This tenth in a series of articles is taken from here:
http://ozreport.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=26379

Jim Rooney <<jim>> writes:

So where does the fear come from? (We all know)

It comes from that first early and weak flare. That one that doesn't stall the
wing, but instead zooms you up much higher than you intended or wanted. Then the
root stalls, and the tips don't. The tips push up which rotates the nose over in
spite of your attempts to "hold the flare". Worse is most people when they get
to this point flinch. They soften up their flare (instinctively, not
consciously) and the tips gain even more power.

We've all watched and probably experienced first hand what happens next. And it
sucks balls. It often hurts and sometimes breaks things, both gliders and
people.

No one ever wishes to go through it a second time. So we start hedging our bets.
Unfortunately, this makes things even worse.

And it all starts with missing that crucial bit of information… when to flare.
Without it, you're left guessing. And you've just experienced the hard penalty
of guessing wrong on the early side… and it sucks.

So I say stop guessing. Avoid the problem all together. Instead, know when to
flare. It's so much easier that way.