HORSE SENSE: Training to perform or just training?
By
Irish Field Contributor
on 17 February 2017
-
Conor Swail enjoys basing himself at the Winter Equestrian Festival in Florida because it affords him the chance to watch and learn from other riders at home and at competition (Photo: Mancini Photos)
-
Visualisation is a method of rehearsing in your mind what you are about to perform, above Kevin and Niamh Kavanagh review the winter league course at JAG Equestrian in Co Kildare (Photo: Steve Butler)
-
Junior/ Young Rider Nations Cup, Wellington, Florida, (Photo: Anki Bengtson)
-
CURRAGH 25-6-2016. Dubai Duty Free Irish Derby. Trainer AIDAN O'BRIEN (2nd left) walking the course with his jockeys (L-R) Colm O'Donoghue, Ryan Moore, Seamie Heffernan and Donnacha O'Brien. Photo HEALY RACING.
-
GALWAY 25-7-2016. Riders KATE HARRINGTON (r) and KATIE WALSH walk the course. Photo HEALY RACING.
-
connor swail ,cian o connor and robert splaine during the nations cup course walk 9/8/13 photo by Laurence dunne Jumpinaction.net
-
Poppy Blandford
-
Conor Swail aboard Ariel and Susan Grange's Martha Louise at the four-star Wellington Nations Cup 2016 (Photo: Erin Gilmore)
-
Harry Allen and High Valley win the Table A at CSI** Vienna Global Champions Tour (Photo: Stefano Grasso/LGCT)
Performance coach Poppy Blandford discusses how you can tailor your training to prepare for the pressures and environmental factors you may be exposed to in competition
Please click here to login and view this article
Get full unlimited access to our content and archive.
Subscribe to The Irish Field
Unlimited access to The Irish Field via your computer, mobile device, tablet or newspaper delivered to your door.
Already a subscriber?
Sign in
