2016 Convention Preview: Keep Your Mind and Body Sharp This Winter!
The 2016 USEA Annual Meeting and Convention is right around the corner! This year’s Convention will be held in Fort Lauderdale, Fl. December 7-11 at the Diplomat Resort and Spa. Convention is a celebration of the sport, where eventing enthusiasts from across the country gather to discuss, learn and have a great time with other eventers! This year boasts countless educational seminars and forums where you can be directly involved with the movers, shakers and innovators of the sport. Here’s a preview of just what you might see:
Nutrition for the Eventer with Dr. Tatiana Pestana
Dr. Pestana is a community physician who has a special interest in preventive and lifestyle medicine. She will lead participants through a review of current nutritional recommendations for general health. The lecture will focus on the comparison of the standard American diet to the Mediterranean diet and give recommendations for meeting the additional nutritional and hydration needs of the athlete.
Equestrian Fitness Bootcamp Workshop with Daniel Stewart
For the first time ever a strength and conditioning program designed specifically for riders - by riders! Unlike any fitness class you’ve ever experienced, let this fun and fast-paced fitness workshop teach you special cross-training exercises that’ll improve your balance, symmetry, suppleness, posture, stamina, and core-strength… using medicine balls, exercise bands, jump ropes, yoga balls, BOSU balls, balance pods, and agility ladders - not to mention - mounting blocks, buckets, lead-lines, jump poles, caveletti, X-rails, hay bales!
Turning Setbacks into Comebacks with Daniel Stewart
Enjoy a wonderfully upbeat, motivating, and inspiring seminar based on the best-selling book, Pressure Proof Your Riding, and his monthly Sports Psychology Tip of the Month. Discover how easy it can be to improve your focus, confidence, and courage by learning a series of unique and surprising tools that’ll help you overcome fears, pressure, mistakes, show jitters, negative memories, perfectionism, doubt and more. This humorous seminar will definitely prove that what’s going on between your ears is just as important as what happens below them!
LandSafe: Reducing Rider Risk with Danny and Keli Warrington
The USEA and equestrian community is too often confronted with the harsh reality of another serious injury or fatality as a result of a rider's fall. The risk of having a serious injury or fatality is one in every 55 falls. Gor rotational falls, the risk rises to one in every five occurrences.
Until now, a vital component has been absent that can make the difference between life and death; rider education regarding fall safety. Introducing LandSafe, a comprehensive training program that teaches riders and trainers not only how to effectively navigate a fall. By focusing on key muscle strength and flexibility, on learning proper fall and response techniques, and by providing a safe environment for practicing fall scenarios utilizing proprietary simulation technology, LandSafe is certain to be a must-have educational experience for every rider.
This session provides you with an opportunity to see for yourself the difference rider education can make to a fall scenario. The segment will feature the following activities:
- Demonstration of proprietary simulation technology designed specifically for simulating rider falls from horses (including rotational falls)
- Demonstration of key gymnastic techniques that enable riders to fall safely
- Introduction to key concepts of the LandSafe program as taught by Danny Warrington, professional eventer and fall safety expert, and Keli Warrington, eventer and advanced gymnast
Come join the conversation - the stakes are too high to miss it.
About The USEA Annual Meeting and Convention
The USEA Annual Meeting and Convention takes place each December and brings together a large group of dedicated USEA members and supporters to discuss, learn, and enjoy being surrounded by eventing enthusiasts. The 2016 Annual Meeting and Convention will take place at the Diplomat Resort & Spa Hollywood in Fort Lauderdale, Fl. December 7-11, 2016. Rooms are filling fast, so make sure to book today! Click here for booking or use the reservation line (855) 689-2911 – and use the Group Code GUSEA.
Click here for Convention Registration Form, or sign up via Online Services.
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