{"id":21500,"date":"2019-12-02T11:38:13","date_gmt":"2019-12-02T11:38:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.skydivemag.com\/new\/?p=21500"},"modified":"2020-01-04T10:35:04","modified_gmt":"2020-01-04T10:35:04","slug":"dansmagic-1-becoming-a-natural-athlete","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.skydivemag.com\/new\/dansmagic-1-becoming-a-natural-athlete\/","title":{"rendered":"Dan\u2019sMagic 1: Becoming a Natural Athlete"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>The first chapter in a unique 4-way manual, written by World Champion Dan Brodsky-Chenfeld. It\u2019s the most complete work on 4-way in existence, covering everything you need to perform at your best.<\/strong><br><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.skydivemag.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/1-MG1558-by-Craig-OBrien-Perris-Fury-736x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21502\" width=\"860\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.skydivemag.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/1-MG1558-by-Craig-OBrien-Perris-Fury-736x1024.jpg 736w, https:\/\/www.skydivemag.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/1-MG1558-by-Craig-OBrien-Perris-Fury-216x300.jpg 216w, https:\/\/www.skydivemag.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/1-MG1558-by-Craig-OBrien-Perris-Fury-768x1068.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 736px) 100vw, 736px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\"><blockquote><p>NATURAL ATHLETE \u2013 An athlete that instinctively performs to the best of his abilities without obvious thought or effort&#8221; <\/p><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In many ways this is the ultimate goal of\nevery athlete. We have all marveled at how some athletes can \u201cread the play\u201d\nand intuitively handle rapidly changing conditions on the playing field. They\ninstinctively do whatever the situation calls for while staying calm and making\nit look easy in the process. These athletes have trained their athletic skills\nto the point that they have become instinctive, muscle memory. But in addition\nto having developed their instincts, they have trained the SKILL of TRUSTING\nTHEIR INSTINCTS. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This is certainly not limited to sports. It is true for individuals striving to reach their peak performance in any field. Dancers, musicians, writers, artists, pilots, actors and public speakers will tell you the same thing. They perform at their best when they just relax, trust that their training will work for them, and \u201clet it happen\u201d. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\"><blockquote><p>They perform at their best when they just relax, trust that their training will work for them, and \u201clet it happen\u201d&#8221; <\/p><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n<p><!-- Perris Supersize changeable ads Seasonal [async] --><br \/>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\">if (!window.AdButler){(function(){var s = document.createElement(\"script\"); s.async = true; s.type = \"text\/javascript\";s.src = 'https:\/\/servedbyadbutler.com\/app.js';var n = document.getElementsByTagName(\"script\")[0]; n.parentNode.insertBefore(s, n);}());}<\/script><br \/>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\">\nvar AdButler = AdButler || {}; AdButler.ads = AdButler.ads || [];\nvar abkw = window.abkw || '';\nvar plc411029 = window.plc411029 || 0;\ndocument.write('<'+'div id=\"placement_411029_'+plc411029+'\"><\/'+'div>');\nAdButler.ads.push({handler: function(opt){ AdButler.register(175942, 411029, [860,484], 'placement_411029_'+opt.place, opt); }, opt: { place: plc411029++, keywords: abkw, domain: 'servedbyadbutler.com', click:'CLICK_MACRO_PLACEHOLDER' }});\n<\/script><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On the other\nhand, there are also many people with amazing technical skills, but who aren\u2019t\nable to consistently perform to the full potential of those skills. Their minds\nare too busy with exterior thoughts that don\u2019t concern the task of the moment. They\ndon\u2019t have the confidence to relax and trust that their instincts will lead\nthem to victory if they just let them. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We are all born with the innate inclination\nto trust our instincts. As babies and even toddlers we had little other than\nour instincts to operate from when determining a course of action. A gut\nfeeling would tell us to do something and we would follow it. As we grow up we\nhave many new experiences and gain lots of new information. We start to pay\nless attention to our gut feelings, intuition and instincts, and instead are\nled by fears of making mistakes, worrying about other people\u2019s perceptions of\nus and concern for the final outcome rather than the task at hand. All of these\nare contrary to operating on instinct. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We operate on instinct when our minds are\ncalm, undistracted and purely focused in the moment. It is an incredible, yet\nvery natural experience. Our senses pick up, and make us aware of, everything\nthat is happening on the \u201cplaying field\u201d. We see, hear and feel what we are\nconfronted with and instinctively respond to it without analysis, or at times\nwithout even conscious thought. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The ability to trust our instincts exists\ndeep within each one of us. But because of all the exterior distractions we\nallow to cloud our minds, our instincts are sometimes buried so deeply that it\ntakes a shock to our system to bring them out. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.skydivemag.