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COMPETITION ZONE 

Compete at Your Best:  Unleash Your Full Potential with Our Competition Zone

Competing at your best is as much a mental game as it is a physical and technical one. You’ve put in the hard work during training – now it’s time to make it count. Our Competition Zone is here to help you master the mindset needed to perform under pressure, stay focused, confident, and energised. Let’s help you step into competition feeling ready for anything!

 

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Why the COMPETITION ZONE?

In this zone, we dive into the mental techniques and strategies that elite athletes use to maintain composure, clarity, and confidence in high-stakes moments. Competing isn’t just about talent and technique – it’s about harnessing mental resilience to bring out your best when it counts most.

What you'll get: The Topics

Mental Preparation for Competition

Set yourself up for success by building a strong mental foundation. In this topic, you’ll discover why mental preparation is essential, identify common pitfalls to avoid, and create a personalised plan that keeps you focused and ready. Learn how to design your own mental blueprint and follow a “mental taper” routine leading up to competition. With this topic, you'll walk in with clarity, confidence, and a winning mindset.

Getting Your Warm-up Right

A strong warm-up is the foundation for a winning performance. In this topic, you'll learn how to create a warm-up routine that primes both body and mind, so you're fully ready when it’s time to compete. Discover techniques to activate your focus, elevate your energy, and settle any nerves. This topic combines physical prep with mental strategies, helping you enter the ring, arena, or track calm, confident, in control, and ready to perform.

Get in the Zone - Turn Pressure into Results

Learn how to find and maintain your ideal performance state with targeted techniques to master focus, stay calm under pressure, and perform at your best. From understanding how stress impacts performance to practicing breathwork for calm energy, each video gives you tools to filter out distractions, stay positive, and engage the powerful techniques. This topic will help you tune into the moment, shut out the noise, and adopt a PEAK mindset.

Ring Craft

Mastering ring craft is all about honing the subtle skills that give you an edge in competition. This topic will guide you through essential tactics for managing space, and staying one step ahead. You'll learn how to anticipate and adapt, control the tempo, and execute strategies with precision. Develop the instincts and strategic awareness needed to command the ring and turn every movement into an advantage.

Analysing Performance

Take your growth to the next level by learning how to effectively analyse each competition. This topic covers essential techniques for reviewing your performance and how to harness your emotions to fuel constructive learning and make targeted improvements. With these tools, you'll turn each performance into a stepping stone for progress, ensuring continuous development and greater resilience.

The Unique Psychology of...

Every discipline comes with its own mental demands, and this topic dives into the psychology behind them. Whether you’re competing in dressage, showjumping, or racing, we'll explore the unique mental skills needed to excel, tailored strategies for maintaining focus in high-stakes moments, adapting to unpredictable elements, and building a mental approach that matches the distinct challenges of your discipline.

Results You Can Expect

Competing at your PEAK requires more than just physical preparation—it’s about mental resilience, focus, and knowing how to perform when it matters.

In the Competition Zone, we’ll guide you through:

  • Practical techniques to stay calm, confident, and energised under pressure
  • Learn how to warm up effectively
  • Find your focus, and channel nerves into performance
  • Understand how to analyse your performance effectively

With specialised insights for each discipline, from dressage to polo, this zone will equip you with the mindset and skills needed to consistently deliver your best on competition day. Let’s sharpen your mental game and make every performance count!

Become a PEAK Rider with the Competition Zone

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Join Our FREE Online Peak Rider Webinar with Caroline Moore and Bubby Upton!

Join us at PEAK Rider on Monday 9th December at 7pm for our first ever Peak Rider webinar hosted by Charlie Unwin and Dee So'oialo to discuss an essential question for all competitive riders: "Are we athletes?"

Hear about Bubby's determination and drive to get back in the saddle after her devastating fall and learn more about the amazing success of Caroline in supporting the best upcoming riders. So, no matter your age or experience, what can you learn from their stories and experiences? Finally, learn more about Peak Rider, our brand new platform and app that provides you with the very best strategies for maximising your performance as a rider!

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