How to Train Your Visual Sense Like Lewis Formula 1!
As we know driving a race car is far too quick to be done at the conscious level,
making decisions and thinking aboutthings, it is all done so quickly it is
at the reactionary level.
One of the areas that is so powerful for the quickest drivers is being able
to accurately judge and guess distances for example judging
the braking points.
Just like anything with practice your visual sense and you ability to judge
distance can be practiced and improved.
Two Methods To Improve Your Visual Sense
Method One
So for example maybe you are going to the shops. Pick a point and guess how many
steps away it is. Then count out the number of steps you took to get there (don’t cheat!) and
see if you were close.
As you get better at this you will get more accurate and you can transfer
this new skill to the track.
Method Two
This one is a lot more fun… and just as effective!
A lot of the top F1 drivers can drive remote control cars really well.
Why is this? Sure remote control cars are a lot of fun and maybe
there is that attraction to cars that go fast but in reality it is
fantastic for building up your visual sense. Think about it. If you set up a track
that you have to drive a remote control car around you have to get the distances
exactly correct using different angles for that car to successfully complete a lap,
this is awesome and so much fun for
training your visual sense.
(about the picture.. .sure Bourdais is no longer in F1 but how
good do you have to be to get there in the 
first place!)
Here is a good solid entry level remote control car that is
perfect for training up the visual sense:
Or if you are in the USA this one will get to you quicker:
So that’s it pretty simple (and fun) stuff.
Leave your comments and let me know your thoughts.
Keep Racing!
Robin
F1 Drivers Secrets
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