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Top Ten Tipsfor

Coaching Youth Riders

Karen Waite, M.S.Dept. of Animal Science

Michigan State University

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Meet the presenter:

Karen Waite, M.S.Dept. of Animal ScienceMichigan State University

#10Respect thehorse first!

#9Recognize that young

people do not reap all of the positive benefits of equine

experience by“just doing it.”

#8Teach young people

to be internally, rather than externally, motivated.

• Goal setting• Skill attainment• “Baby steps”

#7Encourage young riders to seek out

and be energized by challenges.

Help young riders see their development as acontrollable process, rather than a fixed quality.#

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#5Help young riders

learn to accept success and failure as

part of the game.

#4Model the previously

mentioned tips by continuing your own

education.• Clinics• Instructor Certification• www.myhorseuniversity.com• www.extension.org/horse• Simplifying Successful Horsemanship!

#3Recognize and appreciate that everyone learns

differently…horses too!

#2Deliver positive, specific, contingent feedback to youth AND horses!

#1Make it

FUN!

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