OEA Virtual Clinic – Developing your Yearly Training and Competition Plan with Ruth Allum

This OEA Virtual clinic is now available on replay on the OEA YouTube Channel

During this virtual clinic, Ruth Allum covered how how to plan your Yearly Training Competition and Recovery Plan by delving into What to train When and Why in order to optimize both Athlete Development and Meaningful Competition.
Topics covered were:
• Building a Macrocycle
• When to optimize Technical, Physical, Tactical & Mental Skill Development & how to integrate it into your program
• Meaningful Competition and how to maximize it

Ruth Allum is the head coach and trainer at Oakhurst Farm in Ashton, ON, which she operates along with her husband, Mark Nelson. During her more than 20 years as a coach, Ruth has guided students from beginner levels to international competition. As a certified High Performance 1 Coach – Eventing, an NCCP Learning Facilitator, NCCP Coach Evaluator and an NCCP Master Coach Developer in Training, all her students receive the benefit of Ruth’s careful attention to detail in riding, physical and mental preparation, and building a strong horse-and-rider team. Ruth also shapes the sport as chair of the Equestrian Canada Eventing Committee and as a member of the EC National Coaching Technical Committee.