Psychology

How to: Heal Yourself

Red Bull performance coach York-Peter Klöppel explains how to recover mentally after an incident
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Tom de Dorlodot

What if…?

Discover what happens after an accident. What if you smashed yourself up? Learn how others faced the challenge of flying again.
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Will Gadd

Masterclass Excerpt: Will Gadd on staying safe

An excerpt available for all from Will's Masterclass detailing several principles involved in analysing risky situations to keep you safe
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Foot-skimming at sunrise

The ‘100-hour pilot’ syndrome

The Dunning-Kruger effect is where people overestimate their abilities. In paramotoring we call it the '100-hour pilot' syndrome
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Julien Garcia in the goal field at the end of the FAI European Paragliding Championships this year. His overwhelming feeling with the individual and team success? “Relief!” Photo: Marcus King

Thinking differently: ‘Forget flow: stay focused and confident.’

‘Forget flow: stay focused and confident.’ The final part in our series exploring the coaching philosophy and approach of Julien Garcia, the French team paragliding coach.
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Thinking Differently: ‘You do you’

The third in a five-part series exploring the philosophy and approach of Julien Garcia, the French team paragliding coach
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Thinking Differently: Think like a kid

The second in a five-part series exploring the philosophy and approach of Julien Garcia, the French team paragliding coach
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Flow by Gavin McClurg

Video: Flow by Gavin McClurg

Flow is a state of mind where you become completely immersed in whatever you are doing. Time evaporates, confidence soars
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Paraglider in cloud

Managing your bandwidth

Paragliding instructor Malin Lobb looks at how a pilot's mental bandwidth affects their performance in flight, and how we can work on increasing it
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Thomas Theurillat

Masterclass: How to set goals that work with Thomas Theurillat

“What are your goals for the next 100 days?” Thomas Theurillat explain goal types and how all paraglider pilots can apply them
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