This might first appear to be in the wrong category, but I have just bought myself a Stephen Hawkings book.
Not totally sure which brain cells will be kicked to understand it yet, but it's definately got me thinking in relation to horses and training.
It's fair to say that a fairly big portion of this book is going to be totally beyond my comprehension. How big I will wait and see.
Enjoying it so far, anyone else got one?
This applies to my riding, there are going to be some things I just can't grasp no matter how it's explained, shown or felt.
I am a quiet rider and I have feel, but pop me on a horse that's forward thinking and requires keeping between hand and leg all the time and I am in deep donuts! I just don't have the capacity to get everything working in unison in order to stay on let alone stay safe.
I have only just started the book and he is talking about M theory-a collection of different theories describing the same thing, a family of theories. That's what each horse trainer is actually doing.
The connection here for me, is what people have said about not swallowing one method hook line and sinker, but taking what works for them and ditching what doesn't. Having your own collection of ideas.
All trainers have different ideas and theories to work with the horse, if we take snippets from all of them, that's our own little M theory, which could just stand for Mare in my case.
If you are the type of person who swears by just one trainer, that's just one theory of training horses when we know we have a vast array of other options open to us. That trainer should be evolving their knowledge and understanding, but perhaps at some stage, we as horseman need to own/ train and ride with just our own knowledge, confidence and instinct, and be able to approach other theories.
The horse also has its own views and theories and you might find what you purchased with the intention of doing because you want to, doesn't sit with the horse's ideas. Can you persuade them or is it possibly, probably and patience time.
Ps. In case you haven't noticed I am back with Big Bang.
Not totally sure which brain cells will be kicked to understand it yet, but it's definately got me thinking in relation to horses and training.
It's fair to say that a fairly big portion of this book is going to be totally beyond my comprehension. How big I will wait and see.
Enjoying it so far, anyone else got one?
This applies to my riding, there are going to be some things I just can't grasp no matter how it's explained, shown or felt.
I am a quiet rider and I have feel, but pop me on a horse that's forward thinking and requires keeping between hand and leg all the time and I am in deep donuts! I just don't have the capacity to get everything working in unison in order to stay on let alone stay safe.
I have only just started the book and he is talking about M theory-a collection of different theories describing the same thing, a family of theories. That's what each horse trainer is actually doing.
The connection here for me, is what people have said about not swallowing one method hook line and sinker, but taking what works for them and ditching what doesn't. Having your own collection of ideas.
All trainers have different ideas and theories to work with the horse, if we take snippets from all of them, that's our own little M theory, which could just stand for Mare in my case.
If you are the type of person who swears by just one trainer, that's just one theory of training horses when we know we have a vast array of other options open to us. That trainer should be evolving their knowledge and understanding, but perhaps at some stage, we as horseman need to own/ train and ride with just our own knowledge, confidence and instinct, and be able to approach other theories.
The horse also has its own views and theories and you might find what you purchased with the intention of doing because you want to, doesn't sit with the horse's ideas. Can you persuade them or is it possibly, probably and patience time.
Ps. In case you haven't noticed I am back with Big Bang.