Two Brains, One Aim

A Riding Coach's Key Concepts for Bringing Horse and Rider Together (and Ending in Success!)

Eric Smiley

• Publisher: Trafalgar Square Books
• Year: 2019
• eBook ISBN:
  9781570769412
• Subtopic: Sport & Exercise Science

Riding well can be a puzzle. This book puts together the pieces, including:- How humans and horses learn.- Striving for partnership vs. dictatorship.- Early training and developing skills.- Demystifying equestrian-speak.- Dressage outside the arena.- Ground poles for the rest of us.- Jumping and cross-country tips.- Solving problems, wherever you ride.- Competition psychology.- Being coached and being a coach."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

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title
• Copyright
• Dedication
• Contents
• Chapter One: Introduction
• Chapter Two: How You Learn
• Chapter Three: Coaching Now and Then
• Chapter Four: How Horses Learn
• Chapter Five: The Young Horse
• Chapter Six: The Inappropriate Partner
• Chapter Seven: Early Training
• Chapter Eight: Developing Skills
• Chapter Nine: The Gaits
• Chapter Ten: Dressage Outside the Arena
• Chapter Eleven: Pole Work
• Chapter Twelve: Jumping in the Arena
• Chapter Thirteen: Riding in Open Space
• Chapter Fourteen: At the Competition
• Final Thoughts
• Acknowledgments
• Index