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Equestrian Sports Psychology

Children's Horse Riding - How Can Parents Help?

Parents, in an attempt to support their children's horse riding, often wonder about the need to develop and hone their own skill sets and techniques.

Rest assured this is not a requirement in supporting your offspring's newest hobby.

As your child embraces the finer points of horseback riding, spending time being an active listener, ardent supporter and simply freely giving your time will provide the best foundation for your child. Adapting these helpful behaviors will replace the need for any technical skills and knowledge.

In order to reap the most benefit from your child's lessons spend time observing their classes and actively listening to the teachings. Horseback riding is an extremely technical and physically demanding sport. More likely than not, your child will be working extremely hard to take in information and put the tips/directions to good use. Unfortunately, with a flurry of instruction, your child may only hone in on one or two things at a time, missing some of the other directives. Your ability to be a good listener will be really important. After the lesson, when your child recounts their time in the saddle, you can help reinforce the teachings by discussing the instructions and finer points that may have been inadvertently overlooked. It will be invaluable for the child to have another view of what happened in the lesson and to talk through the learning objectives of the session.

The physical, emotional and psychological aspects of riding can be hard on the sport's youngest participants. As such, being a staunch supporter and cheerleader will be the best way to help your child learn. If your child takes a fall or has a less than productive lesson, endeavor to help your child through the rough spots. For some a hug will do, others will want to talk about their lesson, while still others students opt for quiet to reflect on their experience. Ultimately, your words of support can dramatically impact your child in terms of their immediate response to any particular upset or disappointment and how they deal with such events in the future. Being able to reinforce the positive aspects of a lesson that went really well is just as important. The ability to build off of a break-through lesson, where a new skill or technique is mastered, helps prepare your child to ready for future classes.

Freely giving your time is one of the best ways to support your child's desire to grow as an equestrian. For many parents, spending time at the riding yard can be a rewarding experience. Wanting to learn about horses, their care and upkeep will help keep you involved in your child's sport and give you a better all round view of your children's horse riding. If you were involved with horses in the past, then this can be a great way to re-kindle an old interest; if new to the sport, be prepared to ask lots of questions and learn.

For parents who are keen on learning the finer nuances of riding, there is no better way than to schedule a lesson. Here, you will be introduced to many of the same experiences as your child and able to work with an instructor and develop your own skill set. It is never too late to take up riding. Take heart, developing your own set of techniques is not a requirement for your child learning to ride.

About the Author

David Lee has been following his daughter's
horse riding
progress since she started aged 8 in 2002.To help other parents benefit from his experience he has a blog at
www.horseridingforbeginners.com
where you can get additional information and download a FREE resource for parents.

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