10/ AUGUST 2023 THE RIDER
Pro and Non-Pro Reiner Article Series It’s all in the state of mind
Jen: Walter D. Wintle’s poem, “It’s All In The State Of Mind”, is a personal favourite of mine, especially to first two verses:
If you think you are beaten, you are; If you think you dare not, you don’t. If you’d like to win, but you think you can’t, It is almost a cinch you won’t.
If you think you’ll lose, you’ve lost; For out in this world we find Success begins with a per- son’s will It’s all in the state of mind.
Your state of mind can
sualize not only a perfect ride but how to manage something unplanned. How will I handle it? This ability to visualise is a valuable tool for students who are new to showing!
Assess Your Self-Talk and Eliminate Self-Defeating Attitudes It’s key to keep check
on your internal dialogue. Are you saying negative, self-defeating things to yourself? Self-talk, whether positive or negative, can be- come
a self-fulfilling
prophecy. I avoid being overly critical of myself be- cause that leads to underes- timating my abilities. If I catch myself saying nega-
things you can’t change. In- stead, I remind myself of my past successes and achieve- ments to build confidence in my ability to perform well. I’ve learned to recognise there are no mistakes in the grand scheme of things; fail- ures present moments of in- valuable
feedback for
improvement. Being a suc- cessful competitor is a con- tinual process of learning, growth, and self-develop- ment.
Cultivate Mindfulness To Induce Peak Performance States
Every rider has expe-
rienced being in “the zone”. It’s that feeling where you are completely immersed in the task at hand and compet- ing with laser-like focus. Too many thoughts in the mind can distract a rider from reaching peak per- formance. Taking the time to
make or break you in or out of the show pen. Here’s a few ways I
use to improve my mind state and teach to my stu- dents:
Visualize success When riding, I visual-
ize the run in my mind. I vi-
tive things, I consciously re- place those thoughts with positive self-talk.
Review Past Successes and Remember The Lessons Learned Don’t focus on what
you did “wrong” in past competition,
those are
calm your mind is a useful tool to increase a sense of awareness and presence in any moment. Just like your body, your mind requires regular training and practice in order to perform at its best.
Gilead (Gil) Friedman
Sharon: I’m in a New York state of mind. The song by Billy Joel is my cue to check in on what’s going on in-be- tween my ears. I’m not a stage-fright type of person – I talk to large groups of peo- ple for a living, and I love it. But put me on a horse
and tell me to go show – that’s when my focus can go out of the window and squirrel… did I leave the gas on? All sorts of non- sense finds its way into my stream of consciousness – and whenever I lose focus of what’s between my ears, I know my horse has picked that up and he is 100 times more likely to lose focus too.
For both of us (Jen Gilead (Gil) Friedman Shari Irwin Kelly Lehman Secretary: Kit Bartle 2023 Sr. Judges
Cally Jo Fritz 21 Taylor Blvd., Elliot Lake, ON P5A 3H5 H: (226) 289-8563, C: (519) 280-8169 Email:
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Shari Irwin 166 Gleasons Corner Road, Castleton, ON K0K 1M0 Cell (905) 440-5941
shari_irwin@hotmail.com
Jamie Kuhl 899 10th St. W., Owen Sound, ON N4K 3S3 H: (226) 909-1447. C: (647) 290-6093 jamie@archlines .ca
(905) 440-5941 (519) 807-2660 (519) 732-0263
Kelly Lehman 895893 Oxford Rd. 3, Drumbo, ON N0J 1G0 C: (519) 807-2660. E:
maddavery@gmail.com
Anne Marinacci 65 Swayze Court, Smithville, ON L0R 2A0 905-957-5619 Email:
annemarinacci@hotmail.com
Erin O’Drowski 253 James St. N., PO Box 2767, St. Mary’s ON N4X 1A5 C: (226) 377-0244 Email:
eodrowsk@gmail.com
2023 Judges Committee email:
shari_irwin@hotmail.com email:
maddavery@gmail.com email:
drumbolady@hotmail.ca
Kris Simpson 711 Middletown Rd., RR #1, Waterdown, ON L8B 1P7 Cell: (519) 831-7299, email:
richlandshowhorses@gmail.com
Don Stauffer 9626 Wellington Rd. 14, P.O. Box 16, Conn, ON N0G 1N0 H; (226) 258-9206, Cell (519) 604-8864
thestauffers48@gmail.com
Robyn Storey 6-120 Dudhope Ave., Cambridge, ON N1R 4T7 (519) 620-9015, Cell: (519) 841-3934,
gatorrocks@hotmail.com
Gilead (Gil) Friedman
and Sharon) a game-chang- ing attendance to a webinar in 2021, with an incredible individual – Gilead (Gil) Friedman – completely changed our mindset. We at- tended a series of work- shops on Mental Athletics and what we learned blew the doors open for us to manage our state of mind much better in and out of the show pen. We loved the learning
so much that we ran a pro- gram with Gil in 2021 and again in 2022, and we’re de-
————— Pro and Non-Pro arti-
cles written by Jen Jonas of Jonas Performance Horses (Pro) and Sharon Jones of Be A Better You (Non-Pro). Together, they are J&J Rein- ing Inc. Both Jen and Sharon
are believers in continual learning – if you’re not learning you’re not grow- ing.
See you at our August show, the Steel City Slide August 18 – 20, Ancaster Fairgrounds!
lighted to announce we will have a unique one-hour we- binar for all riders in our Green Reiner Circuit Series in 2023! We’re still formu- lating the details with Gil as this goes to press, we’ll an- nounce more shortly. For anyone who’s
wondering what Mental Athletics is all about: Mental Athletics is a
worldwide mental mindset training program created specifically to enable eques- trian riders to reach their peak ability in the show pen - where it really counts! Mental Athletics pro-
vides face-to-face and web- based
programs for
developing a “Peak Per- formance Mindset” for com- petitive horse riders.
https://www.mental-athlet-
ics.com/
Website:
www.whao.org Celebrating 70 Years!
Brenda Thompson 284 Whitmore Dr.,Waterloo, ON N2K 2N5 (519) 884-4050, Cell (519) 577-7320
bmctearnen@yahoo.ca
Mike Tucker 1581 Maple St. N., R.R. #4, Fenwick, ON L0S 1C0 (905) 892-5610, Cell (905) 984-1581 Email:
m.tucker1378@gmail.com
Jr. Judges
Dave Black 94 Concession 4 Road, Fisherville, ON N0A 1G0 C: (905) 921-0359 Email:
diamondbquarterhorses@gmail.com
Judy Gaspardy 196 Churchill Rd. S., Action, ON L7J 2J7 (c) 905-875-9534 Email:
sunfireminis@yahoo.ca
Anne Turnbull PO Box 131, Gores Landing, ON K0K 2E0 P: (905) 376-4807 Email:
1anna.turnbull@gmail.com
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