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New students commonly begin by telling me what’s wrong with them, and what they know they SHOULD be doing. Their problem really is ‘premature automation’ - when they first learned their up/downs, they automated a pattern that was far from biomechanically correct. So now they face the challenge of ‘rewiring’ themselves, and they have to become ‘consciously competent’.
Will elite riders talk to you about the ABC’s of riding, or its XYZ’s? An analogy to icebergs explains the answer!
By Mary Wanless BHSI BSc4.9
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New students commonly begin by telling me what’s wrong with them, and what they know they SHOULD be doing. Their problem really is ‘premature automation’ - when they first learned their up/downs, they automated a pattern that was far from biomechanically correct. So now they face the challenge of ‘rewiring’ themselves, and they have to become ‘consciously competent’.
Will elite riders talk to you about the ABC’s of riding, or its XYZ’s? An analogy to icebergs explains the answer!

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