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Creating confidence With 19 years coaching experience CHRISTINE ARMISHAW, a 1* event rider and EA Level 1 Coach, knows a thing or two about rider confidence: how it gets lost, and where to find it.
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s women returning to riding, we all remember the way it used to feel when we were fearless teenagers. Jumping whatever we could find lying around, racing friends and galloping across fields or down the beach. If somewhere along the way you happened to come unstuck from your mount, you just got up, dusted yourself off and hopped back on. Then, when you returned to riding after a long break, be it due to career commitments, having children or perhaps coming back after an injury, you discovered a new mental component that apparently needed to be addressed.
