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COACHING SERVICES AND FACILITIES
Individual Sessions
Group Sessions
Indoor Arena
Outdoor Arena
Coach Educator
PROFESSIONAL SUMMERY
Top Coach in Dressage and Eventing and former professional athlete who coaches, guides and empowers rider and horse to optimum athletic and personal success.
Member of New Zealand Equestrian Federation since 1983.
SKILL HIGHLIGHTS
Elite Dressage Coach
Elite Eventing Coach
Professional Rider
Assessor for Riding Instructor
Sports medicine knowledge
Horse anatomy knowledge
Horse Nutrition knowledge
CPR and First Aid certified
Energetic personality
Self-motivated
Personable and friendly
CORE ACCOMPLISHMENT
Competed internationally as a professional rider for Germany in 3 Day Eventing during 1978 – 1982.
Toured and competed in Australia in 3 Day Eventing during 1983
Competed in New Zealand in Dressage since 1983
Coached New Zealand top international event/dressage riders since 1983
Coached and developed the New Zealand Young Riders Development
Squad from 1992 – 2001.
Trained New Zealand riding instructors since 1994
Assessor for New Zealand Riding Instructors since 1994
Coached and developed dressage in Japan (Nagoja) Jul – Sep 1984
1983 –2013 Trains every Jul/Aug in Germany with Coach Jean Bemelmans,
National Equestrian Coach of France and former Equestrian Coach of Spain and Germany.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Elite Dressage and Elite Eventing Coach
Recruited and met with prospective student-riders to discuss experience and goals.
Recruited and met with prospective professional riders to discuss experience and goals.
Monitored the academic performance of professional and student-riders in addition to athletic progress and that of their horses.
Helped develop each riders and horses physical and psychological fitness.
EDUCATION
1979
Associate of Science: Bereiter FM (Professional Rider)
Wahrendorf Riding Academy – North-Rhine Westphalia, Germany
Coursework in Equestrian including Sports Management, Sports Leadership, Physical Education, Exercise Science, Horse Health and Wellness, Nutrition and Psychology.