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我叫罗山，有些人认识我，但多数人还是不知道我。能够帮助中国马术运动在国内外推广了这么多年，我深感荣幸。我的梦想就是帮助中国建立起这方面的力量和人群，找到最短的途径和时间成为世界的榜样。这条路要走很长，但是我很自豪，作为一个英式马术爱好者，会和你走在一起。
我观看了激烈的奥运会竞标和许多国际马术专家来访中国，我看到的是已付出的努力、资源都用在了建漂亮的马房，买好马和训练职业骑手。你们中的很多人有资金和机会去访问世界各地的马术机构，但是由于各种原因导致在教练训练这方面收获很小。
一个有能力的教练是无价的。这点我很了解，因为我的两个儿子曾经也受训于许多中国和海外最好的教练，教练是第一个把你介绍给马的人，他要负责你的安全，而且要保证你从始至终学到正确的技术。他还要让你去享受骑马。
在我的经历里，超过
90%的中国教练都想很好地去工作，但是已有的大部分最新的知识和训练（特别是凭借翻译的那些教练员）都已经达到他们的极限。这给了我启发，就是强烈地支持中国马协去建立一个认证项目。项目的目标是：
1．给教练清楚的定义，一级级地达到国际资格。
在这个原则的指导下，有着丰富经验的国际教练考试系统，我和各类中国朋友，同中国马协进行了长时间的讨论，最后，我们决定由英国哈特伯瑞学院帮助建立中国自己的资格认证体系：
CHS体系。
首项工作是有个清楚的概念关于问题、结果、目标、动机、俱乐部基本标准、中国的教练和客人。我们决定在上海和北京两地做个简单的调查，杰瑞米，迈克尔斯（来自哈特伯瑞学院）和我花了两周时间对不同俱乐部，教练，客人进行了调查。杰瑞米曾频繁地在德国，美国和英国教过学，这点很有帮助。
经过调查我们发现中国是众多情况中比较独特的，特别是客人对高标准的需求。在这个基础上我们设计了
CHS的体系：
1．给教练清楚的定义，一级级地达到国际资格
课程提纲由杰瑞米和有经验的如主考官、英国马协的训练主管在封闭的环境下设计的，由国际马术资格认证联合会（
IGEQ）录入，成员国包括：德国，法国，新西兰、英国、荷兰、比利时和丹麦。明年的CHS国际一级资格这个计划是被IGEQ认可的。这将意味着中国的教练员们获得了CHS国际一级证书，那么他们的资格会被上述有同样标准的国家承认。我们也将继续去提高各种国际级别。
2.根据中国现在的实际情况帮助教练处理他们长期遇到的问题
我们曾近距离地接触过一些教练，以确保他们大部分的问题都被涵盖在考试中
, 例如中国的这些教练，打圈的客人比例比英国多很多，因此我们制定了更加 严格的打圈部分在国内二级的考试里。因为这关系到客人的安全问题。这是备案的项目并且我们将会处理不断加入到系统中的新教练所带来的新问题.
3.建立中国自己的权威技术胜于总是依靠外界的输入，但是要从正规和实用的方面去对比，从而从国际专业实现革新
这是这个项目的核心,参与考试的教练们,我们希望他们能把专业和标准延展贯穿到整个体系中，我们有个9人组成的精英教练和考官团队. 并且我们将不断地对他们考评，一旦他们落伍，我们将鼓励其他教练加入到团队. 精英组的所有人员都通过了国内二级的级别考试，并且也按以上的标准执行了一级模拟考试，他们所有人都有三年以上的在职训练经验，包括在哈特伯瑞接受了杰瑞米的训练。
4. 公平面向所有人
我们做这个系统是本着诚实可性的原则来做的
,每个新的考官助理都会由一名有经验的考官陪他一起工作,在提升他前，要受到杰瑞米的测评.每次国内一级考试都将会有一位中国主考官和杰瑞米一起巡视整个考试过程,以确保维护好这个标准.
