SPORT PSYCHOLOGY CLINICS & SEMINARS
Private Consultation and Sessions✩✩ Summer Special - Schedule Now! ✩✩
Advance your mental game with virtual or in-person sport psychology group clinics
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Suitable for:
Hunter/Jumper
Equitation
Eventing
Dressage
Adult Amateurs
Juniors
Parents of Juniors
Trainers/Professionals/Instructors
Topics:
Become an effective rider even though you have performance nerves
The dangers of trying to manufacture confidence
How to stop the self-critical voice inside your head
What to do if your anxiety turns you into too passive a rider
Become a more assertive rider without becoming aggressive
Not all riding skills are physical: Emotional intelligence and the elite rider
Parenting the high performance junior rider
Being the high performance junior rider
Perfectionism —friend or foe?
Dos and don’ts of getting over riding fears
And so very much more
SPORT PSYCHOLOGY CLINICS & SEMINARS
FOR ADULTS
Balancing the demands of a riding career with the responsibilities of caring for a family and/or maintaining a business or job is no easy task. Many adult riders face additional financial pressures as well. These seminars for adults address the issues that affect the quality of a person’s riding in addition to how well he or she is able to enjoy the sport.
Popular Topics
- “Get As Nervous As You’d Like” – a new way of managing performance nerves
- Relaxation myths and truths
- “Performance anxiety is one thing, but what if I’m really scared?”
- Dos and don’ts of getting over riding fears
SPORT PSYCHOLOGY CLINICS & SEMINARS
FOR KIDS & TEENAGERS
Many young riders face responsibilities, performance pressures, and training stressors that would be difficult even for an adult to manage successfully. These seminars offer young riders opportunities to talk openly with other riders their own age about some of the more stressful experiences of training and competing. They can also discuss the relationships they have with their trainers or parents in a confidential setting and seek out advice they might otherwise not know how to find.
Popular Topics
- “Get as nervous as you like!” – a new way of managing performance nerves
- Learning to speak up – helping your trainer and parents to help you
- “Help! My biggest competitor is my best friend!
- What to do if you are feeling over-faced
- Recovering from a bad fall
SPORT PSYCHOLOGY CLINICS & SEMINARS
FOR PARENTS
They drive, they pay, they encourage and console. Parents occupy a special place in the lives of young athletes and face a variety of issues when their children are involved in equestrian sports. These sessions help parents and children or teenagers work better as a team to achieve common goals and overcome obstacles that can crop up when families are involved in a sport as complex and demanding as riding.
Popular Topics
- Family Stress and Horse Showing
- Early Warning Signs of Problems
- “Everything I Say is Wrong” – Being a Good Pony Club/Horse Show Parent
SPORT PSYCHOLOGY CLINICS & SEMINARS
FOR TRAINERS & INSTRUCTORS
Seminars for trainers and instructors cover such topics as teaching different types of students (young kids, teenagers, the returning adult rider), helping riders build or rebuild confidence, motivating fearful students, working together with parents of juniors, managing boarders.
Popular Topics
- The psychology behind teaching and learning
- The roles of inspiration, support, and criticism
- Instructor/student relationships
- Helping riders through their fears
SEMINAR HIGHLIGHTS
Managing performance anxiety so it doesn’t get in your way
Taking the fight out of performance nerves
What to do when your confidence dips
Staying resilient through bad lessons, bad rounds, and bad falls
How your relationship with your horse impacts your riding
Perfectionism —friend or foe?
Over-involved or over-enthusiastic parents
Managing the pressure of your last junior year
Dealing with competitiveness
The dangers of trying to manufacture confidence
Trainer / rider relationships
Dealing with fears
Recovering from injuries and falls
TOPICS FOR KEYNOTE TALKS & PRESENTATIONS
I am also available for informal interactive, Q&A talks as well as more formal keynote-type lectures (eg, conferences, conventions). In addition to offering sport psychology seminars for barns, I also meet with members of riding organizations and clubs, IHSA college teams and IEA middle and high school teams.
“Preparing Mentally for Success in the Ring”
Learn how you can perform well in the show ring even though you may be nervous or self-doubting! Too many models of anxiety management spend a lot of time and mental energy on getting rid of the “bad” feelings—as if it were so easy. With my “Get As Nervous As You’d Like!” approach, riders instead learn to identify and compensate for the ways in which their anxiety specifically affects their performance. No more looking over your shoulder to see if your nerves are going to catch up with you! You can be nervous, and still ride well.
“Survival Seminar for Helping Young Athletes Thrive in Sports, School and Life”
If you live with, or work with, young athletes, this seminar is for you! Geared towards helping parents, families, coaches, trainers and developing instructors move beyond teaching coping strategies into “thriving strategies” when working with young athletes with busy schedules.
FEES
Rates vary depending on length and location. Depending on location, full day sessions start at $3000, and half day sessions start at $1800.
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Contact Information:
Dr. Janet Sasson Edgette
412 Newcomen Road
Exton, PA 19341
Phone: 610 | 363 | 1144
Email: janet@janetedgette.com