Nervous Nellies

[Kady A]

I'm finally making progress with getting a Fizz Coaching Clinic at MEC if anyone is interested. Probably going to be February. Two groups - nervous nellies and competition people. We can have mounted or unmounted clinics. Likely cost between £40 to £70 for the day - including lunch. I'd be very grateful for any feedback you guys can give.

Thanks in anticipation

Kathy

PS not like to be able to reply to anyone until Monday - off to Your Horse Live shortly and we have affiliated jumping tomorrow.

[Miriam]

Where is MEC?

[Stella2]

Could you tell us a bit more about Fizz coaching?

[Kady A]

Hello - just got in from Your Horse Live ... practically bankrupt.

MEC is Moorhouse Equestrian Centre (near Doncaster just off the A1). Fizz Coaching is quite a "new agey" approach, uses various psychological techniques, neuro linguistic programming and visualisation techniques. Olympic riders have used it so it can't be that bad (I hope!). They have website which I think is www.fizzcoaching.co.uk. Quite interesting stuff.

[Bay Mare]

Hi Kathy

The web page isn't coming up for me :(

Can you tell us more about it please?

Ta


x

[Miriam]

http://www.fizzcoachingclinic.com/

is all I can find

[shirley]

I would be interested in non mounting side of clinic, only in so far as it would difficult to tow my horse that far and then stabling etc. But I have family who live near to Doncaster, so somewhere to stay and would be very interested. If you go ahead please post details

[Kady A]

Hiya

Sorry for not getting back sooner but I have been a bit under the weather. All the info Fizz sent to me is in my office at Moorhouse so I can post in more detail tomorrow.

I don't know about the rest of you but I have some totally irrational fears about my riding - I don't particularly enjoy being watched when I am just playing about with Stella doing flatwork - I worry about what people think of my riding and about Stella, if other people come into the arena as well as myself I start to stress and make silly excuses to leave - I can't take control of my own space. Its really daft but its hard to stop. Fizz hopefully will help address issues like this - they use visualisation techniques, nlp and things like that - its a more scientific and psychological approach. I had a chat to the Fizz people on Saturday and although as I said before it can be a little "new agey" I think its worth a try. For the competitors they can help you deal with competition stress etc - if you freeze before starting a dressage test and momentarily forget what you are doing, or perhaps have a phobia about jumping combinations.

Tina Bettison is a really nice lady and didn't make me feel like a complete fruitloop! She also reassured me that my fears are not uncommon.

I hope it all makes sense but when I am back in work tomorrow I can post a bit more detail of what the clinics will entail - basically they will cater to each individual rider's particular needs.

If Stella2 reads this - I have some not very good news about Cilla the horse you tried at MEC. You may have seen in the news about a lady in the Lincolnshire area being killed last week in a riding accident following a close encounter with a Chinook helicopter - it was Ann who bought Cilla. She was out hacking alone, apparently witnesses saw the helicopter at about 50ft. We don't know for sure what happened but her husband told us she died instantly from a single blow to the head when she fell - she wasn't found for nearly 7 hours and Cilla wasn't found until the next day. Needless to say all of us who met Ann are absolutely devastated, she was a really lovely lady who had found her perfect horse. Her husband doesn't blame Cilla, he said that she was as bombproof as you can get but he also said he has finished with horses and will now be disposing of Cilla and Ann's old mare which is now in foal. Another reason for me doing the Fizz course as I too had a close encounter with a Chinook earlier this year and I am feeling less and less inclined to hack out.

[Stella2]

OMG Kady, that is terrible, awful. I feel quite stunned! I knew about the accident, but to find out Cilla was involved makes it have so much more impact somehow.

Like you I am feeling less and less like hacking. I like to and I'll probably continue (Flora, my mare is off work due to a bad case of Lymphangitis at present), but I have a sense of potential doom about it. Kind of "yeah, carry on and one day something might happen in a moment that will finish you off!" I came off her last time I rode out - she is a very good mare, but has a killer spin (with dramatic dropped shoulder). She has only done it 3 times since I bought her nearly 6 months ago, but its had me off every time. I'm thinking about giving up hacking and concentrating on becoming a 'dressage diva'.

Either way Fizz coaching won't go a miss as I've never done a dressage test and I'll probably stress about that when I do!

[Miriam]

Originally posted by Kady A
Hello - just got in from Your Horse Live ... practically bankrupt.

MEC is Moorhouse Equestrian Centre (near Doncaster just off the A1). Fizz Coaching is quite a "new agey" approach, uses various psychological techniques, neuro linguistic programming and visualisation techniques. Olympic riders have used it so it can't be that bad (I hope!). They have website which I think is www.fizzcoaching.co.uk. Quite interesting stuff.


Thanks Kady.

Sorry to hear about the lady that was recently killed. My condolences to her family

[Kady A]

Morning ladies - sorry to have been the bearer of such rotten news. Ann's husband is a lovely man who is going through such a dreadful time at the moment - although he is adamant that he will get rid of Cilla and Ann's other mare at the same time being a totally unselfish man is actively encouraging those who knew her to carry on doing what they love - riding.

I'm sorry to hear about the lovely Flora being under the weather at the moment - she will soon be fine.

I too would quite happily become a dressage diva - as you know Stella isn't particularly brilliant out on hacks as she has a lot of irrational fears of her own and I am the queen of superb excuses not to hack out! Dressage does start looking more and more like the safer option to something I love. I didn't have an option last week when one of our instructors had bad fall when out with a hack, we had one missing horse and a group to bring home - I ended up dragging myself on a horse I had never ridden before and bringing them back - meeting three large tractors and an artic in the process - what joy.

I think its quite possibly that the Fizz approach could be quite life changing for some people. I'm hoping I might be one of them!

Plus lets face it - dressage divas do look smart!

[Stella2]

Kady - absolutely they look smart. I have finally bought the full outfit for when she is better (I wish I had thinner knees!!). I'm going to focus more on improving my dressage and getting to the odd competition and if I feel like a hack, I will just do what I feel like doing and play it by ear. Less pressure seems like a good idea.

AND Well Done You on stepping into the breach and being heroic on a strange horse. I'm very impressed - big pat on the back deserved.

I still can't shake an awful feeling about the accident with Cilla and her new owner :( Was Cilla okay when they found her?

[Kady A]

Well we might not be the most talented dressage divas in the world but there is no reason why we can't look the best??

Apparently Cilla is in really good shape, I suppose only time will tell how badly the accident has affected her. When the news broke about the accident Nadine was visited by the police who basically wanted a character reference for the horse - MOD denying all responsibility again. I know from my own experience with Cilla she had no issues out hacking whatsoever, the only time she had a bit of a strop was in the school and you gave her too much leg.

Anyway on a much cheerier note, my husband has looked at the Fizz website and has this vision of Stella and I chanting and doing yoga to get over our nerves ... conjures up quite a picture does that!