tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-647406862592675556.post5610161855830080241..comments2024-01-06T02:00:05.220-07:00Comments on SprinklerBandits: In Search of Confidence: Use Your ResourcesSprinklerBandithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02948487857418394022noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-647406862592675556.post-52532725506393513292014-08-21T03:32:46.424-06:002014-08-21T03:32:46.424-06:00Sounds like a great book. I finally resorted to a ...Sounds like a great book. I finally resorted to a self hypnosis CD with very similar ideas. It really helps. Nothing wrong with working small jumps. You get to work on pace, rhythm, adjusting, distances, without the oh-crap of botching a higher jump. Courage had a TON of scope and awesome knees, height shouldn't be a prob with him.Kitty Kathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10320015015309570032noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-647406862592675556.post-76749128693588709642014-08-20T23:27:37.464-06:002014-08-20T23:27:37.464-06:00Stick to your own timetable girl, Courage is doing...Stick to your own timetable girl, Courage is doing an awesome job of building on Cuna's foundation to help you achieve even more greatness. <br />Ups & downs are part of the trip, without them life would be boring...or at least that is what a try to remember as i process similar setbacks & rises ☺Aoifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06324156483692821044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-647406862592675556.post-45872626954384905822014-08-20T18:48:00.728-06:002014-08-20T18:48:00.728-06:00I'll definitely have to check out that book. I...I'll definitely have to check out that book. I completely agree with everything in your post. You guys look great and I really look forward to seeing how far you go.Madeline C.https://www.blogger.com/profile/14246076712179468308noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-647406862592675556.post-67568034597146175022014-08-20T12:46:31.467-06:002014-08-20T12:46:31.467-06:00visualizations are my jam too (esp when i more or ...visualizations are my jam too (esp when i more or less didn't ride for 4 yrs). but this whole post is great - making rational and reasonable decisions for our own riding priorities is key. <br /><br />love the video - and isn't it funny how counting out loud always smooths things out? maybe it's what you were saying about the one-track-mind, by physically counting we're forcing muscle memory to take over...emmahttp://fraidycateventing.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-647406862592675556.post-15780200507590843692014-08-20T11:52:27.160-06:002014-08-20T11:52:27.160-06:00Also, your lower leg is rock solid! =)Also, your lower leg is rock solid! =)Sarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15925650148327532110noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-647406862592675556.post-49198679278434684152014-08-20T10:37:58.517-06:002014-08-20T10:37:58.517-06:00I love visualizing how I'm going to do stuff. ...I love visualizing how I'm going to do stuff. It's so helpful. I just keep doing it until my brain remembers how a scene should go automatically. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-647406862592675556.post-51330057159974870282014-08-20T10:35:30.698-06:002014-08-20T10:35:30.698-06:00Lots of great tips. I took a Daniel Stewart sport ...Lots of great tips. I took a Daniel Stewart sport psychology clinic years ago and since then I've really appreciated how much of riding (and everything else in life) is mental. Sarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15925650148327532110noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-647406862592675556.post-11833753296800295742014-08-20T09:38:39.386-06:002014-08-20T09:38:39.386-06:00This is great, lots of good things to keep in mind...This is great, lots of good things to keep in mind! Thanks for sharing!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-647406862592675556.post-7580863559656455752014-08-20T09:20:24.254-06:002014-08-20T09:20:24.254-06:00I visualize you doing all kinds of awesome crap. O...I visualize you doing all kinds of awesome crap. Oh, wait a minute, you already are.HolyBullyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10938188769695663261noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-647406862592675556.post-47928230975662884572014-08-20T08:55:23.463-06:002014-08-20T08:55:23.463-06:00I have a Lindsay of my own with Emily and she does...I have a Lindsay of my own with Emily and she does the very same thing for me. I am terrible at internalizing my worry and she can easily snap me out of it. If she sees me getting overwhelmed she'll go back to basics and quietly kick things up while I'm riding building my confidence incrementally. One of the things I love about all of Jimmy Wofford's