No, you haven't lost confidence........you've gained wisdom. You now understand the ramifications of getting hurt!
When you book in for a session with Cheski don't expect a "lesson" because she doesn't want a "pupil". Cheski will assess the way you ride from a coach not an instructor perspective. If you want to be a rider athlete, not a student, read on.........
Cheski's coaching sessions will start by establishing what you and your horse are comfortable doing "today". She will ask what you want to achieve in the session and inquire about your immediate and medium term goals and aspirations.
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Her coaching sessions may or may not be confined to a single arena or a particular subject but they won't be boring! She offers a money back guarantee that you'll finish the session feeling that you've worked and achieved.
You will be given exercises and routines to work on between coaching sessions and she'll explain how both you and your horse can be more tolerant of each other's fitness, soreness and anxiety levels.
Hi Jan,
Thank-you so much for organising that coaching session with Cheski yesterday, I had an awesome ride and am still marveling at how much I learnt. Abderry certainly has a lot to offer and is an invaluable equine resource that we are so fortunate to have in our back yard.
Thanks,
Christina Whittle
11/11/09
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Cheski holds a BHSII qualification and is a registered ESNZ Coach Educator
Her coaching experiences are varied and include stints as National Coach for the Singapore Equestrian team between 1975 & 1995. She steered the Singapore Eventing Team to Gold medal victory at the 1995 South East Asian Games in Chiang Mai, Thailand.
The South East Asian events were always run using borrowed horses and the teams had very limited opportunity to get to know their competition mounts
This necessitated a "what else can we do" attitude and plan to always have ready for implementation.
Just an hour after the SEA Gold Medal victory photo (upper left) was taken,
Cheski was delighted with the opportunity to talk the talk and walk the walk - photo lower left shows Cheski (in red) at the start of the Mule race. She came from dead last - from a total braying standstill at the end of the first turn - to win by a head!
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You'll be given an insight into the biomechanics of the horse. How the horses body moves in the various paces and how that then affect us. This is the basis of all riding, the horse continually feeds us with information whether he is free and loose or restricted in his movements and stiff. The challenge is to be relaxed and fluid enough in our body movements to feel the small changes.
This is where the coach comes in.
So many riders try too hard and are so concerned about "doing it properly" that the spontaneity has been taught out of riding. Cheski asks, "So what, if the first time you do it, it isn't perfect? At least you've made a start, got a base reading and have something to work on! You make mistakes if over and over again you keep using a formula that doesn't work. If you analyse your "mis takes" they become training experiences and these are wonderful things!
Cheski is happy to coach you at whatever level or discipline you're comfortable riding, however, If you think you've "lost" confidence, she'll disagree and say you've "gained" wisdom.
You haven't lost confidence...........you've gained wisdom!
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