The Less-Than-Perfect Rider: Overcoming Common Riding Problems - Lesley Bayley - Hardcover - 1st American ed

Riding is a demanding and at times frustrating sport. Every rider encounters problems and experiences feelings of inadequacy, whether attempting to master a particular dressage movement or summoning up the courage to jump a difficult course. All riders, from novices to top competitors, often permit their physical or emotional shortcomings to overwhelm them. Consequently, in The Less-Than-Perfect Rider Lesley Bayley and Caroline Davis focus on the topics that, in their experience, are of the greatest concern to riders: how to communicate with the horse how to improve mental attitudes body shape and how it affects riding the importance of visualization in correcting faults Bayley and Davis offer sound riding instruction as well as a program of exercises that will improve a rider's confidence and ability. Once shortcomings-real or imagined-are understood and addressed, riding will become the pleasure it was meant to be.Bayley, Lesley is the author of 'The Less-Than-Perfect Rider: Overcoming Common Riding Problems - Lesley Bayley - Hardcover - 1st American ed' with ISBN 9780876059760 and ISBN 0876059760.