door Marilot Dinklo | mrt 5, 2021 | News
On March 3rd 2021 our team travelled to the KWPN headquarters in Ermelo to take the first measurements for the KWPN talent scouting project. During this day we measured 30 horses (both showjumping and dressage horses) who were stabled at the centre for a performance...
door Marilot Dinklo | mrt 1, 2021 | Focus Areas, Olympic Ambitions, Performance in Sports, Projects, Strategic Themes
Nutrition is increasingly recognized as an important part of an optimal sports performance. Nutritional strategy is a common term amongst elite athletes of almost any sport. Athletes use a range of nutrition strategies to improve their performance. These strategies...
door Marilot Dinklo | feb 1, 2021 | News
The first report for the development of the Athletic Skills Garden for the Equestrian Sport has just been submitted to the Gemeente Midden-Delfland (the municipality where we hope to establish the Horse-Garden). For the past few months we’ve done research on the...
door Marilot Dinklo | feb 1, 2021 | Breeding & Husbandry (sport), Focus Areas, Horse Welfare, Projects, Sport & Recreation, Strategic Themes, Sustainable Sports Facilities
Recovery time is an essential part of training necessary to achieve maximum performance. Recovery allows the body to heal, repairing and strengthening muscles and replenishing lost energy. Top athletes should carefully manage their recovery period so their bodies are...
door Marilot Dinklo | dec 1, 2020 | Focus Areas, Performance in Sports, Projects, Sport & Recreation, Strategic Themes, Talent Recognition
The goal of this project is to develop a test with which we can evaluate the physical capabilities of a horse based on both practical and scientific knowledge. Currently, such a physical test only exists for riders, the human athlete physical capacity test. We use...
door Marilot Dinklo | okt 1, 2020 | Breeding & Husbandry (sport), Focus Areas, Olympic Ambitions, Projects, Strategic Themes, Talent Recognition
With this project we are working together with KWPN to integrate the EquInnoLab. MOTION system with the goal to improve and support the process of scouting talent in young showjumping and dressage horses. We are proud to announce this project as a continuation of the...
door Marilot Dinklo | sep 1, 2020 | Focus Areas, Performance in Sports, Projects, Sport & Recreation, Strategic Themes
In this intriguing project we are working with Stübben to evaluate the effect of the saddle tree on a horse’s jumping performance. The main component of this project is to look at comparisons between saddle tree designs to make new and interesting discoveries about...
door Marilot Dinklo | sep 1, 2020 | Focus Areas, Projects, Sport & Recreation, Strategic Themes, Sustainable Sports Facilities
Applying a different way of thinking about movement for an optimal development of movement and performance. This project entails a plan for a universal sports facility that stimulates horse riding from a young age by developing fundamental movement and sports skills...
door Marilot Dinklo | aug 1, 2020 | Focus Areas, Olympic Ambitions, Performance in Sports, Projects, Strategic Themes
Trainers and coaches are an essential part of an athlete’s success and thus having access to well-trained professionals is of utmost importance for the improvement of any sport. The goal of this project is to establish a continuous learning curve for trainer-coaches...
door Marilot Dinklo | jun 1, 2020 | Focus Areas, Projects, Sport & Recreation, Strategic Themes, Technique in Movement
Gaining knowledge on the technique of the movement of a horse is a fundamental part of the research we perform at EquInnoLab. Our showjumping analysis project aims to give insight on the technique of the jump of a horse-rider combination. The essential goal is for us...
door Marilot Dinklo | jun 1, 2020 | Focus Areas, Projects, Sport & Recreation, Strategic Themes, Technique in Movement
Combining knowledge from our Training Centre and our Fieldlab allows us to make insightful analyses that can help boost training performance. This project was initiated by a client who approached us to help evaluate and improve the piaffe. Our general training...
door Marilot Dinklo | mei 1, 2020 | Focus Areas, Horse Welfare, Performance in Sports, Projects, Sport & Recreation, Strategic Themes
The goal of this project is to develop a competition sport acceptance mark for bridles and bits for the Dutch equestrian federation, KNHS. The Dutch federation gets many questions regarding the allowance of new bridles and bits in competitions. They subjectively...