“Ten Things To Remember About Coaching A Nervous Rider“
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First Chat – 042 – Jonathan McLean
Second Chat – 144 – Jonathan McLean 2 – “Ten Tips for Initial Foal Handling”
Third Chat – 172 – Jonathan McLean 3 – “Ten Steps for Further Foal Handling”
Listeners’ Choice- 211 – Listeners’ Choice Chat (042)
Fourth Chat – 292 – Jonathan McLean 4 – “Ten Tips on The Weaning Transition, Safe, Horse Friendly Ways to Interact with Young Horses”
Fifth Chat – 318 – Jonna McLean 5 – “Ten Training Tips From Weaning to Yearling”
Sixth Chat – 348 – Jonna McLean 6 – “Ten Steps To Starting The Young Horse Under Saddle”
Seventh Chat – 378 – Jonna McLean 7 – “Ten Points to Remember When Training Your Horse”
Listeners’ Choice- 394 – Listeners’ Choice Chat (172)
Eighth Chat – 543 – Jonna McLean 8 – “Ten Essential When Breaking In/ Starting Young Horses“
Ninth Chat – 556 – Jonna McLean 9 – “Ten Tips on Proofing the Riding Aids (From the Round Yard to Open Spaces in Walk, Trot and Canter)“
Tenth Chat – 568 – Jonna McLean 10 – “Ten Things to Remember About Proofing the Aids”
Eleventh Chat – 580 – Jonna McLean 11 – “Ten Potential Problems When Riding a Young Horse Outside for the First Time”
Twelfth Chat – 592- Jonna McLean 12 – “Ten Questions To Ask About A Potential Horse Purchase”
Thirteenth Chat – 606 – Jonna McLean 13 – “Ten Questions to Ask About Training Direction”
Fourteenth Chat – 619 – Jonna McLean 14 – Case study 01 “Frankie”
Fifteenth Chat – 631 – Jonna McLean 15 – Case Study – Ten Steps to Train/ Retrain Benny, The Retired Racehorse
Sixteenth Chat – 645 – Jonna McLean 16 – “Ten Steps to Teach the Horse to Start Jumping”
About This Episode
“Ten Things To Remember About Coaching A Nervous Rider”
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“Ten Things To Remember About Coaching A Nervous Rider”
1. assess the horse thoroughly. Does the horse seem worried with any of the standard procedures i.e. transport, loading ,unloading, tacking up, standing still whilst being mounted etc
2. Does the ground work appear obedient?
3. Study the mannerisms of the rider when handing the horse, and also responding to questions.
4. How well does the coach know the horse.
5. How experienced is the rider/owner.
6. Does the knowledge of the rider, equal the physical capability?
7. When the coach asks The rider a question, do they answer in the same relaxed fashion, as they did before they mounted?
8. Are the reflexes of the rider (i.e. the application of pressure and its removal) proportional, consistent, and timely?
9. Does the rider remember any of the information from the start of the session?
10. Does the horse improve as the session progresses? And does the rider, become more relaxed as the session continues
Points to remember…
1. The suitability of a horse Should be done carefully and thoroughly taking all contacts into account.
2. The horses basic responses on the ground should directly reflect the riddern responses.
3. The way the owner/writer replies to questions, should remain focused, calm and attentive.
4. The coaches understanding of the horses past and present situation is extremely important information.
5. experienced riders are much more likely to be able to cope with the everyday challenges of training.
6. confidence is related to the level of one’s knowledge, and their physical capability.
7. As a coach remembering their responses from the horse in the rider at the start of the session, compare to later on tells you whether the task for the horse or the rider is appropriate or not.
8. The physical capabilities of the rider carrying out instruction, is really relevant to the confidence level, and should be obvious to the coach.
9. Overall, did the session go as planned, did the horse and rider improve, or are we repeating many of the things that we did in our previous lesson?
10. Often a really nervous rider, is accompanied by a worried horse
Time Stamp
01:15 – About topic
03:34 – 1. Assess the horse thoroughly.
04:14 – 2. Does the ground work appear obedient?
05:20 – 3. Study the mannerisms of the rider when handing the horse, and also responding to questions.
07:58 – 4. How well does the coach know the horse.
09:30 – 5. How experienced is the rider/owner.
11:10 – 6. Does the knowledge of the rider, equal the physical capability?
14:55 – 7. When the coach asks the rider a question, do they answer in the same relaxed fashion, as they did before they mounted?
18:25 – 8. Are the reflexes of the rider (i.e. the application of pressure and its removal) proportional, consistent, and timely?
20:30 – 9. Does the rider remember any of the information from the start of the session?
22:10 – 10. Does the horse improve as the session progresses? And does the rider, become more relaxed as the session continues
23:14 – Recap points 1, 2 and 3
27:55 – 4. The coaches understanding of the horses past and present situation is extremely important information.
28:59 – 5. experienced riders are much more likely to be able to cope with the everyday challenges of training.
30:30 – Recap points 6, 7 and 8.
37:10 – 9. Overall, did the session go as planned, did the horse and rider improve, or are we repeating many of the things that we did in our previous lesson?
38:10 – 10. Often a really nervous rider, is accompanied by a worried horse
41:00 – Contact details see below
Jonna’s Contact Details
Phone: 0417 116 471 or +61 417 116 471
Email: jonamclean@gmail.com
Website: traintowin.com.au
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