SERVICES: Extended Services

Developing the Athlete

The following are a list of service possibilities that can be used by way of periodic counseling by THT, or as an interactive service development employed as an annex to the performance team. It is important to note that each case is treated individually with case specific protocols developed to meet and address individual needs. THT utilizes EthoGrade to determine the equine Individual Herd Dynamic to determine how he/she is fitting in to the group dynamic and adjusting to environmental influences.

Equine Stress Management plays an important role in the overall trainability and ongoing health of the athletic horse. In the healthy athlete ESM is a life coaching process psychologically monitoring the athlete to maintain mental focus pre-performance, post performance, during shipping, and environmental adjustments to career changes such as breeding and retirement. ESM is also an affective assist to convalescence and helps manage anxieties relative to hospital stays, foaling and terminal situations.

Athletic Youth Program is the development of foal imprinting techniques created specifically to fit the intended career of the young prospect. After assessing the natural behavioral characteristics and potentials, THT employs the natural Assimilated Imprinting ability of the horse to advance the confident, sound foundation that is the base for all that follows. Nurturing the young athlete mentally in the processes of decision making and mental agility builds the foundation for natural herd elevation. The Youth Program is by far the most important stage of the game, psychological soundness here allows the horse to take full advantage of his or her physical capacity in the future.

Performance Assist works with the owner/trainer and jockey/rider on the many levels of training based on natural herd dynamics, dealing with potential withholds such as Herding Holdup, and any variety of environmental stimulus. The development of strategies for both performance and training is an effort to elevate the Individual Herd Dynamic to open the way for a greater potential of achievement. THT's Variable Stimulus Training, VST, is one of the many naturally occurring Assimilated Imprinting methods used to enhance training and elevate the horse. Performance Assist can also help the jockey/rider utilize the IHD because an understanding of how horses see themselves alone and within the group is an important tool to knowing the best way to ride. Performance Assist works to facilitate mental soundness, decision making during motion and works to build and sustain the confidence of the horse to the highest level the athlete can personally attain. Performance Assist can also help strategy planning by assessing competitors' past performances and basic dynamics which better show how one horse should be competing with another.

THT Universal is the complete package for the total operation. THT U means that the client wants THT to counsel and, directly or indirectly (depending on location and time), have an involvement with the entire performance team operation. From breeding to retirement, THT can be contracted for a long term association to monitor athletic psychological wellness as well as assistance with facility developments based upon the natural herd dynamics.

THT Performance, the Natural Transition, is a specialty service area addressing the needs and the performance blocks associated with the psychology of the equine athlete. If you have a special area of need for your horse, team, or competition that does not fit with what is outlined here, we urge you to contact us with your issue.

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