Published Books
DR. JANET SASSON EDGETTEHeads Up! Practical Sports Psychology for Riders, Their Families & Their Trainers
Heads Up! is designed to help equestrian athletes enhance their experience of riding, training, competing, and loving horses.
Learn how to
- Ride well in spite of feeling nervous
- Learn to compensate for the way in which anxiety affects your riding.
- Perform more consistently under pressure
- Manage the social and family stresses of competitive riding
- Balance your passion for riding with your devotion to a spouse or kids
- Evaluate training programs for yourself or your children
- Incorporate sportsmanship into training programs that are geared toward winning championship points
- Identify sources of stress in young riders and what you can do about them
Learn more at Good Reads.
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The Rider’s Edge: Overcoming the Psychological Challenges of Riding
Recommended by George Morris!
From his Foreword in The Rider’s Edge:
“Like all of Janetʼs works, this one you wonʼt want to miss. Read it, enjoy it, savor it, digest it, and I guarantee your game of riding — as well as your game of life — will improve.”
- Dealing with performance nerves
- Confidence building, recovering from falls, and managing fears
- The psychological side of riding, learning, and training
- Relationships, conflicts, jealousies, and sportsmanship
- Balancing riding with everything else in your life
- Buying horses and losing them
- Self and body image
- Advice for young riders
Learn more at Good Reads.
To order a copy, please use the button below.
$20.00
Buy nowShipping:
- US shipping adds $10 USD ($30 USD total)
- Canada shipping adds $40 USD ($60 USD total)
- For international orders, please contact us at [email protected]
Bundle and Save!
Save $5 with the Heads Up! and The Rider’s Edge two book bundle.

Bundle Shipping Rates:
- US shipping adds $15 USD ($50 USD total)
- Canada shipping adds $50 USD ($85 USD total)
- For international orders, please contact us at [email protected]

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Three Top Tips for Beating Competition Nerves
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Why I Don’t Teach Relaxation
For way too long, sport psychology has been associated with getting athletes to relax. But who really “relaxes" when they’re competing? The goal, really, is to reduce the influence or impact that your nerves have on your performance, not to try to control them. Read...
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Contact Information:
Dr. Janet Sasson Edgette
412 Newcomen Road
Exton, PA 19341
Phone: 610 | 363 | 1144
Email: [email protected]