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Coaching Skills for Riding Teachers
Author(s): Islay Auty (Author)
- Publisher: Kenilworth Press Ltd
- Publication Date: 17 April 2008
- Language: English
- Print length: 160 pages
- ISBN-10: 1905693087
- ISBN-13: 9781905693085
Book Description
Advice for riding teachers (and trainee riding teachers) on how to enhance their teaching and coaching skills. Valuable reading for anyone working towards the new UK Coaching Certificate qualification. The book explains how modern coaching techniques can be applied to equestrian sport, and as such the book is much more about the skills of coaching than how to teach the skills of riding. The author examines the particular issues involved in teaching children, pleasure riders and competitors at all levels and brings the text alive with thought-provoking scenarios.
Editorial Reviews
Review
This book focuses on the skills of coaching rather than how to teach the actual skills of riding. In true Islay Auty style this book is easy to read and hard to put down. It’s packed full of useful, easy to find information, making it perfect for anyone who is thinking of, or already training for the UK Coaching Certificate in Equestrian Sport, as well as anyone who is newly qualified or still studying for their teaching certificate. –The British Horse Society
The book is written in an interactive style with thought provoking questions embedded into each chapter, such as When you ask a question, do you listen to the answer? At the end of each chapter is a useful summary and top tips. Also various scenarios or case studies are used for further explanation. Coaching Skills is written for riding teachers who wish to enhance their teaching skills, especially for those who are newly qualified or still studying for their teaching certificate. In particular, this book provides excellent reading for those seeking to achieve the UK Coaching Certificate in Equestrian Sport. An interesting and thought- provoking read. –National Equine Student Magazine
About the Author
Islay Auty is a Fellow of the British Horse Society, a chief examiner, a riding coach, dressage judge and competitor. A freelance instructor, she has twenty years experience of training career students and competitor partnerships, and teaches both in the UK and overseas. She is the author/consultant editor of several training manuals for the BHS.
