Mental performance coaching for equestrians is a process by which an equestrian specialist teaches individuals and teams to enhance their performance with mental skills. Equestrians’ minds are critical to their degree of effectiveness. Simply put, being able to control your mind is an essential element to being the best equestrian you are capable of being. With the help of mental performance coaching, equestrians learn to properly use their minds in conjunction with physical training.

Many elite athletes have already discovered that their minds are key tools to their success. Often, they discover this only after years of frustration and challenges with particular areas. Once they learn the mental skills that take them to the next level they say “why didn’t I do this sooner?”

Mental performance coaching is designed to enhance your physical abilities and turn your dreams into reality. It includes:

• accessing your mind as a powerful ally in training
• building confidence
• overcoming challenges in training and competitions
• setting yourself up to succeed
• channeling energy
• building focus
• minimizing distractions
• eliminating bad habits
• utilizing mind/body relationship
• connecting with your horse
• effectively utilizing emotions
• reading your horse’s response to your thoughts
• working through fears
• putting anxiety to good use
• maximizing training
• taking you to the next level

Whether you are at the top of your sport, professional, amateur, junior, competitor or recreational equestrian, your mind is critical to your development. The mind/body connection is real and “Mastering the Mental Game” is the secret to excellence.

Below you will find some questions to help you consider if you can benefit:

Do you sometimes question your abilities?
Do you find that you perform better in training than in competition?
The evenings before competitions, do you have difficulty sleeping?
Do you worry about disappointing others (trainers, owners, sponsors, parents, peers, spouses) if you do not win?
Do you judge your worth by your performance?
Do you compare yourself to other competitors and typically judge yourself as falling short?
Do you focus on the results more than the process?
Do you get frustrated with yourself when you are challenged by new skills?
Do you have difficulty breaking bad habits?
Do you tense up when things don’t go right?
Do you worry that you will forget the course or test?
Do you get nervous just getting in the car to go to a lesson?
Do you feel afraid after a fall?
Do you wonder if you will ever reach your dreams?

If you answered yes to any of the above questions, then you can benefit from mental performance coaching. By employing the skills you learn with your mental performance coach, you can count on mental performance coaching to enhance your overall experience and take you to the next level of achieving your goals and dreams.
Only you can know if mental performance coaching is right for you. Try a free consultation and decide for yourself if Equestrian Minds can help you advance your skills and performance.

Mental performance coaching is not psychotherapy. At Equestrian Minds we focus exclusively on the mind game of riding. While this also includes emotions, we do not work with clinical issues such as depression, anxiety, eating disorders and others, nor do we prescribe medications. While we believe that psychotherapy can help many people with life challenges, we do not provide those services.