that by solving one issue you may find yourself solving several problems. Neutralizing one bad memory can solve several problems. For example, a parent may have told you throughout life that you were no good. Your mind forms a pattern to make sure that you are no good...at anything. To neutralize this issue MAY take some time. It may happen in one minute or it may take an hour or more depending on the depth of the issue and how quickly you are willing to get down to the core issue of what the real problem is. Once the issue has been resolved you very well may find that not only your ski jumping improves, very quickly, but also you may find that your school/business work improves as well. This one issue can be influencing multiple areas of your life.

Also, once "cured" the problems can creep back into your life if you haven't gotten down to the core issue of what is holding you back. This is why I'm taking the approach of introducing this technique to you the way I'm doing it. The quicker you can get down to the core issue, the first occurance of the bad memory, the easier it will be to solve the problem. Their may be many occurance of the problem that you will have to go through to get the real problem solved. By using my approach I hope to save you the time of having to go through the longer process that is normally used.

Let's begin with step 1.

1. What is the problem you are having right now?
Write it down. Talk with your coach if you need to. Are you having trouble moving out over the skis, cocking your ankles, dropping the butt at the takeoff, bad inrun position, etc? Are you stuck in a rut? If you are stuck in a rut this should be easy to figure out what the problem is, namely what is your coach always telling you to do differently. Are you fighting a persistent problem that just won't go away? Another words you jump fine under certain circumstanes but when the conditions change you can't perform the same way. For example, the nordic combiner that I mentioned in Part 1 of this series.

Take a long, hard look at what it is that you are having trouble with. Write it down. Don't try to figure out why you are having the problem, that will come later, just write down what it is that you are having trouble with.

You may find that you have more than one problem that you need to solve. This is fine, just make sure that you have written all the problems down so that you don't end up forgetting them. Only work with things that you are having problems with. If you haven't tried to do a tele then this isn't a problem, yet. Only write down things that you are attempting but not having any luck with/technique that you are doing incorrectly.

Tomorrow, you will look at the timeline of your problem.

Until next time
Keep the ski tips up,
Crash

Jumping Journal: February 15, 2006

Day 38.  An uneventful night.  Kinda strange to hear myself say that.  Granted it was a night of jumping late on each and every one of the five jumps that I ended up taking.

 

I was planning on jumping the 25 with the Ford Sayre club after the Junior Olympic Committee meeting.  I had changed into the ski bibs and already had one boot on when Cannonball told Tom that he was heading over to grab a few jumps on the 50.  I had to stop and think for a minute to decide which way I wanted to go, 50 or 25.  Turns out the conditions on the 25 weren't the greatest so I made the right decision of going to the 50 with the US Masters fleet.  Yep, all of the Lebanon squad was jumping the 50 tonight.  It was the first time I've seen Bill jump the 50 since his nasty crash last summer on the 25.

 

My first jump was quite shaky on the inrun, the shakiest of the season it seemed like.  The new boots were playing tricks on my mind and making me feel unstable going down the inrun.  I jumped really late.

 

Jump number was more stable but still late.  The same with the next three jumps.  Each jump got a little earlier but I was still late nonetheless.  I'm not sure what it is that was making me jump late tonight.  I'm thinking it is something with the different boots that is throwing me off.  Time shall tell though.  Hopefully, weather providing, I'll be able to do better tomorrow night on the 50.

 

Crash