I’ve always considered myself a confident rider, with a good seat thanks to years of riding cranky ponies, stoppers and green horses. Some would say I can be over-confident: when I was 25 and freshly returned to riding after a...
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As someone who has always struggled with nerves and anxiety in show jumping, I turned to sports psychology as my answer. It became a ‘magic’ tool that got me through times when I felt like throwing in the towel. That...
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When looking up resilience in the dictionary, the following explanation comes up: “The capacity to recover quickly from difficulties; toughness”.... Continue
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Responding and adapting to challenges in this sport is not optional - it's necessary. Life with horses comes with bumps and bruises, both literally and figuratively, and to learn and grow (or, at minimum, stay afloat), we have to have...
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The ability to not only withstand challenges, but leverage them to your improvement, is perhaps one of the most valuable assets you can bring to this sport. Horses get hurt and our plans go out the window. We are limited...
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