Strategies for Start-Line Confidence

Strategies for Start-Line Confidence

Instructor: Kathrine McAleese
Course Type: Streaming DVD
$40.00

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Subtitle: Get Rid of Your Mindset Gremlins and Run Each Course Like You Own It
Author: Dr. Kathrine McAleese
Running Time: 4 hours, 25 minutes
Release Date: 2015

Each chapter of the original Strategies for Start-Line Confidence 2-DVD set has been made into a "lesson" in one of our Learning Center classrooms, and each subchapter has been made into an activity for the appropriate lesson. This gives you a quick and easy way to find material that you want to go back and re-watch. 

Your purchase includes:

  • Access on mobile devices and your computer.
  • Ability do download the files to your mobile device so you can use them offline while you're out training.
  • Keep what you buy—No expiring content; you can go back any time to watch the videos.

Description

Technical training and physical conditioning for both dog and human are pretty much ubiquitous these days at most, if not all, levels of agility. Working on the dog's focus and partnership with us is also fairly standard in agility training. However, mindset training for the human member of the team is not as well explored or understood by many, and it can have a very big impact on our agility performance since our mindset often affects our teammate on the other end of the leash.

Do any of these sound familiar?

  • "What's wrong with you? You'll never get this right."
  • "You can't handle this course. You're too slow / broken / old / fat / short-legged / inexperienced / [insert insult here]."
  • "You're just going to let your dog down again."

Those voices that whisper doubts, tell you how stupid you'll look when things go wrong, say you can't be successful, and remind you of past failures, are "mindset gremlins." They are unhelpful, negative, doubt- and fear-inflicting thoughts.

Mindset gremlins disrupt your focus, encourage you to play it safe (and then berate you if you do), distract you, and invite you to focus on everything that could go wrong. They make you feel powerless, but that's another gremlin lie. Research shows you can retrain your mind at any age. By identifying your thoughts as living, breathing entities that you are in a relationship with, you are not only empowered to decide the terms of that relationship, you can decide to end it.
 
Strategies for Start-Line Confidence includes practical exercises that will help you learn how to get the gremlins out of your way. It's only fair that if you're going to train your dog's mind to focus and work optimally, you should do the same for yourself. Because there is no better feeling than stepping up to the start line feeling energized and connected with your dog, and knowing you're ready to give your best—ready to run the course like you own it!

This video is an edited version of a 2-day seminar that was filmed at Clean Run.

How do I access my Learning Center purchase?

After you complete your purchase using your credit card or PayPal, you will receive 2 email confirmations: the first is a receipt acknowledging that your order has been received and the second email contains the link for your Clean Run Learning Center program. Just click on the link in the email to complete enrollment. If you already have a Learning Center account, then you will go directly to your educational program. If you do not, then you will enter your email address and a password to use for this Learning Center program and any future ones your purchase. Please be aware that this is a separate account you are establishing on https://cleanrunonline.com/home and it is not the same as your Clean Run website account (although you can use the same email and password for both accounts). 

If you have a Clean Run website account, then you can also access your program at anytime by signing in at cleanrun.com and selecting Classes/Webinars from the My Account menu. 

Refund Policy

Please be aware that there are no refunds for on-demand courses, on-demand lessons, webinars, or streaming DVDs.

We suggest that you read the information provided carefully before making your purchase. If you have any questions about whether the content is right for you, please email us.

  • Building Confidence at the Start Line
  • Recognizing Your Gremlins & Their Tactics
  • Acknowledging Your Strengths 
  • Using Visualization
  • Questions & Answers
  • Identifying Distractions & Focusing
  • Using Mantras
  • Putting Together a Play List
  • Making a Plan
  • Useful Resources

"This DVD is a very important addition to agility training.  I left obedience in favor of agility because I could not stomach the negative approach to training that I was continually witnessing and I loved the fact that pop-and-jerk was impossible in agility. Agility training had to be positive or it didn’t work. But that was with respect to the dog.  What this DVD does is make us aware that it must also be true with respect to ourselves — the handler part of the team....  be positive towards yourself, be your own best friend, be your strongest supporter. In short, this DVD remind us that this sport should — no, must — be positive all around.  That is what makes the sport so wonderful."  —Dina

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