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Back to SearchEp. 24 Why do some people learn and improve much faster than others?
Season 1 Episode 24
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The patterns in the pupil’s body are part of this, and we have both the ‘foetal crouch’ and the much more common ‘Landau respon…
5 years, 8 months ago
Ep. 23 - On risk and reward, and resilience as a rider.
Season 1 Episode 23
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Imagine yourself as a mouse in a house where there is cheese available on the opposite side of the room to your mouse hole. But…
5 years, 9 months ago
Ep. 22 On the comfort zone, stretch zone, panic zone and play zone
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I learnt many years ago that my observations just before a lesson were a more accurate risk assessment than some riders made be…
5 years, 10 months ago
Ep. 21 On struggle, behaviour, identity, and nerves.
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Many riders, epecially those with a fixed mindset struggle on alone, thinking they’re the only one who doesn’t ‘get it’, but th…
5 years, 10 months ago
Ep. 20 On the ‘wordscape’, the ‘brainscape’, and the ‘culturescape'
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Elite riders have different ways of dealing with the disconnect between the knowledge they have in language, and the skills the…
5 years, 10 months ago
Ep. 19 The Wordscape and The Brainscape
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How we get language and feelings to connect.
5 years, 10 months ago
Ep. 18 On the story of being told to do ‘nothing-something!’, and how to think about the relationship between simplicity and accuracy
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The debate between ‘thighs on’ and ‘thighs off’. The coach as a tour guide who needs to be able to describe the journey her pup…
5 years, 11 months ago
Ep. 17 - Deconstructing the halt to walk transition
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We deconstruct the halt to walk transition, considering the horse who really wants to hollow his back. When the rider keeps her…
5 years, 11 months ago
Ep. 16 So how exactly does the rider/horse interaction work?
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Skilled riders appear to do so little whilst having a huge effect on the horse’s posture and movement. We add the idea of ‘suct…
5 years, 11 months ago