Originally Posted by
Ygduf
this is nothing but bravado. 95% of everyone I know would fail this test without any resistance. If someone is about to steer your bike with their hip on your bars, your options are limited.
The rest of that stuff is good bike handling drills, but the issues seem to be that the minute the race gets stressful people lose their ability to think and just overreact. I think everyone learns via experience how to better stay calm and disconnect physical stress from the mental.
It's not to teach anyone bad habits. There is a difference in taking contact at 15mph in an easy drill than at 25mph when you're working hard. That's the only reason it is done, to get the rider over the overthinking hump in a controlled setting.