Tag: Rider Tips
Get Your Mind Right
It takes many times down centerline for riders to learn to manage their nerves, recover from an error, stay in the moment, and to focus. The more you do it, the easier it gets.
Dressage Ammies: Love Your Beginner’s Mind.
Beginners Have the Most Fun!
by Sally O’Dwyer
If you are a lower level dressage amateur, you belong to an
esteemed class of people eager to learn....
The Benefits of Lungeing the Rider with Robert Dover
https://youtu.be/tGvigO7_y78
Robert Dover discusses his first year riding with a German instructor. For most of the year his lessons were on a lunge line, where...
11 Convention Education Takeaways
Reprinted from the February 2017 USDF Connection magazine
Add these USDF convention presenters’ tips to your riding, training, and fitness toolboxes.
Driving, sitting, and running are...
Eat to Win
Nutrition strategies for the busy dressage rider and competitor
By Jennifer M. Miller
Reprinted from the June 2018 USDF Connection magazine
We scrutinize every aspect of our...