Im working on a semester long psychology project that relates to sports and completion, and in particular why people push themselves as hard as they do. i was hoping to get some responses with your answers to any or all parts of the following questions:
1. why do you want to become better and progress? what rewards are there in pregression, not including monetary gains like winning comps and sponsorship?
2. why do the positive aspects of skiing outweigh the dangerous and deadly aspects? i know C.R.'s death is still raw but it illustrates an important point in my research. think of his quote from EDIAS... what makes skiing worth dying for?
3. if you have suffered a serious injury what has driven you to get back on snow? Almost every where else in life we learn to avoid things that cause pain and danger, but with skiing and sports in general it seems that injuries dont deter us from trying again. if you burned yourself in a campfire, you would probably become more cautious around fires in the future... why does this seemingly common sense not apply to skiing?
please try to give me honest answers about your personal views only... why you think someone else might do some of these things doesnt help me because it is really only a guess. also dont fell like you need to limit yourself to skiing, anything sports related is cool.
thanks
