Training weekend review

Hello,

So I have just returned from a fun weekend in Falkirk training. The weekend was split into three days of seminars, Friday night, Saturday day and Sunday evening.

All of the handlers on the seminars were grouped up into similar ability (as much as possible) but the sequences I designed were made to test the handlers on their approaches into jumps and “line selection” which is something I have really focused on recently. Speaking from my own experience it is so important to make correct timing decisions and focus on the exit out of a turn. We looked at several versions of this over the weekend.

Below is one exercise, taken from yesterdays first evening session. This can be used for reference and skills building:

The evenings were also good fun, as my hosts took me out into Falkirk to a proper club (I use the term loosely as there was somewhat of a debate about which particular venue to go too!)

On the Sunday we were scheduled to train outside, however seeing the conditions of the ground I made the decision to move the sessions to later in the day and inside the riding school. This proved to be a good decision as the training in the evening was a huge success, and also gave me several hours to sleep Sunday daytime.

Today I flew back to Birmingham and then on to Shrewsbury by train. Tonight I have a huge top of the table clash for my football team.

Next Friday I fly to Norway for seminars in Oslo.

Catch up later in the week

Lee

www.leegibsontraining.com

(2 spaces left grades 3-5 Saturday January 28^th 2012)

November 3rd Update

Hello,

Just a quick update from me whilst I pack for my weekend away in Scotland. Well its not really a weekend away, I have seminars on Friday, Saturday and Sunday.

I am struggling to talk at the moment due to a swinging elbow that landed in my neck during tonight’s football match, it felt like he nearly took my head off and is very sore right now. The ref didnt even give a free kick so I was not amused!

This week I have had lessons, and also a lot of emails. I am thrilled by the responses to the two training events I advertised, November 20^th & January 28^th. I have a few spots left on the morning of January 28^th, other than that they are all full which is super. The days will be productive and intense, I am looking forward to taking them.

However right now more pressing issues are upon me, like my suitcase and lack of stuff in it. Tomorrow (Friday) I fly from Birmingham to Edinburgh at 12.40pm. I am returning on Monday at Midday.

I have lots of ideas and exercises planned for the sessions, and I am sure we will all have a fun weekend as we have some good social things planned also.

Hope everyone is keeping well and keep safe on Bonfire night. I am sure I will see plenty where I am, lucky my dogs are safely at home and we don’t get too many fireworks where we live!

Lee

www.leegibsontraining.com

Lee Gibson Training Day Sunday November 20th

Lee Gibson Training Day Sunday November 20th


A super seminar focusing on:
Line selection
Discrimination
Drive/send away (into/onto various obstacles)


Please note:


Il use contact pieces but recommend that people have reasonable contacts as we wont be training contact methods specifically


I will be splitting the group of 8 up into 2 groups of 4 with 2 separate exercises running simultaneously. You will get a lot of work done on this intense session!


Held at:


Sandbourne House and Stables,
Baughton on the Hill,
Earls Croome,
Worcester
WR8 9DG


Morning Grades 3 / 4 and Basic grade 5
8 spaces 9.30am – 12.30pm
£30 per person

Afternoon Advanced grade 5, grades 6 and 7
8 Spaces 1.30pm – 4.30pm
£30 per person

(Times include any set up/pack away/moving of equipment)


To book please contact Lee Gibson

leegibsotraining@hotmail.com

01588650638/07708074175

Wales WAO Selection day courses Sunday Oct 30th

Wales WAO Selection day courses

(also used in Norway –Tonsberg 15^th/16^th Oct 2011)

Today (Sunday) I have been down at Gloucester judging the WAO Wales team selection day. It had 1 jumping course, 2 x agility, a gamblers and a speed stakes.

Some of the course plans are slightly different from the actual course due to the venue size, but the most of it is okay.

Jumping round

Speed Stakes

Agility round 2 & Tonsberg Agility Large Class 3 (Sunday)

Agility round one & Small/Medium Agility 3 Tonsberg Norway (Saturday)

Thanks to everyome for a good day and well done to everyone who qualified.

Lee

www.leegibsontraining.com 

LGT Update

This week & weekend.

