I have been writing about totally different teaching matters for greater than three years now. I feel the next is a very powerful article I’ve written to this point and I feel it’ll assist all of you discover some additional lap time
For 3 years our workforce at Blayze Motorsports has been constantly questioning and refining how we coach. Fairly early on we established what the basics of driving rapidly on a race observe are:
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Automobile placement
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Imaginative and prescient/Focus
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Motor controls
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Brake adjustability
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Flip in fee/level
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Physique place
Curiously, over the previous yr as we studied this in additional depth one factor grew to become clear. It isn’t nearly figuring out the basics of our sport, the order in how we educate them is essential. I’ve these listed in a really particular order there.
I usually hear from drivers, “I do know precisely the place I am shedding time.” Whereas that’s usually true, what they do not have is the best plan of assault on how you can resolve for it. They make choices within the incorrect order which is the place they tremendously enhance threat whereas on their seek for decreased lap occasions.
The rationale the order of fundamentals is so essential is that it helps us all scale back threat whereas making it simpler to go quick. Driving a racecar is extra of a ability based mostly sport than a expertise based mostly sport and with the best plan and sufficient reps nearly anybody can grow to be fast.
On this article I breakdown utilizing an actual life instance how I exploit these fundamentals and order of fundamentals to resolve the place to focus my teaching factors and the way I talk these.
I additionally offer you methods to have the ability to self coach your self in weekend which is a essential side of all of this. We now have the complete article right here: https://blayze.io/blog/car-racing/blayze-motorsports-coaching-methodology.
I hope that is useful and when you’ve got questions or suggestions we are able to add to this please go away a remark right here!