That Winning Feeling!: Program Your Mind for Peak Performance

Jane Savoie presents a revolutionary approach to riding by which you can train your mind and shape your attitudes to achieve higher levels of skill than every imaged.

The book deals with such concepts as

• luck
• worry
• dreams
• "loser's limp"
• commitment
• criticism
• frustration
• inspiration

You will learn relaxation exercises that will not only rid you of stress and tension, but will also enable you to benefit fully from the use of "imaging" as a working tool to achieve desired ends. And you will skillfully invoke the "As If principle" to think and behave "as if" you are already experiencing your wants and needs.

The author explains how words, and word-images, play a major role in determining your actions. For example, if you say "challenge" instead of "problem," you will positively enhance your performance.

The "training" chapters take all the general principles and apply them to specific riding situations. The final chapters deal with "competition," focusing all the tools and techniques learned earlier on actual performance scenarios.

Throughout the informative and spirited text, there are scores of personal anecdotes about some of America's leading riders--and their affinity with the ideas and teaching of the author.

Jane Savoie is one of the most recognized names in the equine industry and for good reason. Her accomplishments and the breadth of her influence are impressive. As a dressage rider, she was a member of the United States Equestrian Team, competing internationally, including a position as the reserve rider for the bronze-medal-winning team at the 1992 Olympics. Savoie was the dressage coach for the Canadian 3-Day Event Team at the 1996 and 2004 Olympics, and coached a number of dressage and event riders at the 2000 Olympics. She is the author of many bestselling books and video programs on riding, training, and sport psychology, and is a popular motivational speaker. Savoie splits her time between Vermont and Florida.