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(Sorge = Concern; Niederlage = Defeat; Gedankenstopp = Thought stopping; Sieg = Victory)
Often in the case of riders who are of equal standard, mental strength is the crucial factor which influences the final outcome and resulting line-up at the end of a competition.
Without training, the mental qualities alone are obviously of no use. Vice versa, however, it can equally be asserted that, however much a rider trains, he is equally unlikely to succeed without the right mental attitude.
Either at the beginning or at a later stage in their career, especially following an accident, many riders are confronted by some kind of blockage riding or handling the horse which stems from fear and/or stress in their dealings with horses. Riders avoid certain situations – for example, a particular route when hacking out because it involves going past a point where the horse “always rears". I myself avoided long oxers for a considerable period because I had two bad falls over an oxer - on each occasion with long-lasting health problems as a consequence. I was afraid of oxers.
In certain situations on the jumping course, in the warm-up ring or the dressage arena even experienced competition riders and professionals show only a fraction of their possibilities, talents and ability to perform on account of nervousness, tension, pressure from the outside world, ...
In individual coaching for riders I apply a combination of aspects derived from neuro-linguistic programming (NLP), emotions and sport psychology, wingwave®, Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT), NAEM, (sport) kinesiology, Brain Gym®, from personality and team development processes, learning coaching, mental training for children and adolescents, mental training with a variety of different riding theories, ground work and dual activation. I accompany you, together with your horse, in locating each of the various imbalances in your bodies and finding a means by which to correct them.
Coaching sessions at your home/yard are possible by special arrangement (plus travel costs and overnight expenses if applicable).
Every rider is entirely responsible for themselves and for their actions during as well as after the mental training/coaching.
You can find out more about training and coaching at the SportNLPAcademy® from these participants’ comments and feedback from other coachees:
Martina Dirschl, Individual Coaching, 2009:
"... I competed successfully in the 2009 show season. Your contribution was also significant here. :-)"
Sabine H., Individual Coaching – including fear in cantering (on), 2008:
"Things with me have changed a lot since my individual coaching. My “fear” gives me peace whilst riding and I have acquired more confidence in myself and the conviction that I can handle the situation. Meanwhile my canter on the left rein works so well that I can concentrate on my seat and on cantering on, for example. I can also extend and collect the pace again. To put it briefly, I can now completely enjoy my riding again and my quality of life has improved considerably since our last coaching session.
Positive discussions with myself and attempts to visualize have become established elements in my daily life.
I would, however, like to consolidate all this and after having learned to cope with my fears, I am now interested to improve my seating and my aids with the help of the coaching ."
Martina Knapp, Pferdeparadies
Lindenhof, Frohnhofen, Herbst 2006:
I have been able to realise the full value of your seminar “Riding in the head“ in numerous situations, the riding, whilst teaching, but also in my private life! I no longer use sentences with "not" whilst teaching, cross-over movements are integrated, I focus much more on the pupils’ strengths and "softeners“ are something we dispense with completely! I collected a lot of ideas and inspiration and am now very much looking forward to training to become an NLP riding coach myself!"
Gabi S., Hobby Rider:
"I would like to get in touch in order to convey my thanks again for your help.
It was a great weekend and Romina and I benefited from it a lot. Romina will be taking her written exams next week and is now so motivated and positive about them – the situation is beyond all recognition.
I myself also implemented the aim I had set myself straight away the next day and have also achieved the other aims quite effortlessly (they are not set so high, but I have a lot of fun like this!).
My husband and I are going skiing next week. My husband wants me to take the file from the course with me because he is very keen to take a look himself, Romina (and me too, of course) have talked about it so much that he is now curious to find out more about it. Thank you again.”
If you have any questions ...
or would like to discuss further matters in a personal consultancy session, please send us an e-mail or simply give us a call:
Your contact person: Antje Heimsoeth
info@sportnlpacademy.de
Tel.: +49 (0) 8031 / 892969
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