Dawn Goal
Setting
2013 12 7
After
discussion of my thoughts on long term, one year and 3 month goals, we started
into what will be on the white board.
First rate
myself 1-10 on my confidence--
· Horse development 6
· Riding 6
Next set up
4 boxes—each getting 25%--talent, skill, try and luck. I gave myself 20, 10,
22, and 22.
Also at the
top of the board will be the big picture. In no more than 3 sentences, state
the WHY that I am doing this. What do I want to accomplish, feel good about. This
is to remind me each day of why I am doing this.
I am
pursuing horsemanship to fulfil a personal need for a passionate pursuit of
combined intellectual, emotional and physical growth, learning and achievement.
I want to put this to purpose to help horses and promote good horsemanship
The board
will change only once a week.
Next to pick
4-7 concepts—tasks to achieve each—the how--will fall underneath the concepts
as tasks.
1. I want to help Try become more supple
and flexible in right side HQ yields.
2. I want to get out of my head when I
am riding, have fun, be free and be in the moment.
3. I want to use my body as a rider more
effectively to cue lightly and effectively first with seat cues and next with
leg cues.
4. I want to expand our comfort zones by
releasing my worry of her being happy and engaging my LB self to not quit until
we both win. This will make it possible for me to be successful without an
instructor present.
5. I want to expand Try’s mental fitness
and attention span to allow the time to achieve learning.
I.
HQ
yields on right side strategies
a. Circling game online with driving HQ
a la Dan Thompson
b. Be careful to have smooth slow step
not emotional or bracing.
c. Check if inside leg doesn’t really
cross over outside—bracing?
d. Check my tea for two NOT just for responsiveness
and light cueing but also for that smoothness and slow control and confidence.
e. When Try gives a really good
step—reward, release or game over followed by time to process.
f. Riding on the circle and asking for
HQ partial displacement—Kathy/MH
g. Check notes for other exercises to
check for quality of HQ yield
h. Videotape
II.
Riding—feeling
instead of thinking, being mentally free strategies
a. Ride to music
b. Ride in the field for fun
i. Variety and transitions within the
gaits
ii. Lengthen and shorten
iii. Yeehaw—loosen the spring—turn her
loose
c. Sing songs while riding to shift my
mental focus
d. Trashing the exercise, ride as
different characters
e. Swooping, “Skiing” serpentines
III.
Using
seat and leg cue strategies
a. Can Yous
i. Upward and downward transitions from
seat alone
ii. Backing
iii. Turning
iv. Play million transitions game
b. Apply to a “homework” exercise and be
conscious of cueing as first priority.
c. Do in my body first what I would like
her to do in hers.
d. Light leg cueing may release the
habit of lifting my heel.
IV.
Releasing
myself from worrying about whether Try is happy expanding our comfort zones:
a. Be psyched and have the right energy
about myself
b. Jim Carrey sense of fun – energy-
getting it done.
c. Again use music and playlists with
variety (cut down on length of pieces)
d. Visualize, relax and keep going with
an attitude of pleased
e. Just do it Try!
V.
Expanding
Try’s mental fitness strategies:
a. Read the moment and quit before she
is bored
b. Come back to it
c. Pat and 30 minutes on the rail
concept to remember
d. Take my time and allow for questions
and conversation
e. Teach something new each week
i. Could be an ongoing task that could
be brought out once a week to avoid the dreaded every day repetition
ii. Picking up something
iii. Check idea list
f. Avoid being boring and losing Try
mentally while expanding her attention span.
g. Issue: harder to read horse in the
saddle—videotape
h. Look for positive responsiveness
i. Reread my ??2009LBI filling her
bucket notes for ideas to discard.
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