I'm a singer, so I believe in rehearsal. I practice falling, and it has helped me a lot. I stumbled on this when I was teaching adults to ride a bike. Some were anxious, so to allay their anxiety, I took them to soft, grassy ground and had them do "stage falls" from a standing position. I did it first, to show them. Bend your ankle to the side, then fall on your knee, then hip, then elbow, then shoulder. Do it in slow motion. No need to do it fast and hard. I've fallen a few times in recent years, and I ended up falling in that way because the practice had ingrained it in me. Thanks for the reminder with this thread. It's time for me to practice.

The last time I fell off the bike, it went so well, that I kept checking myself to find the pain, and I couldn't find any. People saw my fall and came running to help. I got up and smiled. I walked for a quarter-mile to make sure I wasn't in shock but realizing I was fine, I got back on the bike.

I also practice using ABS brakes in the car after the first snowfall of the winter. When ABS kicks in, my reflex is to back off, and that's wrong. So I find a slippery slope and jam on the brakes to adjust my reflex for when I really have a slip.