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BARBADOS EQUESTRIAN ASSOCIATION “Aurora” 7 Neils, St. Michael phone: 228-9144 fax: 228-6247 E-mail: bea@sunbeach.net . |
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The Olympic
Solidarity Course for Equestrian Coaches hosted by the Barbados Equestrian Association, was held as
follows: Intro to coaching - December 9th and Level
1 Assistant Coach December 10th - 14th inclusive. . |
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FEI Expert and Course Director for the occasion was
Mrs. Susanne Macken of Rafeehan Stud, Kells, Co. Meath, Ireland in the
United Kingdom. Mrs Macken arrived in Barbados on
December 7th in order to finalize details with the NF’s
Organizing Committee and departed on December 15th 2004. |
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| The BEA were extremely pleased to welcome the following participants and regret that some of you were unable to attend for various reasons: | |
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Antigua -
Solveig Nitschmann & Kerry Walkin Bermuda - Michael Rodrigues & Gina Flood Cayman Islands - Mary McTaggart Haiti - Rosemarie Tschudi Trinidad & Tobago - Margaret Auerbach Barbados - Di Clarke, Sara Jones, Akoele Roachford, Tove McIntyre, Sandra Sampson & Roberta Foster. |
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Attendance of
participants was 100% throughout the course. . |
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| A brief description of the programme of the course and topics offered are as follows: | |
| Introduction to Coaching - 1 Day: | |
| Principles & Rules | |
| History & Structure | |
| Safety | |
| Techniques and Skills in riding & stable management | |
| Motives & Needs (participants, rider and horse) | |
| Physical Fitness of the rider | |
| Physical Fitness of the horse | |
| Skill Development of the rider | |
| Skill Development of the horse | |
| Role of the Coach | |
| Planning & Feedback | |
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Practice &
Competition . |
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| Level One Assistant Coach - 5 days: | |
| Principles & Rules | |
| Tactics | |
| Safety (further to Intro to Coaching) | |
| Skills, Dressage, Jumping, Eventing | |
| Motives & Needs (participants, horse and rider) | |
| Physical Fitness of the Rider and Horse | |
| Mental Fitness of the Rider | |
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Mental Fitness
of the Horse . |
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| The Coach - | |
| Skill Development of the rider and horse | |
| Role of the Coach | |
| Planning & Feedback | |
| Practice & Competition | |
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Stable
Management |
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Videos and
films shown during the course covered the topics of, Basic Dressage, Eventing
and Jumping Gymnastics. . |
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| Following is a list of some of the very positive observations and benefits from this Course, based on feedback | |
| 1. The need and benefits for Regional Integration were well appreciated by all participants and how this may affect the long term. | |
| 2. The Course material was considered very informative and educational. | |
| 3. The use of “lesson planning” in particular was very useful | |
| 4. Based on feedback received from participants, the NF’s organizational standards were beyond reproach. | |
| 5. Course Director, Susanne Macken, was very flexible to accommodate the requirements of the host NF, which enable the practical and smooth running of this course. | |
| 6. The participants and Mrs. Macken enjoyed the opportunity to use a variety of centers, meeting different horses and riders this also provided the opportunity of seeing other sights of the Island during transfers! | |
| 7. Southern Palms Beach Club’s support extended extremely discounted rates for room, food and drinks, which made a significant contribution toward off setting expenses for the participants as well as the organizing NF. | |
| 8. The course received tremendous participation and support from the NOC, their administration staff, who also provided much assistance in advising of the successful organizing of the course. Again the NOC supplied the use of course equipment for theory and the National Sport Council provided express photocopying, this was invaluable. | |
| 9. Acting Director National Sport Council, Neil Murrell, attended a portion of the training, which afforded the sport and Olympism more visibility on a National Level. | |
| 10. Mrs. Macken opened up part of the course (mental and physical fitness) to other sporting federations if they wished to attend. This was seen as a good initiative which may be repeated during other courses held by other NF’s in Barbados in the future. | |
| 11. The Barbados Equestrian Association and the Olympic Solidarity Coaches Course received excellent support from the media – the opening was featured on the Caribbean Broadcasting Corporation evening news and a feature in The Nation News paper with quotes form the NOC, BEA and Mrs. Macken. | |
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12. Served to highlight the
benefits of Team Work and the value of Olympism. . |
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| The course was concluded with the issuing of participation certificates; there was no examination at this level. | |
| Report from Naomi Roachford-Holder BAR | |
