Tag: Belinda Trussell teaches dressage.
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Covid Muscle Memory Loss
There was one crucial thing missing.
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Success!
Belinda has been tireless encouraging me to persist.
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Lows and Highs–All in One Lesson.
That was a high note and a good finish!
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‘Brilliant’ or ‘Real Life’?
“Which horse will I get today?” That was what I asked myself when I arrived at the barn today. You can never be 100% certain with horses. This past week my horse Biasini had been a couple of different horses. We have cold weather and that means he will always have a lot of energy.…
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I’m in Charge!
I can make a mistake but I had better correct it quickly!
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Do It Anyways!
This week my coach Belinda Trussell has been getting me to make up my own mind about what needs to be done every moment of my riding. Does Biasini need a half halt? A correction? Belinda is resisting telling me what to do and watching to see what my decisions are. So I have to…
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Going Forward by Going Back to Basics.
Biasini is a good worker but not a mind reader!
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I Never Expected This!
At the start of this week my coach Belinda Trussell said she wanted to make my horse, Biasini , more sensitive to the aids. She came up and took hold of my lower leg and demonstrated how light she wanted my leg aid to be. Let me tell you it was a feather touch! Then…
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Control Less. Create More.
Control less. Create More! Eddo Hoekstra This is a wonderful quote from coach and trainer Eddo Hoekstra. My daughter took lessons with Eddo and he encouraged me to get back to riding after 30 years away from horses. Eddo’s discipline is dressage and so began my dressage journey. I have always understood the words of…
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Discipline, Details and the 20m Circle.
I am riding , training and competing at the FEI Intermediare 1 level. So riding a 20 meter circle should be a simple task for me . Right? Not so fast. In a lesson this week I warmed up while my coach Belinda Trussell, watched. I must have been a bit ‘la di da’ about…
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Biasini Speaks: I’m Dancing!
I lifted myself up and started to dance!
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Am I just freestyling while Rome burns?
I heard Belinda say:”this is fun!”