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Linda Adkins
Professional Instructor and Trainer
Good Form Equestrian Sports
Norristown, PA |
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Linda competed as a professional trainer and instructor for over 25 years. She specialized in jumpers and eventing while
training in multiple disciplines throughout the equine industry..
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RELAX!
Horse training typically involves diverse opinions and can utilize
a wide variety of methods to get to a single goal. But one true
consideration is shared by all horsemen: Relaxation is the key
to success!
To be effective while training alone, or especially during competition,
a rider HAS to be able to relax. To do so means you can keep
your horses in a good, working frame of mind. If settled, plus
enjoying their jobs as well as themselves, then your horse's
talents and skills will easily rise to the occasion.
Relaxation takes practice. Many hours of training will teach
you coolness if your mount unexpectedly explodes in a bucking
frenzy, or puts on the brakes while galloping. Your seat and
hands will instinctively stay quiet, and your base will handle
any physical issues. But what about your mind?
Allowing yourself to feel pressured will transfer intensity
directly into your mount. Issues will only escalate. So instead,
try visualization. See yourself solving the problem, while succeeding
beautifully. Or, try this neat idea: leave all of your issues
"at the door." Physically touch an object, with the
determined spirit of dropping ALL of your problems there --
until you come back to collect them later!
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