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Journal article
'Leave Your Ego at the Door': A Narrative Investigation into Effective Wingsuit Flying
Frontiers in Psychology, Vol.8, pp.1985-1985
17/11/2017
PMCID: PMC5699196
PMID: 29204131
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Abstract
In recent years there has been a rapid growth in interest in extreme sports. For the most part research has focused on understanding motivations for participation in extreme sports and very little research has attempted to investigate the psychological structure of effective performance. Those few studies that have attempted to explore this issue have tested models designed for traditional sport on adventure sports. However, extreme sports are not the same as adventure sports or traditional sports. This study employed a narrative approach to investigate experiences of effective performance in the extreme sport of proximity wingsuit flying. An overarching theme we labeled ‘leave your ego at the door,’ emerged based on four sub-themes: (1) know thy self, (2) know thy skills, (3) know the environment now, and (4) tame the ‘inner animal.’ These themes are presented and discussed in relation to performance and discovery narratives identified within elite sport, thereby shedding light on how participants’ experiences of the extreme sport of proximity wingsuit flying differ from dominant stories within traditional sports.
Details
- Title
- 'Leave Your Ego at the Door': A Narrative Investigation into Effective Wingsuit Flying
- Creators
- Cedric Arijs - Department of Physical Education & Sports Science, University of ThessalyStiliani Chroni - Department of Sports and Physical Education, Faculty of Public Health, Inland Norway University of Applied SciencesEric Brymer - Institute of Sport, Physical Activity and Leisure, Carnegie School of Sport, Leeds Beckett UniversityDavid Carless - Institute of Sport, Physical Activity and Leisure, Carnegie School of Sport, Leeds Beckett University
- Publication Details
- Frontiers in Psychology, Vol.8, pp.1985-1985
- Publisher
- Frontiers Research Foundation
- Identifiers
- 991012951196402368
- Academic Unit
- Human Sciences; Faculty of Health
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article