What can I feed my horse for more oomph?
In order to answer the question, what can I feed my horse to give them more oomph, I’m afraid we need to do a quick recap on how the...
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Alison Lincoln
- Feb 11
Authentic Leadership - what is it? How does it apply to horse sports?
“There is a higher level of riding and looking after horses. That sort of thing is about horsemanship and it’s higher than being simply a...
Alison Lincoln
- Dec 1, 2021
Dealing with emotions
“Ditch the emotion - by learning to remove emotion from my riding I’ve been able to see things and act much more objectively. In turn...
Alison Lincoln
- Nov 2, 2021
Overtraining Syndrome - what is it?
“Overtraining syndrome is a significant problem in the equine athlete with striking similarities to the syndrome in humans” McGowan &...
Alison Lincoln
- Jul 27, 2021
Preview of new book cover!
Very exciting preview of the cover for my new book due out Feb 2022 including a lovely review from Christopher Bartle.
Alison Lincoln
- Jun 25, 2021
Be Your Own Equine Sports Coach
Equine Sports Coaching was published in 2008 and now (thanks to Covid) I've finally got round to writing the follow up. Here's a sneak...
Alison Lincoln
- Apr 17, 2021
Wise words from ...
I read a lot of books and two that I currently have on the go are Horses came first, second and last by American Eventing Team Coach Jack...
Alison Lincoln
- Feb 3, 2021
Developing resilience by thinking differently
How resilient are you? How well do you react to unexpected challenges and conflicts? In general, it’s not the hard times we face that...
Alison Lincoln
- Jan 3, 2021
FEAR as a stepping stone to FLOW
Flow or “being in the zone” is an optimal state of consciousness, a peak state where we’re able to perform as the best version of...
Alison Lincoln
- Dec 9, 2020
Helping horses learn
Calm first Learning and memory are state dependent. What this means is that the emotional or physiological state of the horse will...
Alison Lincoln
- Nov 3, 2020
Goal Setting - the good, the bad, the alternative?
“In the measurement world you set a goal and strive for it. In the universe of possibility you set the context and let life unfold.”...
Alison Lincoln
- Sep 4, 2020
Motivation - you can be too committed for your own good!
"How committed do you have to be in order to be an Olympic Champion? Most people would say 10/10 but in reality it is 8 or 9/10 because...
Alison Lincoln
- Aug 14, 2020
Analysing Your Show Jumping Performance
Observation is the most common method we, as riders, use to analyse our competition performance. However, studies have shown that...
Alison Lincoln
- Aug 11, 2020
What Type Of Coach Are you?
Usually when asked this question my first, rather flippant, response is that I didn’t know coaches had a type. My second, equally...
Alison Lincoln
- Aug 9, 2020
Dressage Performance Analysis
As a dressage rider it can feel, at times, that you have very little control over the marks awarded for your test. Of course, to some...
Alison Lincoln
- Aug 1, 2020
What the science says about ... Weight loss
There’s a lot written about the most effective ways to lose weight, some of it is backed up by science and some not so much. Here are the...
Alison Lincoln
- Jul 27, 2020
Live healthily to 100 - lessons from the Blue Zones
I don’t know about you but I’m planning to live to 100, strange goal I know and subject to all sorts of things outside of my control....
Alison Lincoln
- Jul 23, 2020
3 realists walk into a conference centre ...
Except they don’t because we’re in the middle of a pandemic! But, for argument’s sake, let’s assume they’re wearing full PPE and are...
Alison Lincoln
- Jul 20, 2020
Think Like An Astronaut
In 2017, NASA received 18,300 applications for its’ Astronaut Selection board - only 12 were picked. As of May 2020, NASA has 48 active...
Alison Lincoln
- Jul 17, 2020
Treat emotions like mental weather
“See thoughts and emotions as mental weather, as things that happen to us and with which we can co-exist in peace.” Oliver Burkeman, The...