Surviving the Unexpected: Fall safety training for horse riders

Do you know what to do if you fall from your horse?

In Surviving the Unexpected, Lindsay Nylund provides a practical guide to fall safety training for riders of all disciplines--professional, amateur, young and old.

Lindsay, a former Olympic gymnast and coach of many national champions, has qualifications in fitness, training, physical education and human resource management. The techniques and skills have been developed in consultation with doctors, scientists and industry professionals and refined by training conducted with over 400 riders across many disciplines. In clear and straight forward language this book includes:

• Theory, science and fall safety training methods
• A single initial emergency response action for all fall incidents
• The learning progression for basic and advanced fall safety skills
• Simple and advanced fall simulation activities
• Pre-ride warm-up and safety routines
• A fall safety instructor guide
• A rider self-help guide with over 10 activities that can be self-taught

Seven days after attending Lindsay's fall safety seminar, I hit the deck at top speed. I was I was thrown sideways/forwards at a flat gallop and as I left the saddle I recalled the simple instructions 'let go of your reins and get your arms up'. I landed on my arm/elbow/shoulder, rolled a couple of times then stood up and walked away. I am sure this basic instruction saved me from a much nastier result. Fall safety training could save your neck or your life.

-Jeremy Bayard, polo player

Author: Lindsay E. Nylund
Publisher: Nylund Pty Ltd
Published: 07/29/2016
Pages: 176
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.89lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.44d
ISBN: 9780994639738

About the Author
Nylund, Lindsay E.: - Lindsay Nylund was born in Western Australia and commenced gymnastics at age eleven. His achievements as a gymnast include three junior and two senior Australian national all-around titles, All-American honours as a member of the Arizona State University Men's Gymnastics Team, and representing Australia at World Championships and Commonwealth and Olympic Games. He won a silver medal in the 1978 Commonwealth Games in Edmonton, Canada, which was the first individual international medal for Australia in gymnastics. Lindsay's school gymnastics coach in Western Australia was Hungarian-born Physical Education teacher Akos Kovacs. Before immigrating to Australia, Akos was detained as a political prisoner following the Second World War. While being transported by train to a labour camp, Akos decided escape would be a better option than the labour camp. This required jumping from a moving train. Akos gives an account of this incident in the book Akos Kovacs: an Hungarian-Australian Odyssey, by David Mason-Jones (1997): In all my years at Christ Church Grammar School, I never once told a boy that gymnastics might enable him to jump, handcuffed, from a moving train in a totalitarian state. Nevertheless, let me now state categorically: one of the benefits of good gymnastic training is to enable you to jump, handcuffed, from a moving train in a totalitarian state! Only my gymnastic ability saved me. I tucked instinctively into a ball and tried to roll with the momentum rather than resist. I caught the downward slope of the embankment and rolled end over end for an age before coming to rest. Following his success as a gymnast, Lindsay coached gymnasts from beginner to international level, including numerous state and national champions in both men's and women's gymnastics. He was appointed head coach of the WA Institute of Sport Men's Gymnastics Program which was recognised as the most successful junior men's gymnastics program in Australia over a number of years. His achievements have been recognised by Gymnastics Australia with an athlete Award of Distinction, an athlete Roll of Honour and a Coach of the Year Award. Lindsay's qualifications include a Certificate III in Fitness, a Certificate IV in Training and Assessment, a science degree in physical education, and a master's degree in human resource management. Lindsay is committed to reducing injury rates from falls to riders of all disciplines. This book has been written to assist riders, instructors, safety and industry professionals to learn about fall safety training and contribute to improved health and safety for all horse riders.

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