{"id":14113,"date":"2019-03-14T03:05:32","date_gmt":"2019-03-14T10:05:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/speedsecrets.com\/?p=14113"},"modified":"2019-02-18T17:43:50","modified_gmt":"2019-02-19T01:43:50","slug":"115-peter-puffer-the-psychology-of-hpde-instructing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/speedsecrets.com\/115-peter-puffer-the-psychology-of-hpde-instructing\/","title":{"rendered":"115 \u2013 Peter Puffer: The Psychology of HPDE Instructing"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_9437\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-14113-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/speedsecrets\/115_-_for_3-14_2-16-19_16.03_auph.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/speedsecrets\/115_-_for_3-14_2-16-19_16.03_auph.mp3\">http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/speedsecrets\/115_-_for_3-14_2-16-19_16.03_auph.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/speedsecrets\/115_-_for_3-14_2-16-19_16.03_auph.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/speedsecrets.com\/?powerpress_pinw=14113-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/speedsecrets\/115_-_for_3-14_2-16-19_16.03_auph.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"115_-_for_3-14_2-16-19_16.03_auph.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/speed-secrets-podcast\/id1192075386?mt=2&amp;ls=1#episodeGuid=https%3A%2F%2Fspeedsecrets.com%2F%3Fp%3D14113\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_itunes\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on Apple Podcasts\" rel=\"nofollow\">Apple Podcasts<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/music.amazon.com\/podcasts\/9ea86275-9f66-45ea-98d0-b1815b249b07\/speed-secrets-podcast\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_amazon\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on Amazon Music\" rel=\"nofollow\">Amazon Music<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/speedsecrets.com\/feed\/podcast\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a><\/p><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-14246 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/speedsecrets.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Peter-Puffer-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/speedsecrets.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Peter-Puffer-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/speedsecrets.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Peter-Puffer-scaled-300x400.jpg 300w, https:\/\/speedsecrets.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Peter-Puffer-scaled-500x667.jpg 500w, https:\/\/speedsecrets.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Peter-Puffer-scaled-64x85.jpg 64w, https:\/\/speedsecrets.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Peter-Puffer-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/speedsecrets.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Peter-Puffer-1080x1440.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/speedsecrets.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Peter-Puffer-510x680.jpg 510w, https:\/\/speedsecrets.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Peter-Puffer-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><strong>Peter Puffer<\/strong> joins me to talk about why we do what we do (driving fast around race tracks), the psychology of instructing a driver on track, and what makes a great instructor (hint: observing and paying attention to the student is a good place to start!). Peter also talks about how too much, and also too little, anxiety can negatively impact performance.<\/p>\n<p>Peter, who is a psychologist as a profession, grew up around motorsport and started driving in HPDE events and track days back in 1997. Since that time he\u2019s driven and raced at tracks throughout the midwest and elsewhere. He\u2019s been a HPDE instructor for 18 years, and is the chief instructor for the Glacier Lakes Audi Club.<\/p>\n<p>Peter\u2019s Speed Secret: always be a student.<\/p>\n<p>Peter can be contacted at <a href=\"mailto:peter.puffer@audiglacierlakes.org\">peter.puffer@audiglacierlakes.org<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_9438\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-14113-2\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/speedsecrets\/115_-_for_3-14_2-16-19_16.03_auph.mp3?_=2\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/speedsecrets\/115_-_for_3-14_2-16-19_16.03_auph.mp3\">http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/speedsecrets\/115_-_for_3-14_2-16-19_16.03_auph.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/speedsecrets\/115_-_for_3-14_2-16-19_16.03_auph.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/speedsecrets.com\/?powerpress_pinw=14113-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/speedsecrets\/115_-_for_3-14_2-16-19_16.03_auph.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"115_-_for_3-14_2-16-19_16.03_auph.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/speed-secrets-podcast\/id1192075386?mt=2&amp;ls=1#episodeGuid=https%3A%2F%2Fspeedsecrets.com%2F%3Fp%3D14113\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_itunes\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on Apple Podcasts\" rel=\"nofollow\">Apple Podcasts<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/music.amazon.com\/podcasts\/9ea86275-9f66-45ea-98d0-b1815b249b07\/speed-secrets-podcast\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_amazon\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on Amazon Music\" rel=\"nofollow\">Amazon Music<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/speedsecrets.com\/feed\/podcast\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a><\/p><p>Peter Puffer joins me to talk about why we do what we do (driving fast around race tracks), the psychology of instructing a driver on track, and what makes a great instructor (hint: observing and paying attention to the student is a good place to start!). Peter also talks about how too much, and also too little, anxiety can negatively impact performance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14113","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-speed-secrets-podcast"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/speedsecrets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14113","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/speedsecrets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/speedsecrets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/speedsecrets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/speedsecrets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14113"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/speedsecrets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14113\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14248,"href":"https:\/\/speedsecrets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14113\/revisions\/14248"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/speedsecrets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14113"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/speedsecrets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14113"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/speedsecrets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14113"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}