Originally Posted by
carleton
Many coaches yell, "UP UP UP!!!!!" for a reason...it works
I once had a teammate do that to me when I was just practicing rolling starts...boom, extra 100W out of nowhere. The body and mind are weird, man. Weird.
People are susceptible to suggestion when fatigued. I tell people I'm racing against to "go!" when a good-looking move goes off, and fairly often they do. they think i'm saying it for the benefit of all of us but really i'm just doing it to get a free ride up to the front.