Agility Challenge Tips

Agility Challenge Tip #20 – Practice Alone

Holding ourselves accountable to stay sharp, to stay focused, and to stay in the sweet spot at the edge of our abilities when we’re alone is important – it’s not what happens in class each week, during that one or two hour period of time! It’s what happens when you’re at home, in your back yard, or your basement, by yourself, with your dog, working on the things you’ve set out to work on, with purpose!

May 13, 2024
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Agility Challenge Tip #20 – Practice Alone

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Agility Challenge Tip #19 – Don’t do ‘drills’ – instead, play small, addicting games

As a dog trainer and handler, you’re not only a student (of the game, of your instructor, etc.), but you’re also a coach for your dog. And, good coaches, whether it’s to your dog or to your own agility students, share a knack for transforming the most mundane activities – especially the mundane activities – into games. 

May 6, 2024
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Agility Challenge Tip #19 – Don’t do ‘drills’ – instead, play small, addicting games

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Agility Challenge Tip #18 – Choose 5 minutes a day instead of an hour a week

In this Agility Challenge Tip, learn why practice “snacks” are better than practice “binges”, what days of the week you should practice, and what it means to be ruthless about noticing and fixing mistakes.

April 29, 2024
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Agility Challenge Tip #18 – Choose 5 minutes a day instead of an hour a week

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Agility Challenge Tip #17 – Embrace Struggle

Activity and accomplishment are NOT the same, but many people confuse the one for the other! Learn how to actually IMPROVE at, rather than just ‘working on’ a skill.

April 22, 2024
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Agility Challenge Tip #17 – Embrace Struggle

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Agility Challenge Tip #16 – Each day, try to build one perfect chunk

Activity and accomplishment are NOT the same, but many people confuse the one for the other! Learn how to actually IMPROVE at, rather than just ‘working on’ a skill.

April 15, 2024
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Agility Challenge Tip #16 – Each day, try to build one perfect chunk

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Agility Challenge Tip #15 – Break every move down into chunks

In this Agility Challenge Tip, I’ll speak on the topic of how to break down what might seem like an insurmountable list of training tasks in to chunks, in order to attain REAL agility mastery.

April 8, 2024
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Agility Challenge Tip #15 – Break every move down into chunks