2019 USEA Annual Meeting and Convention Program
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42 eventing experience responsive and satisfying for our current membership and attractive and exciting for potential new members. Please join us at the Open Forum, where concerns and solutions can be aired. EVENTING AFFILIATES OPEN FORUM Friday, December 8, 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. Moderator: Janet Gunn The USEA Affiliates (Combined Training Associations, Eventing Associations, etc.) are the grass roots of eventing – it is where we find the people who are just starting eventing and who compete at the unrecognized level, as well riders who have been competing at USEA recognized events for decades. Come to the Eventing Affiliates Open Forum and share ideas about how to attract and retain members, provide fun and educational activities and safely introduce people to eventing. Also, share your ideas about how the USEA can provide useful benefits to the Affiliates. SPORT IS PLAYED WITH THE BODY, BUT WON WITH THE MIND Friday, December 8, 1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. Speaker: Abigail Lufkin Do you wish you could make your ner vousness work for rather than against you? When mistakes happen, do you find yourself going over and over them, feeling worse and worse and having difficulty moving on? Do you feel that you have done ever ything; lessons, vets, blacksmiths, clinics, to be the best you can be but still something holds you back from achieving your goals? If any of this sounds familiar, this seminar is for you! The interactive presentation will review the "9 Mental Skills of Successful Athletes" (copywrite J. Lesyk) and discuss how you can utilize them to achieve your best performances. Come and train your brain to be your secret weapon for success! RIDER FITNESS BOOTCAMP Friday, December 8, 2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. Speaker: Daniel Stewart For the first time ever a fitness program designed just for riders! Treat and train yourself like an athlete by experiencing the fitness program Coach Stewart teaches at the US Olympic Training Center. Learn how to build a fast-paced and exciting bootcamp that will improve your strength, stamina, suppleness and core-strength using medicine balls, stability balls, exercise bands, agility ladders, speed ropes, balance pods and more! BRIDGING THE EVENTING PIPELINES Friday, December 8, 3:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. Speaker: Brian Sabo Brian Sabo will present an over view of the many participation avenues available for eventing enthusiasts. As a person who has been involved in Eventing for over 50 years, Brian brings a lifetime of information to the seminar. "Where you are now is not where you have been and certainly not where you will be." Be prepared for your next steps! The discussion will follow potential timelines from childhood beginner riders to senior volunteers. Each phase of participation will be dissected and shown to have a critical and necessar y part in the success and long-term health of the sport. People about to transition to different phases of their participation and those that are wondering, "What's next for me?" will particularly benefit from attending. Emphasis will be placed on how a person can be involved and stay relevant at ever y level. Additionally, there will be convention highlights