ALISON LINCOLN.

“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...

“Overtraining syndrome is a significant problem in the equine athlete with striking similarities to the syndrome in humans” McGowan &...

Very exciting preview of the cover for my new book due out Feb 2022 including a lovely review from Christopher Bartle.

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...

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...

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...

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...

Calm first Learning and memory are state dependent. What this means is that the emotional or physiological state of the horse will...

“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.”...

"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...

Observation is the most common method we, as riders, use to analyse our competition performance. However, studies have shown that...

Usually when asked this question my first, rather flippant, response is that I didn’t know coaches had a type. My second, equally...

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...

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...

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....

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...

In 2017, NASA received 18,300 applications for its’ Astronaut Selection board - only 12 were picked. As of May 2020, NASA has 48 active...

“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...

Being on the wrong side of 40 and rapidly heading towards 50 I was delighted to learn from Daniel Levitin’s book, The Changing Mind, that...

A Guide To Using Imagery In Your Practice Research has shown that when an individual engages in vivid and absorbing imagery the brain...