101 Ways to Improve Your Riding:
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NLP (or Keywords ) We have to start to bring this entire chapter on the rider's head position, and it's affect on the horse, and how we should use it down to one or two key words that we can remember...and one of the easiest to start to cover a lot of ground is the elegance of the spanish hats. You've heard of Olympic athletes who say slogans to themselves time and time again. Then, on the actual day, they just remember one or two keywords. The swimmer might just have to think 'roll your hips', or 'flick in the turn'. This is years and years of training and practice brought down to just:
If I were to narrow down this entire chapter regarding the rider's head I would say the very best keywords for you to repeat again and again to yourself would be:
And remember the soft elegance of the Spanish hat.
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Recommended Link:
The illustration below is
a wonderful example of how the rider can use their weight aid - with the
inside "heel deep" but at the same time keep the "hat level" . Go to
http://www.dressageworld.de/
for remarkable drawings &
photos.
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