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/1625-by-Craig-OBrien-Perris-Fury-791x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21504\" width=\"860\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.skydivemag.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/1625-by-Craig-OBrien-Perris-Fury-791x1024.jpg 791w, https:\/\/www.skydivemag.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/1625-by-Craig-OBrien-Perris-Fury-232x300.jpg 232w, https:\/\/www.skydivemag.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/1625-by-Craig-OBrien-Perris-Fury-768x994.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 791px) 100vw, 791px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Many of us have experienced unique moments\nin sports (or other activities) when we stopped thinking and were just going on\nautomatic. These moments often happen when something suddenly forces us to\noperate on instinct without giving us a chance to think or do otherwise. The\nresult is a level of performance we didn\u2019t even know we were capable of. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nearly everyone who drives a car has had an\nexperience like this. There you were, calm as could be, cruising down the road,\nenjoying a good song when another driver suddenly pulled out in front of you\nand slammed on the brakes. In the fraction of a second that you had to respond\nyou looked in your mirrors, looked to the sides, hit the brakes, hit the gas,\nturned to avoid the collision while not causing another one and instantly took\nevasive action. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It all happened in seconds. You didn\u2019t plan for it or have any warning that it was coming. But the situation demanded that you respond without hesitation. You handled it and didn\u2019t even realize how terrified you were until it was over. You never trained for, or practiced the particular maneuver that was required of you. You don\u2019t even know how you did it. You just did it. You were forced to trust your instincts because you didn\u2019t have time to do anything else. Your instincts came through for you and they always will.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\"><blockquote><p>Your instincts came through for you and they always will&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Our\ninstincts are only as good as we have trained them to be.<\/strong> If you had came across the same situation during your first time\nbehind the wheel of a car you would have been less likely to respond as well. An\nexperienced taxi driver would have handled it better. A Nascar driver, better\nstill. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We will perform at our best, whatever level\nthat best is, when we trust our instincts to take us there. New driver\u2019s skills\nare not yet well trained. If they relax and allow their instincts to guide\nthem, their instincts will tell them to stay aware, slow down, watch carefully\nand not get too close to the car in front of them. The NASCAR driver\u2019s\ninstincts are very well trained. When they relax and allow their instincts to\nguide them their instincts will tell them that they can race down the road at\nany speed they choose, because they know they will be able to handle any\nsituation that may arise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In athletic competition we are constantly training our skills and developing our instincts with the goal of becoming a \u201cnatural athlete\u201d. To do this we must start practicing the \u201cskill\u201d of trusting our instincts while our athletic abilities and are still early in their development.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-vimeo wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-vimeo wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Airspeed on 4-way\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/216864701?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"text-align:right\"><strong><em>Photos show Perris Fury over Skydive Perris, by Craig O&#8217;Brien<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">More Magic From Dan<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Next Article (2):<\/em>&nbsp;<em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.skydivemag.com\/new\/dansmagic-2-training-your-instincts\/\"><strong>Training your instincts<\/strong><\/a><\/em><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.skydivemag.com\/new\/?s=dansmagic\">All Dan\u2019sMagic articles<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Above All Else<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.skydivemag.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Above-All-Else.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21758\" width=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.skydivemag.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Above-All-Else.jpg 231w, https:\/\/www.skydivemag.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Above-All-Else-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 231px) 100vw, 231px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Several articles in this series are extracts from Dan&#8217;s amazing book, &#8216;Above All Else&#8217;, which covers far more than skydiving. It&#8217;s available from Square One <a href=\"https:\/\/square1.com\/product\/above-all-else\/\">HERE<\/a> or Amazon <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Playing-Win-Greatest-Skydiver-Conquering\/dp\/1616084464\/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;s=books&amp;qid=1302806428&amp;sr=8-1\">HERE<\/a>, where you can check the glowing reviews, mostly from non skydivers, such as:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>&#8220;I can&#8217;t recommend the book more. Do yourself this favor and just read it. Sure, it&#8217;s not Shakespeare, but it&#8217;s truth. At 120 MPH. 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