| Seek out those considered experts in cycling. Sport | | | | means keep them posted of your experiences and |
| Psychologists, coaches, mentors, and teammates are | | | | successes. As they see you grow in meeting your |
| all valuable resources for you as your strive toward | | | | cycling goals, and they hear your enjoyment, then |
| your goals. In my research, with elite level cyclists, | | | | perhaps they will come around and give you their |
| participants cited their parents and family as key | | | | support. |
| members of their support team. I don't think that | | | | If you do have a supportive family, then count your |
| anyone would dispute the important roles that one's | | | | blessings, and I mean that sincerely. Your family can be |
| family plays in their success. But there are some | | | | incredible emotional supporters. Build upon this |
| individuals who do not always have a supportive | | | | emotional support by seeking out your team of |
| family, whether it is because the parents themselves | | | | experts. Experts who can help you set goals, improve |
| don't know how to be supportive, or have value | | | | your motivation, and give you feed-back on your |
| different things that you value. | | | | performance. |
| If your family is not supportive, then your family can be | | | | Keep in mind that building your support team apart |
| what you make it. Your family can be a family of | | | | from your family and friends is as simple as asking for |
| friends and associates who are supportive of you. But | | | | help. Do your own research, find the experts who are |
| don't discount your original family. If their open to | | | | right for you, and keep spinning to achieve cycling |
| hearing about your cycling endeavors, then, by all | | | | success. |