THE HORSE WHISPERER

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12/03/2024

【NO.466 學騎心態-找教練篇】
馬術運動領域廣、學問深，會讓真正想學之人，一輩子都學不完！對於專業騎手而言更是!只不過在學騎的過程，有些騎手喜歡被指揮，有些騎手則喜歡被溫和的鼓勵。所以，並不是每個教練對您而言都是好教練，並不是每個優秀的教練也都適合成為您的指導教練。同理，和您配搭的馬夥伴也是。即便您從不參加比賽，在決定投入這項運動後，找到既合宜馬匹又適合指導您的教練，絕對是您在學習騎馬過程中的重要關鍵！

關於如何尋找適合自己的教練，摘要出國外職業騎手所分享出的兩個重點心態，如下：

*首重安全並懂得尊重您與馬匹
您和馬匹的安全絕對是課程的首要任務。 所以教練必須同時熟悉您所騎的馬，又能掌握您目前的狀態，才能同時給予人馬最實質的建言幫助。要提醒的是，您和教練並不需要成為最好的朋友，但您們仍須互相喜歡、信任和尊重。合宜的教練會在您想要改進的領域，擁有專業知識並告訴您‘’需要聽‘’的話，且不損害您的自尊和自信。而所謂彼此間的信任，正是建立在這樣相互尊重的基礎上喔。

*具備您現階段所需經驗和專業
適合您的馬術教練，會擁有分析您和您所騎乘馬匹的經驗、專業知識和技能。此外，他不僅是您的指導老師，更是理解您的激勵者。即使每個教練都有自己的主導風格。而適合您的教練會很有耐心、清晰、有結構地，‘’以您可以理解的方式‘’去和您解釋要做什麼、為什麼這樣做，以及如何能做到。甚至他會靈活調整您和馬所需要的課程內容，以達到在技術上實質的成長突破。

總之，如果您對自己目前的學習方式不滿意，或不喜歡您的課程，或遲遲無法成長突破...，就請嘗試找其他教練指導。但也千萬不要把所有學習責任都歸究給教練，為自己不夠努力，或不夠認真投入學習，找個藉口臺階下。另外還要提醒的是，也請記得給每個新的訓練關係一段時間來適應喔～這樣才能有真正好的學習成果。

最後Min想要藉此文由衷感謝所有曾經指導過我的教練。謝謝您們在我學騎過程給予我必要的幫助，而您們每位都早已在我粉絲頁的某個相簿和影片中被我好好留念記錄啦～真心感謝喔🥰。

09/02/2024

祝大家新年快樂

12/01/2024

30/11/2023

🐴Horses: Always Just Being Horses

❗Horses do not understand our language.

❗Horses are not mind readers

❗Horses do not deliberately plan to do things to "disrespect" or "annoy" us.

🧩🧩If a horse/pony is behaving in a way that seems "disrespectful" or "annoying" then you are missing a piece, or pieces, of the puzzle that are part of creating a true partnership.

😓The culturally ingrained methods of training horses by "showing them who's boss", "respecting our space", "chasing them around round pens", "punishing them for anything WE don't like etc., are, sadly, still embraced and perpetuated by so many, despite evidence that debunks these myths.

🐴📚Learning how horses work physically, mentally and emotionally is the change that needs to come.

👉Preparing horses from a base of knowledge on how they learn, how everything we do can impact them negatively or positively is necessary in order to be a good rider.

👉Learning how to recognize a horse in pain or discomfort, confused, fearful or anxious is necessary to be a good rider.

👉The concept of what being a good rider MEANS, needs to change from one that wins medals, can beat a horse into submission or any of the other horrors labeled "training" ,to someone who patiently and diligently works with each horse based on their needs - from a set of evidence and research based protocols.

🎆🎆This is the Vision and Mission of Equitopia - to raise awareness, educate and advocate for horse welfare in the equestrian world.

Join the evolution at www.equitopiacenter.com

30/11/2023

Happy 9 Months to Baby ZZ. 💚🎄🐴

30/11/2023

她是吉尼斯認定全球最長壽老人，活了117歲跨越3個世紀，當被問長壽秘訣，只說了4個字