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Physical  and  Mental  Preparation  for  a  session  
 
Intro  
When  I  started  my  research  on  this  topic  I  came  across  one  philosophy  for  running  which  said,  
 “Your  mind,  not  your  body,  gets  the  final  say  in  determining  how  fast  you  run  in  races
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This  really  made  me  think  about  preparing  for  a  session  of  horse  competing  or  even  a  lesson
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 Unless  you  are  dealing  with  injuries  we  all  really  have  
the  same  chances  to  be  physically  fit  !  
So  what  separates  each  individual  ?  –  in  my  view  its  our  mental  state  /  capacity  !    
The  mentality  of  training  is  one  thing  but  it  doesn’t  stop  there
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We  have  to  ‘want’  otherwise  a  lesson  is  useless
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 If  we  enter  a  lesson  half-­‐
heartedly  we  will  not  gain  optimally  from  it,  we  will  only  gain  what  we  put  into  it  !  
In  competing  we  must  want  to  be  the  best  we  can  we  must  ‘want  to  strive’  to  be  the  best
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 The  times  when  we  are  alone  and  the  doubts  
crop  in  about  that  particular  jump  or  do  we  steel  ourselves  that  we  must  go  ahead
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 She  had  never  been  to  a  cross  country  show  
so  we  had  a  lesson  first
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 Or  shall  we  put  it  the  mentality  of  self  security  kicked  in
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 She  admitted  she  was  frightened  of  the  
gated  jump  but  there  was  something  different
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 On  questioning  her  she  admitted  that  she  
decided  to  go  for  it,  that  this  would  not  beat  her  and  then  the  night  before  her  only  thoughts  were  
that  she  ‘would  do  this’
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The  difference  in  this  pupil  between  the  first  cross  country  session  and  the  second  was  the  mental  
training  she  had  put  in,  instead  of  just  turning  up  !  
I  know  this  is  only  talking  about  a  lesson  but  it  is  no  difference  to  competing
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In  short  what  I  am  saying  is  that  mental  training  was  essential  for  her  to  have  a  good  cross  country  
lesson  and  the  time  she  did  not  mentally  train  she  only  jumped  1  jump  three  times  !  
Lack  of  mental  training  affects  our  confidence  which  in  turn  affects  our  skill
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Whilst  doing  this  research  I  read  quite  a  bit  about  the  mentality  of  running  what  was  interesting  was  
that  I  read  a  when  athletes  quit  an  exercise  test  in  exhaustion,  their  muscles  remain  physically  
capable  of  continuing
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 No  
different  from  the  rider  I  mentioned  above
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 So  planning  and  preparation  are  incredibly  important
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Mental  training  will  involve  mental  toughness,  goal  setting,  visualization,  motivation,  arousal,  
relaxation  and  energization,  attention,  stress  management  and  self  confidence
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Physical  Fitness  
So  lets  take  a  step  back  and  look  at  physical  fitness
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Physical  preparation  consists  of  physical  fitness  specific  to  athletic  performance,  so  we  must  
consider  what  are  we  getting  fit  for,  sustaining  an  hour  long  lesson  or  competing  over  the  summer  
season
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In  our  training  we  would  need  mobility,  flexibility,  strength,  dynamic  vision  and    reaction  time
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Lack  of  physical  training  can  lead  to  injury  and  loss  of  self  confidence  when  we  cannot  achieve  what  
we  are  telling  ourselves  we  must  achieve
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"  -­‐Sun  Tzu,  Art  of  War

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