Documents 

The purpose of this thesis was to find out harmful effects of fear in pair acrobatics practice from perspective of physiology and cognitive. In the beginning of this thesis, pair acrobatics as a circus discipline has been presented and fear and skill training as a phenomenon has been explicated. Then I have applied the knowledge to perspective of pair acrobatics. My goal was to understand fear and its effects on performance and learning in skill training so I can develop my work as flyer, circus artist and teacher. Fear decelerate or even stops learning when it impact to cognitive function that learning requires or performance. Learner experiences fear more likely in early phase of learning process when learner only tries to create an image of the totality of the skill. However, fears can be experienced in any phase of learning process. With practice, learner gains knowledge and confidence in learner’s own and partner’s skills. In the training of pair acrobatics, learner should aim for
safety so the process of learning won’t decelerate and risks of injury won’t increase.