exercises is that they set you up for success and if you start getting frazzled you can take the whole exercise down to poles and build it back up. My confidence is in there somewhere, but some days I have to dig deep and channel my inner 15 year old fearless self, pull on my big girl breeches and get it done. <br /><br />One thing she told me last Saturday after a particularly shitty jump lesson was that I'm not just going to wake up one day and be this great rider, I'm to have good rides and bad rides, but there's always something to build on. And, despite that horrible ride, she could still find something to compliment me on, mainly that my leg is getting rock solid (my release on the other hand needs major work). She rode around Rolex when she was 19 and took 8 years off and has been back in the saddle for about 4+ years and she says that only now does she feel all the muscle memory coming back. Niamhhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12445287419135378606noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-647406862592675556.post-71152893868457423562014-08-20T07:56:55.265-06:002014-08-20T07:56:55.265-06:00Excellent post! I have trouble visualizing (meanin...Excellent post! I have trouble visualizing (meaning zero) so perhaps I should start doing that!<br /><br />And you're right, everyone needs a Lindsey! Mine's in the form of a Jackie.Checkmark115https://www.blogger.com/profile/08875106264738444238noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-647406862592675556.post-62458769658094526562014-08-20T07:41:13.396-06:002014-08-20T07:41:13.396-06:00Great post!! I have have learned a lot of the same...Great post!! I have have learned a lot of the same things from Dr. Jenny Susser in her sports psych clinics. You can't push yourself through fear, you have to gain confidence by doing things a little bit at a time. Your brain is in such a good place right now. Way to go! Alli + Dinohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06928482808436392040noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-647406862592675556.post-15948236989256044542014-08-20T07:32:37.735-06:002014-08-20T07:32:37.735-06:00Cool post! I would love to read that book! I like ...Cool post! I would love to read that book! I like how Lindsey said to keep riding after the barrels. Such a simple statement but I totally get it. When we have a not as perfect distance or jump we have to regroup and let it go and just remember to keep riding! Helpful little tip!Nicku Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07006911603623063201noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-647406862592675556.post-91461007601373792982014-08-20T07:27:09.789-06:002014-08-20T07:27:09.789-06:00Love it! Oddly enough, I find this works for thing...Love it! Oddly enough, I find this works for things other than jumping, too. I tend to get really obsessive and worried about lateral work in dressage, but I've found that breaking it down and doing little chunks makes tackling a big set of shoulder-ins or half passes doable. Probably my horse is just more tuned into me, but also I've done all the pre-flight rider checks and feel totally confident and aware. <br /><br />Get it girl!Austenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13004088333430762406noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-647406862592675556.post-19313392602455524282014-08-20T07:24:25.663-06:002014-08-20T07:24:25.663-06:00Git er done...yep that is what you did yesterday a...Git er done...yep that is what you did yesterday and it put a really big smile on my face!redheadlinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06736154763329900177noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-647406862592675556.post-51331700773067102512014-08-20T07:21:18.037-06:002014-08-20T07:21:18.037-06:00This is SUCH a great post! You make so many good p...This is SUCH a great post! You make so many good points here, and it's all stuff that we all should be reminded of time and time again. You and Courage are a great team, you can tell by all of those great jumping pictures! So glad to hear that things are coming together for you :)Jennhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00297192461648201907noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-647406862592675556.post-30316799041684886982014-08-20T07:11:28.770-06:002014-08-20T07:11:28.770-06:00Huh. I got "That Winning Feeling" in th...Huh. I got "That Winning Feeling" in the COTH Christmas thing two years ago and forgot to read it. I should pull it out. I'll throw my own favorite book for ovecoming riding fear: "Inside Your Ride: Mental Skills for Being Happy and Successful with Your Horse" by Tonya Johnston. It really helped me get over some riding fear things, and some showing-related anxieties.Jenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04292565760924146966noreply@blogger.com