After a fairly buys week of lessons I have an equally busy weekend coming up. This week has been good for training (except for Thurs as the weather was shocking!) Tuesday night we had the first competition night at training classes. It went well and afterwards some of us went for a brilliant Chinese buffet. I can’t quite put into words how good it was at the buffet, but if anyone wants to experience it again, we will be back soon! As many of you know, I like my food, and an unlimited amount of food... well, say no more!

I have also been very active this week in the evenings, mostly playing for my football team also. We have had two wins (Monday & Thursday) and are top of the Monday night league with an unbeaten record. I have been playing again tonight too, but not competitively, just a training match with my friends in Church Stretton. A good work out all the same.

Earlier today I was reinforcing ‘Zeds’ contacts and weaves. As mum is on crutches until Christmas, I have been training her dogs, and being such a nice day today I decided to train speed up his weaves and contacts using some simple positive methods, which worked well. I have not trained my own dogs for a while now, as they are on rest. Scott trained very well before the Worlds, so some time off is vital now, before we start prepping for Olympia.

This week has also been quite demanding for me, I had to do the weekly shopping myself at the supermarket Thursday. It was like a cattle market in there. I am sure I nearly ran over a few kids with my trolley full of shopping!

Saturday I am planning to tune in to Everton vs Manchester United on the radio, before some lessons later in the afternoon. In the evening I am out into Shrewsbury which should be fun, before an early start Sunday morning where I need to drive to Gloucester to judge the Wales WAO team selection day. I have one jumping class, 2 agility classes, a gamblers and a speed stakes class to judge, so it could be quite a long day with all the various highs that WAO have, although I am hoping to speed through it quite quickly!

Next week sees me giving more lessons as normal. Next weekend I am on the road again, heading to Falkirk in Scotland for a 2 day training seminar, which should be fun. I am flying up from Birmingham to Scotland on Friday 4^th Nov, returning Mon 7^th.

Enjoy the weekend. I will write again soon, probably after the selection day with some course plans to upload. I am using some of my courses I recently used in Tonsberg Norway, which all worked well!

Lee

www.leegibsontraining.com

Training weekend review

Training weekend review:

Last weekend I was in Horsham training with Marc Saunders. The day started early at 9.30am, Marc and I were there by 9 setting up. We decided on our combinations in the planning stage, and we had made sequences that allowed us to demonstrate various ways and methods to handle different sequences.


For the morning group I was using a combination that included a pull through and discrimination of tunnel entrances. The sequence also allowed the dogs to see decoy obstacles, meaning that handlers had to connect with their dogs and not allow them to drift!


The afternoon group was focused more on finding the best line and acceleration for the dogs. The combination was quite tough, with a couple of go around the backs coupled with discrimination skills. The handlers did well but we managed (with the use of the stop watch!) to take almost 0.7 out of 5 obstacles within the sequences. It is savings like this that can be vital at grade 6&7 level.


Both of the groups did really well. It was a successful day and I look forward to the next one in November.


This week I have lessons and am maybe going to do a small training session at the weekend on Saturday. On Sunday I have to judge the WAO Wales selection day down in Gloucester.


I have been organising next years seminars, looks like many weekends on the road and air miles. It is great to be busy and I am really looking forward to visiting some new countries in the next few months.


Regards


Lee


http://www.leegibsontraining.com/

Update

Update



Hello, this week has been so busy I havent had time to reply to half my emails or update on here, but ive found some now!Last weekend I was judging in Tonsberg Norway. All of my classes went really well and I enjoyed the day very much. I decided to wear my suit, and apparently this is not common in Norway for judges to look smart (!) so I got a few strange looks.. however everyone was happy that I had made the effort.


I returned on Monday with a very early flight. The rest of this week has been made up of private lessons and also doing stuff around the house.


Whilst I was away in Norway my mum was out walking my dogs and fell and broke her foot.. its not just a simple break either, but requires pinning and some stretch band inserting. She is having an operation to do all the pinning etc tomorrow, so fingers crossed that goes well.


So of course this week I have learnt how to cook, use the washing machine (I thought it worked by itself but turns out it doesn’t!) and doing other stuff that needs doing.


This weekend I am training with Marc Saunders in Horsham on Saturday on a joint training day we have organised. Then on Sunday I am watching Everton play at Fulham, before returning home Sunday night for a busy week of lessons next week.


Lee


http://www.leegibsontraining.com/