That Winning Feeling!: Program Your Mind for Peak Performance: Amazon.ca: Jane Savoie, Robert Dover: Books

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Jane Savoie's acclaimed approach to mentally positive riding will train your mind and shape your attitudes for peak performance.

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Jane Savoie is a highly accomplished rider, trainer, and intructor as well as a popular speaker. Her most recent book is It's Not Just About the Ribbons. She lives in Berlin, Vermont and Wellington, Florida.

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5.0 out of 5 stars It's all about doing your personal best whatever that may be, Aug 10 2000

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This review is from: That Winning Feeling!: Program Your Mind for Peak Performance (Paperback)

That Winning Feeling is not about getting blue ribbons or pushing your horse despite how the horse may feel. It is about doing your personal best in your own personal situation. In her introduction Jane Savoie states it clearly: "To win--let us understand--is not necessarily limited to bringing home the blue ribbon. It is developing your potential and using it for a purpose that makes you happy. It is leaving your all-too-familiar comfort zone and striving for more than you thought you could achieve. It is putting forth the kind of effort that makes you proud to sign your name to your work." And, in the last 30 pages of the book when she does speak specifically about competitions, the author says: "After the performance, you can always feel victorious about your personal milestones. Perhaps this was the first show where your horse didn't buck at the canter depart. ... Ot maybe this is the first competition where you didn't feel nauseated before your ride. ... Don't let anyone--least of all yourself--dictate any limits. The joys of competition with your partner are to be fully experienced and savored." Thus, this book is about helping you do your best with your partner, your horse. It is not about winning blue ribbons or achieving Olympic status. It is a realistic, down-to-earth, practical and effective psychocybernetic approach for helping achieve you and your horse's best no matter what your goals are.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Feeling that winning feeling!, Mar 30 2000

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I am not a dressage rider, yet I found this book to be completley inspiring! It taught me so many things that myself nor my trainer could ever instill in me. 2 years ago I was a Multi National champion on my horse HL Karavan+/ and I truly believe that this book lead me there. before a class I would read selected passages from my trainer, and I went in the ring with a sense of accomplishment even before the class was finished. I would reccomend this book to any athlete who has ever doubted his or her abilities. I can not express what Jane Savoie's writing has done to improve my sportsmanship, and riding skills.

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1.0 out of 5 stars This book made me wonder where dressage has gone wrong., Mar 17 2000

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I found this book borderline offensive. It typifies for me the mindset of so many competitive dressage riders for whom the horse, however much they say they "love" him, is no more than a fancy piece of sports equipment. "Winning" is everything, or so it seems. Dressage is supposed to be about the horse, not the rider. Certainly not about "winning." What has happened to this sport? How have we become so terribly lost? I regret the popularity of this kind of "dressage" writing and it makes me wish more riders knew there is another world of riding out there, where the horse is the best and only judge of our riding, and competitive kudos or "doing a movement" are not the measure of success.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Surely the way to success!
Excellent book. Excellent for the novice or the advanced rider. Excellent motivator for any other sport or even in general life. Read more

Published on Jun 22 1999 by Duaa Anwar

5.0 out of 5 stars This is a fantastic, uplifting book for everyone!
This is an amazing book! Not only does it apply to riding, but to life in general. Savoie is a great motivator, and using her tecniques can help almost any situation. Read more

Published on Jun 21 1999