Published Books

DR. JANET SASSON EDGETTE

Sport Psychology for Riders

Heads 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

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“Wonderful introduction to sports psychology for everyone.”

Amazon review

“Amazing book!! I got this book to help me combat some irrational anxieties and fears in the saddle, especially at shows. It has done so much more for me than I could have ever hoped. I’m serious. It works. I have stopped a few panic attacks with the techniques taught in this book, when methods taught by counsellors and psychologists were only so much hot air.”

Amazon review

“Edgette’s style is very candid, open, and easy to read. Don’t think that this is another “help me feel good about my riding” book. Heads Up! takes an incredibly unique approach to explaining the whole circle of a rider’s world. This book will enhance any trainer, coach, parent, and rider’s bookshelf. I give it a five-shoe rating!”

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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 now

Shipping:

US shipping adds $10 USD ($30 USD total)
Canada shipping adds $40 USD ($60 USD total)
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Save $5 with the Heads Up! and The Rider’s Edge two book bundle.

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Canada shipping adds $50 USD ($85 USD total)
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“An excellent resource for a rider needing a little encouragement or insight. Riding is both physically and mentally complex, and as an equestrian herself, the author understands the issues that all of us face at one time or another. The book is straightforward, very believable, and super practical. Highly recommended!”

Amazon review

“I am an almost 50 year old amateur event rider looking to move up to training level eventing, a height and difficulty I have not ever tackled in my riding career. I was looking for advice for riders in my situation trying to create practical plans, deal with negative thoughts and manage fear, especially after falls. This book has some advice that is relevant, but many of the vignettes seem to be written for the more junior hunter rider, which is the audience for the magazine where these columns were published. If you have a budding equestrian, this is a useful book.”

Amazon review

From George Morris’s forward: “Like all of Janet’s works, this one you won’t 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.”

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Featured Publications

Magazine Articles & Interviews

Visualization Techniques- Not Always 20/20

Some athletes like visualization exercises and find them useful but others find them tiresome and tedious and unhelpful. In a sport that has as many moving parts as riding has, a technique as “static" as visualization can leave a rider riding the horse she had in her...

Stop Taking It Out On Everyone Else!

Being nervous about your show or event is a terrible excuse for lashing out at family and friends, especially when they’re probably just trying to help you get ready. Read about some ways to constructively manage your feelings and better deal with the stress that is...

I Am Terrified to Ride My Young Horse

Read about how you can think through dilemmas like this in ways that allow you to continue moving forward with a horse on whom you feel over-faced while respecting your need to remain safe. See full article HERE

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Contact Information:

Dr. Janet Sasson Edgette
412 Newcomen Road
Exton, PA 19341

Phone: 610 | 363 | 1144
Email: [email protected]