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| Prue Boyd aka Dazzle |
Prue Boyd, aka Dazzle, has certainly had a varied career. Without giving away any dates, her first pony was in fact a horse, as her mother thought she'd grow into it. He was called Gay Boy at a time when gay had quite a different meaning! She went on to run successful riding schools, worked in racing and trained the Maharaja of Udaipur's horses in India as well as successfully competing in show jumping, eventing and training to advance level dressage.
However Prue has also experienced her fair share of accidents and consequently a complete loss of confidence. Having been there and experienced the terrors but then managed to climb the hard rocky road back to confident riding, here is someone who has lived it and come through to the other side.
So, we're pleased to say that Prue has agreed to share her tried and tested methods for confident riding starting with....
A CHANGE FOR THE BETTER.
"Confidence is such a fragile thing. I would define it as freedom from worry, or to put it another way as it says on my coffee cup, keep calm and carry on. But what if you keep worrying? Well certainly all the fun stops.
How do you lose your confidence? The answer is, all too easily. It could happen very quickly from a nasty fall or more likely, like a dripping tap it drains away one drop at a time so you hardly notice it go. By this time that devil of bad thoughts is sitting firmly on your shoulder whispering into your ear; you are not good enough to jump that course, if you hack out then dreadful things will happen, people in your yard really are constantly criticising you, and yes, you should have bought a bigger size johds!
Believe it or not, it happens to every single rider at some stage. That little devil is all to easy to believe and before you know it you can think of a thousand excuses not to ride; It's windy, it's raining, you're too tired, you'll do it tomorrow, it's the dog's birthday.
The only way forward is to change the way you think. It was negative thoughts that got you here so it's going to be positive thoughts that get you back to the fun. Start today. Do one positive step. It might simply be that you get on your horse, pat him and get off, or you walk around half the school before dismounting. If that nagging critical voice says, 'Is that it?', you answer 'Yes, for today but I couldn't do that yesterday.'
Think about how good that little step makes you feel and hang onto that feeling. If you really are too nervous to get on just yet, beg, borrow or steal two lunge lines and long rein your horse. It's easy to do and it will certainly depress your demons because you are trying another way to work your horse.
Keep a diary and write down two positive comments every day. It may start with something like your horse having the best brushed tail on the yard. Something small, yes, but YOU were responsible for the best brushed tail. Read your diary back after several days and see how much progress you have made. OK so you are not tackling Badminton or polishing up your passage but you are starting to face up to those negative thoughts which can be just as daunting.
Take small steps everyday and when things slide don't give up and suddenly Badminton will seem like a doddle!"
More of Dazzle's confidence tips coming soon....
Source: http://blog.trotontv.com/2011/06/dazzle-em-with-confidence.html
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