Rider Biomechanics With Mary Wanless and Ride With Your Mind

Author Mary Wanless begins a discussion around rider biomechanics on this DVD Body Balance: The Basics. Mary has achieved B.Sc. degrees in both Physics and Applied Sports Coaching and is holds the BHSI certificate. This is a 5minute snippet of the full training video.

See her site at http://www.mary-wanless.com

ary Wanless is an internationally renowned coach, and is the author of the 'Ride With Your Mind' books, which have been translated into many languages. She has also authored 8 DVDs. She coaches riders at all levels, from relative novices to two of the top twelve US dressage riders, and some of the Canadian eventing squad. She has B.Sc. degrees in both Physics and Applied Sports Coaching, and holds the BHSI certificate.

30 years ago, when Mary was frustrated with her limited progress as a pupil, she set out to discover how talented riders do what they do. Her guiding question was 'What is presupposed by a trainer when she makes a specific statement to a pupil?' So when a rider is told, for instance, to 'Get the horse on the bit?' , what is the trainer presupposing? That the rider already has these skills (but somehow forgot, or just didn't bother to impliment them?!) Or that she ought to be able to do it because it's easy?