Solo Schooling

Description

This title addresses the topic of coaching and the value to the rider of learning to coach themselves. Coaching is a supportive, one-to-one relationship that helps individuals with all kinds of goal-setting, decision-making and achievement, whether in sport, at work or at home. A coach will assume: that you have the commitment and the ability to acquire the skills necessary to achieve your goals; that you know a lot more than you realize about what can help you - and also what is holding you back; that it is possible to break even the grandest goals down into achievable steps; and that you gain just as much useful information from the problems you encounter as from the things that you find easy and do well. In this clear and accessible book NLP (neuro-linguistic programming) coach and trainer Wendy Jago shows how you can use the core skills of coaching to coach yourself and help you and your horse become the best that you can be. She explains every stage of the coaching process, from its basic beliefs through to the practicalities of making sure that every ride has a purpose and a valuable outcome. Straightforward exercises and examples from everyday riding help you at every stage. Longer case studies from Wendy's coaching sessions illustrate coaching in practice and demonstrate how quickly and effectively it is possible to learn to coach yourself.

Wendy Jago is an NLP Master Practitioner, coach and trainer and also a regular rider and List 3 dressage judge. Formerly a lecturer at Sussex and Brighton Universities, she now concentrates on coaching, writing books and offering short courses through the Designer Learning company that she runs with her colleague Jan Pye. Wendy is co-author of three books: Effective Communication in Practice (with Jan Pye) and The NLP Coach and Brief NLP Therapy (both with Ian McDermott). She is also sole author of Schooling Problems Solved with NLP, a book that has been highly praised by eminent figures in the equestrian world: 'I think this book is indispensable to all teachers of horsemanship.' Charles de Kunffy; 'It is really impressive and enlightening. It has come to me at exactly the right time. I have added some of her techniques to my new approach...' Karin Blignault; Wendy lives in Sussex and shares three horse, Tristan, Valls and Lolly, with husband, Leo, and daughter, Charlotte.