Nimbus65
25th Feb 2008, 07:15 AM
Having (largely) sorted out my confidence crisis (otherwise known as the evil voice in my head that undermines everything I do on the back of a horse and convinces me I don't know what I'm doing) I'm riding so much more positively and actually trusting my own ability. Riding is the pleasure it's supposed to be at the moment but I'd like to channel it a little and focus on a goal - give my riding some direction.
Last year I said I'd go for my Stage 1 and then put so much pressure on myself that I freaked out (which partially led to my crisis of confidence). There's a (local) dressage competition coming up that I'll probably enter just for fun but what do I am for after that?
I love dressage and would love to learn some more complex lateral movements. I haven't jumped in over a year but I'm a big, fat chicken over jumps. Part of me says I should really work on the flat work and work towards improving my "feel" . . . but another part of me says I need a stretch goal and should think about tackling jumping again.
Any of you faced a similar dilemma? Any thoughts on a sensible goal? I raised this yesterday with my instructor but it was at the end of the lesson so we didn't have much time to discuss it. One thing she did say, though, was that she wanted to be careful of not overfacing me so much that I went backwards again having worked so hard to get that confidence back.
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Last year I said I'd go for my Stage 1 and then put so much pressure on myself that I freaked out (which partially led to my crisis of confidence). There's a (local) dressage competition coming up that I'll probably enter just for fun but what do I am for after that?
I love dressage and would love to learn some more complex lateral movements. I haven't jumped in over a year but I'm a big, fat chicken over jumps. Part of me says I should really work on the flat work and work towards improving my "feel" . . . but another part of me says I need a stretch goal and should think about tackling jumping again.
Any of you faced a similar dilemma? Any thoughts on a sensible goal? I raised this yesterday with my instructor but it was at the end of the lesson so we didn't have much time to discuss it. One thing she did say, though, was that she wanted to be careful of not overfacing me so much that I went backwards again having worked so hard to get that confidence back.
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