Author(s): ALISON LINCOLN

Equestrian

As riders, we often spend many hours training independently without regular access to high quality coaches, sport psychologists, biomechanic specialists or exercise physiologists. This can be the difference between performing well and performing to the best of your ability consistently and reliably over the long term. By bringing together the science of training, coaching and psychology, Be Your Own Equine Sports Coach explores the horse and rider as individual athletes and how, as a combination, you can meet the demands of competition by building highly personalized strategies and techniques that enable you to reach your potential in whatever discipline you choose and whatever your ambition. Key areas covered include: making sports psychology work for you; understanding human peak performance; the physiological and biomechanical demands of horse sport; developing sport specific training programmes; analysing your performance, and finally, strategic development and authentic leadership. AUTHOR: Alison Lincoln has a degree in Equine Sports Coaching and has taught on Sports Science and Equine Science courses at several different colleges across the UK. As a lifelong rider and competitor, she's always been fascinated by human peak performance, equine exercise physiology and biomechanics and how a knowledge of these areas can help to get the best out of both horse and rider. 95 colour photographs and 13 diagrams