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Three steps to improve your riding  – the three stages of skill acquisition.

As a coach one thing that has always intrigued me is how some riders have considerable knowledge around correct riding technique, however they sometimes struggle to put it into practice, but at the same time some riders have high levels of riding ability but can not...

4 Steps to overcome rider anxiety

4 Steps to overcome rider anxiety I have always had considerable admiration for those riders who experience high levels of anxiety but push through and do it anyway! However the point is, it doesn’t have to be that way, there are many tried and tested methods that can...

Parenting the equestrian athlete

Parenting the equestrian athlete I was born into a non-horsey family; I am however lucky enough to have a mother that has always encouraged me to follow my passions. As a result, throughout the summer weekends of my childhood, my mum alongside my friends equally...
4 Steps to overcome rider anxiety

4 Steps to overcome rider anxiety

4 Steps to overcome rider anxiety I have always had considerable admiration for those riders who experience high levels of anxiety but push through and do it anyway! However the point is, it doesn’t have to be that way, there are many tried and tested methods that can...

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4 Steps to overcome rider anxiety

Parenting the equestrian athlete

Parenting the equestrian athlete I was born into a non-horsey family; I am however lucky enough to have a mother that has always encouraged me to follow my passions. As a result, throughout the summer weekends of my childhood, my mum alongside my friends equally...

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The 3 F’s of deliberate practice

The 3 F’s of deliberate practice

The 3 F’s of deliberate practice You may well have heard of the 10,000 hour rule made famous by Malcolm Gladwell in his book Outliers. It certainly makes an appealing concept, practice anything for 10,000 hours to gain a level of expertise. However, this theory was...

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Are we overthinking ourselves into paralysis?

Are we overthinking ourselves into paralysis?

One aspect of studying psychology I find absolutely fascinating is the impact of psychology on skill acquisition. In particular the gap between declarative and procedural knowledge. In other words, the difference between knowing what to do and the knowing how to do....

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Better habits for better riding

Better habits for better riding

All our life, so far as it has definite form, is but a mass of habits.William James Habits are a vital factor of everyday life. From our morning routine to our drive to work, studies show about 40 percent of our daily activities are performed in the same way each day....

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Why i wont apologise for being a ‘positioney’ instructor

Why i wont apologise for being a ‘positioney’ instructor

In the past my teaching style has been described as being focused on riders’ positions or a rider focused coaching, one time I was described as a ‘positioney instructor’ which I rather liked! This assessment of my teaching style is understandable, given that I spent...

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Better habits for better riding

Building mental representations

Q, What differentiates a novice rider from an elite rider A, Their mental representations. What’s your mental representation for example of a canter transition? When you picture what a canter transition looks like in your head what does it look like? What can you see,...

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Schooling with perceptual positions

Schooling with perceptual positions

Schooling with Perceptual Positions One of the NLP coaching techniques that I think can provide a great insight for riders is perceptual positions. Perceptual positions is the process of viewing a situation from three different viewpoints. These being, first position...

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