Two Brains, One Aim: A Riding Coach's Key Concepts for Bringing Horse and Rider Together (and Ending in Success!)

Two Brains, One Aim: A Riding Coach's Key Concepts for Bringing Horse and Rider Together (and Ending in Success!)

<b>A valuable, thought-provoking look at the best ways riders and horses can learn and improve together.</b> <p>Riding well can be a puzzle. This book puts together the pieces, including: <ul> <li>How humans and horses learn.</li> <li>Striving for partnership vs. dictatorship.</li> <li>Early training and developing skills. </li> <li>Demystifying equestrian-speak. </li> <li>Dressage outside the arena.</li> <li>Ground poles for the rest of us.</li> <li>Jumping and cross-country tips. </li> <li>Solving problems, wherever you ride. </li> <li>Competition psychology.</li> <li>Being coached and being a coach. </li> </ul> <p>“This book is aimed at riders, coaches, and anyone interested in learning more about how humans and horses interact. I have tried to harness my own experiences when I cover the three main disciplines—dressage, show jumping, and eventing—and how they relate to one another. I look at how those in a coaching position can guide riders to perform better by making their lives less complicated and more fulfilling, and I examine how riders can apply the same principles to training their horses and become self-sufficient.” —Eric Smiley</p>