Alpine ski racers, specifically in the discipline of downhill, may experience fear competing in such a high-risk environment. The purpose of this study was to explore Canadian national team men’s experience and management of fear in World Cup alpine ski racing. This study uses an interpretive phenomenological analysis, conducted with five male members of the Canadian national ski team. Three themes emerged: contextual influences, preparation and process, and risk vs. reward. The findings indicate one’s experience and management of fear may be influenced by contextual factors (e.g., weather, course profile) and confidence, and that confidence is influenced by the same situational factors that influence fear as well as athlete preparation. There currently exists a discrepancy between the athletes’ approaches to training and racing, making it difficult to master fear management strategies. As a result of the discrepancy created between training and racing, there are several implicat
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Jeremy Wyatt
is Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Underwood International College, Yonsei University, South Korea. His main research interests are the philosophy of language, metaphysics, and truth.
Nikolaj Jang Lee Linding Pedersen is Associate Professor of Philosophy and Director of the UIC Research Institute and Veritas Research Center, Underwood International College, Yonsei University, South Korea. His main research areas are truth, epistemology, and metaphysics. Pedersen is a co-editor of
New Waves in Truth (2010),
Truth and Pluralism: Current Debates (2013),
Epistemic Pluralism (2017),
The Routledge Handbook of Social Epistemology (2019).
Nathan Kellen works at the Department of Philosophy, University of Connecticut, USA. Kellen’s work is on truth, the philosophy of logic, philosophy of mathematics and ethics.