Equestrian Webinar

26 October 2019

Can a contemporary theory of skill development be applied to equestrian (and other) sports? Hosted by Marianne Davies. All information is below plus the booking information and links.

Webinar information:

Our good friends at UK Coaching have opened the opportunity to engage in this fascinating webinar to be delivered by Marianne Davies from 9am on the 1^st November.

Marianne has been involved in coaching and sport development for over 25 years. She has worked mostly with adventure sports, as a coach, coach educator, QA/IV officer, and national trainer. She spent eight years as the Coaching Manager for Canoe Wales (Paddlesports NGB) where she implemented the roll-out of the UKCC coaching awards and the British Canoeing performance awards.

Marianne’s interest in skill acquisition was galvanised during her undergraduate degree in Sport, Health & Physical Education and her undergraduate research looking at the influence of challenge level and practice structure on skill acquisition. Through her experience as a practitioner she become interested in understanding the influence of motivation and engagement on skill development and participation. She went on to do a Research Masters exploring the interaction of motivation (Self-determination theory) and learning and is currently doing a PhD at Hartpury University applying an ecological dynamics framework to skill acquisition and coaching in equestrian sports.

Marianne has always had horses and whilst her work has been in adventure sports primarily, her passion has always been horses. She says “Equestrian sports present a unique and fascinating challenge for skill development, the process of coaching and to coach education.”

As well as coaching, research and coach development, Marianne writes many academic and practical articles and blogs. Many of these can be found on the UK Coaching membership community at Connected Coaches.

An outline of the webinar content is below. I hope as many of you will be able to participate in this as possible

Equestrian webinar – Can a contemporary theory of skill development be applied to equestrian (and other) sports?

Date – Friday 1^st November

Time – 9am to 11am (may not last a full 2 hours)

Presenter – Marianne Davies, summary as follows:

Re-weaving the Coaching Rainbow: Can a contemporary theory of skill development be applied to equestrian (and other) sports?

In this webinar, we will explore how Ecological Dynamics and a Constraints-Led Approach can be applied to equestrian sports coaching. We will examine traditional concepts of learning, particularly around control and representative practice, highlighting how many of these are likely to be compromising horse and rider skill-development, welfare and safety.

Equestrian coaching already applies a Constraints-Led Approach to many sub-disciplines of the sport. However, without an understanding of the underpinning theory of skill development (i.e. Ecological Dynamics), it arguably spans the very best and worst of coaching practices. This webinar should be fascinating, informative and useful for anyone involved in coaching equestrian sports, or other adventure, complex or team sports.

UK Coaching invites you to join this Webex meeting: https://ukcoaching.webex.com/webappng/sites/ukcoaching/meeting/download/b722694cfe794ade9fdf34289bec9add?siteurl=ukcoaching&MTID=mb10227b778990ebe751b780390ba3d55

Meeting number (access code): 950 308 426

Password is required, so anyone interested should contact, Jillie Rogers, Sally Newcomb or Laura Hood for the password

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