Who is the Athlete?
Who is the athlete - the rider or the horse?
posted by Vern Gambetta @ 8/17/2007 06:14:00 AM
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The Functional Path is a path that had been traveled many times before but had fallen out of use in favor of smoother paved roads that promised faster and easier results. Seeking to follow and better define the functional path is a continuing journey, fortunately it is a journey that many have traveled before. Functional Path training is getting back to the basics of movement. It is learning to tune into the body and it’s inherent wisdom to produce rhythmic flowing movement.
8/17/07
Who is the athlete - the rider or the horse?
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- Name: Vern Gambetta
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Vern is currently is the Director of Gambetta Sports Training Systems. He has been the a conditioning coach for several teams in Major League Soccer as well as the conditioning consultant to the US Men’s World Cup Soccer team. Vern is the former Director of Conditioning for the Chicago White Sox and Director of Athletic Development for the New York Mets. Vern is recognized internationally as an expert in training and conditioning for sport having worked with world class athletes and teams in a wide variety of sports. He is a popular speaker and writer on conditioning topics having lectured and conducted clinics in Canada, Japan, Australia and Europe. Vern's coaching experience spans 36 years at all levels of competition. Vern has authored six books and over one hundred articles related to coaching and sport performance in a variety of sports. He received his BA from Fresno State University and his teaching credential with a coaching minor from University of California Santa Barbara. Vern obtained his MA in Education with an emphasis in physical education from Stanford University.
9 Comments:
Both! But the sum is greater than the individual parts.
Both. I would say the horse is an extension of the rider.
Who is getting trained? Who is being chemically enhanced? The rider or horse?
Jeff
Buffalo
I think Jeff touches upon the real question; IS IT a sport when the horses are on so many drugs? Ironically, the governing body actually sanctions some the enhancement drugs, but checks “regularly” to make sure the horses aren't being given what's considered over the legal limit. It's kind of surprising PETA isn't all over this topic....
Todd Langer
http://www.squidoo.com/functional_fitness/
Has anyone ever rode a horse at half speed?
TC
Actually, the rider is an extension of the horse
Actually,PETA is all over the topic. There are electroshocks to teach the horses to start fast, there are hurdle races which end up with many dead and injured horses every year... it is no animal friendly sport (such as for example distance riding is).
Anonymous,
I'm glad to hear PETA is on it, because it's pretty easy to make an argument horse racing is animal cruelty...it's the best chemist, not necessarily horse, that wins....
Todd
PETA is a radical organization which puts down 2/3 of the animals in their own shelter. They have also provided funds to an arsonist in the USA to fire bomb labs. Check out Penn and Teller HBO expose on youtube about PETA.
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