Rider Wellness
Horses and riders are both athletes. Maximize your own health and fitness to take your dressage training to the next level with these articles on rider fitness, sport psychology for equestrians, injury management and more.
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Rider Wellness
Find Your Focus in the Dressage Show Ring
USDF gold medalist Kim Herslow explains how mental preparation can help you ride a better dressage test.
Rider Wellness
Integrate Emotional Agility Into Your Riding
Shelley Rosenberg explains how she learned to adjust her mind’s position to be more effective as a rider.
Rider Wellness
Goal Setting Tips for Riders
Advice from Paul Haefner, Ph.D.
Lifestyle
Addressing Rider Fear: Part 1
What are you afraid of? Sport psychologist Jenny Susser, PhD, discusses the individual and personal nature of fear.
Lifestyle
The Conundrum of Ideal Performance Conditions
How to understand which conditions are best for your personal performance.
Lifestyle
The Conundrum of Ideal Performance Conditions
Rider Wellness
The Problem of the Overhorsed Adult Amateur
Sport psychologist Jenny Susser, PhD, addresses an issue in the dressage community and reminds us of the importance of facing those difficult conversations.
Instruction
The Power of Positive Teaching in Dressage
A learning approach that focuses on trust, challenge and the necessity of mistakes yields satisfying results for dressage student and instructor.
Lifestyle
Improve Rider Strength and Balance
Three exercises to get you working out like U.S. Olympian Steffen Peters.
Rider Wellness
Become a Thinking Rider
Mental imagery doesn't require massive amounts of time and it can be used anywhere.