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How do you guys regain the confidence to hit shit after falling?

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tutipups
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Feels like everytime i fall i go back a step and take a whole season to try the thing i fell on because i get fucking scared to do it
2 years ago
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CantThinkOfaName
Posts: 415 - Karma: -964
Drink some mug and stop being a pussy straight up
2 years ago
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Slowbro
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Unless I got completely cooked i usually try the same trick as soon as possible so I don't overthink it.
2 years ago
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Newsheepers
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was my first day back today and thought it'd be good after 8" of fresh snow but it was all bumpy asf, bombholes everywhere, ICY, and the rails were sticky and shaking. So I busted my ass on the easiest downrail landed flat on my ass (its sore asf). An hour later came back and bodied this cannon rail. I just turned on some sha ek and didn't give a fck.
2 years ago
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Quaggy
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CantThinkOfaNameDrink some mug and stop being a pussy straight up

A fellow mug connoisseur!
When in doubt, mug it out.
2 years ago
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BradFiAusNzCoCa
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You either work your way up confidence wise and skill wise again aka knowing “I have the abilities so I am fully confident I can do this”. Or you just do the same thing again right away so it’s not a mental block
2 years ago
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hi_vis360
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I say to myself “well it probably can’t go any worse than that”
2 years ago
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theabortionator
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Sometimes if you're not too hurt doing the trick again right then. Especially if you're a little angry after falling. Channel that and just do it. Have your friends or music pump you up and just get after it.

Otherwise starting small helps rebuild confidence. Steez out on some small features. Spin on and off some bullshit 10 foot flat bar. Just landing some tricks gets you the confidence boost and gets your muscles ready to stomp shit. When you feel good take em to the next size up.

Sometimes knowing when it's not your day and walking away os good. That said I've had days where I felt like I was going to die trying to hit the park in the morning. Warmed up on small stuff or did a few groomer laps, and then got back in and took it easy and eventually had a killer day throwing down a bit.








You know yourself the best so figuring out what works and dialing that in.

It can be hard to come back from injuries or even a good crash. Always feels good when you start lacing tricks again though. Good luck
2 years ago
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SurfaceIsdurable
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Depending on how bad I fall Sometimes I Skip the feature for a couple runs forget about it then get back to hitting it

**This post was edited on Mar 11th 2023 at 9:31:56am
2 years ago
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tutipups
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SurfaceIsdurableDepending on how bad I fall Sometimes I Skip the feature for a couple runs forget about it then get back to hitting it

**This post was edited on Mar 11th 2023 at 9:31:56am

i dont forget
2 years ago
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skierman
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Either quit being a fucking pussy or quit skiing, you fucking pussy.
2 years ago
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Vish-shoe
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It’s as simple as not caring about yourself or your safety
2 years ago
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Lippamani
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Yeah tbh I used to get scared on everything but I think I lost enough brains due to concussions because I don't get scared of hitting anything except trees in the woods but like any jump or rail or trick I'm down to try it.

But that doesn't answer your question, when I used to get scared I overthaught whatever I was trying even if I knew I could do it. I remember my first 360 I knew I could do it but I couldn't get myself to drop in. So I was like hey patty call me a pussy so he starts trash talking me and I was like that's it and do it first try.
2 years ago
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Lippamani
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And when I first try things I like to look at it a little bit first and I like to look at what I thought I did wrong on the way back up the rope so last year when I flew over the s rail and tacod a rail next to it with my ribs I was like oh gotta go sliwer
2 years ago
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Bio_8
Posts: 236 - Karma: 1,126
i still learned how to k fed with a separated ac joint and rotator cuff strain. just fucking do it
2 years ago
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Farmville420
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Work your way back on smaller features and memorize what the success feels like. If you can’t visualize success you will never progress. It’s a long process.
2 years ago
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theabortionator
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Farmville420Work your way back on smaller features and memorize what the success feels like. If you can’t visualize success you will never progress. It’s a long process.


I've had nose butter trips on my vision board for a week. Should I send it? Start with the dub on a 20 footer and then move to the 60 once I feel confident?

I'm fucking ready!

For real though that's it. Knowing how to do stuff, believing you got it, and having the confidence built from smaller tricks/features.

A lot of coaching is just giving people confidence. They can do it, you're def watching and giving them tips. But people can do a lot of shit if they can get past the mental blocked. The mental blocks are legit though.
2 years ago
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IsaacNW82
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Assuming you fell trying something new/cool, I just do it again immediately. Maybe hard to get into the habit, but once you learn that the first slam is always the scariest and it almost always gets easier from there, you'll get into that rhythm naturally.

"First is the worst"
2 years ago
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KilaTsunami
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SlowbroUnless I got completely cooked i usually try the same trick as soon as possible so I don't overthink it.


This has always worked for me. If you don’t get back up and try again within the same day, you’ll probably develop a mental block around the trick.
2 years ago
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