Coaching the Rider
Author | : Jane Houghton Brown |
Publisher | : Wiley-Blackwell |
Total Pages | : 240 |
Release | : 1995-10-05 |
ISBN-13 | : 0632039310 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780632039319 |
Rating | : 4/5 (19 Downloads) |
Download or read book Coaching the Rider written by Jane Houghton Brown and published by Wiley-Blackwell. This book was released on 1995-10-05 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The definitive text on teaching the rider, this book covers all aspects of teaching technique including beginner riders, examination candidates and professionals competing up to international level. Areas covered include a history of riding instruction, teaching and coaching as a career, designing lesson plans, communication and people skills, goal setting and achieving that goal, psychology of teaching and how people learn, the horse/rider relationship, teaching the disabled, children and beginner adults, coaching for competition and overcoming nerves and rider limitations. The book starts with the theory and psychology of teaching and learning and moves on to teaching the beginner and pony and riding club work, followed by training the individual to improve riding skills for examinations or competitions.