Avery is instructor, Questions based on reading the mastery manual on emotional fitness.
1. Online circling game: when Try has extra energy, whether emotional or not, is it ok to just allow her to keep going until she wants to stop. Yes. Good warmup to ready her for a session.
2. Try get emotional--angry, hates to canter in online circling game, how can I help her?
Use imagination to extend the circling to barrels and treats: i.e 4 barrels, 2 barrels, then stop and get a treat only after 4th barrel, 6th barrel or circling 1 and 1/2 times til stop for treat. Mix it up so she doesn't make assumptions or get bored--get her thinking, what does she want me to do before I get to stop and eat a treat?
3. Try gets emotional--up--freestyle when asked to turn not part of expected pattern?
She is making assumptions, change the pattern, variety so she doesn't know what to expect i.e. clover leaf--turn a different way.
4. Faster slower game: will help her deal with the extra adrenaline that pumps when she goes faster. This is approach and retreat using speed. Thresholds. Also helps to dispel assumptions.
5. How to make riding fun: variety, no assumptions, teach something new.
6. Observation: important for me to recognize negative self-talk that gets me emotional and uses energy lessening my endurance.
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