中国马协将定期在有资格的俱乐部举办
CHS培训班，鼓励爱马人士和教练员们对自身进行改进提高，在参加了评估和我的面试后，择日通知，届时CHS体系也将按计划提供奖学金给俱乐部推荐的教练，这个计划的目的是为了给这些热情的教练们一个快的途径参与到这个系统中。具体的细节请浏览网站
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公开面向所有人
面向所有人是我们一直以来的目标，但是由于这个行业的规模和交流的困难性，所以不可能所有人都可以进入到这个程序。当我们第一次举办国内二级考试项目的时候，我们邀请了大多数北京和上海的俱乐部参加，但是我们的经验告诉我们不是每个人都能够坚持下去。
现在
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有了网站的支持
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我们会对任何感兴趣的朋友们开放，我们现在存在的问题是不可能每天都去考试，因此我们需要例如
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在考试前对考生编号。下次考试将在明年四月进行，我们建议您通过网站去报名。
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严格地执行标准
为了这个行业的价值，中国马协和哈特博瑞学院决定必须严格地对待标准。杰瑞米在每次考试时都会确定控制质量，我们也会与外界隔离讨论以确保严格地执行标准。
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拿出解决财务的有效方案
我们的目的不是要求俱乐部主人在硬件设备上大投入。我们推荐的很多好的管理办法都是为了保证马匹的健康和所有事项的安全。例如：在每次用完口衔后把它洗干净可以确保马嘴不会痛。我们将对符合你的经营目标的每个俱乐部进行评估等等。如果你是一个休闲骑乘俱乐部，我们则不希望你们进口障碍马。但是，马匹的生活必须安全和舒适。对它们的管理必须正确，以确保它们的安全和健康。
给杰瑞米和我曾留下深刻印象的是，有些俱乐部勇敢果断地前来加入到这个体系中。而且现在已有
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家分布于北京和上海。这还有望进一步增加。像西坞和天星这样的俱乐部承受的压力是最大的，他们在过去的三年里为提高标准而非常努力地工作着，所以他们是仅有的两家面向公众的四星级俱乐部，他们不断地投入以提高自身的队伍，并且不厌其烦地提供了义务时间，人员和资源来帮助这个系统得以建立。我真诚地希望你们中的很多人能够直接加入到这个系统中，或者，至少会从中获益。
我最后想说的是，你们的教练是无价的，尊敬他们，鼓励他们更上一层楼。他们没有理由在不久的将来，不成为中国的精英教练，而且同样的，哪一位马术爱好者都可以成为其中的一名精英教练，只是需要很努力的工作和时间投入，和对马的无比热爱和热情
罗山
信件原文 To China Horse Lovers My name is Luo Shan. Some people know me, but many may not. It has been my honour to help in the promotion of Chinese equestrian sport abroad and internally for many years. My dream is to help China build on its strengths and its people, find the shortest path and over the years to become an example for the rest of the world. This is a long road, but I am proud, as an English horse lover, to walk together with you. As I watched the excitement of the Olympic bid and the many international horse experts visit China, my worry has been that effort and resources are being put into beautiful stables, glorious horses and training professional competitors. Many of you have the resources and opportunity to visit the horse industry throughout the world- but for various reasons little effort was being put into the training of instructors. A talented instructor is a priceless person. I know because my two sons have been trained by many of the best in China and abroad. The instructor is the first person who introduces you to horses. He is the one who is responsible for your safety and also for making sure you learn the correct technique from beginning to end. He is also the one to make sure you enjoy your ride. In my experience over 90% of Chinese instructors want to do a good job, but access to the most up-to-date information and training (especially in their own language not relying on a translator) has been limited. This gave me the idea, strongly encourage by the Chinese Equestrian Association, to set up an accreditation programme. The goal of the programme was: 1. To give instructors clearly defined stepping stones to become internationally qualified. 2. To be practical to China’s actual situation and help instructors deal with the day to day problems they encounter. 3. To build China’s own expertise rather than always relying on outside input, but balancing this with regular and practical updates from an international professional. 4. To be fair to all. 5. To be open to all. 6. To be rigorous in its standards. With these principals in mind, having experience of international coach exams both myself and various Chinese friends, and following lengthy discussions with the CEA we decided to work with Hartpury College, UK to set up China’s own qualification system: the CHS system: The first job was to get a clear idea of the problems, issues, goals, motivation and general standard of clubs, instructors and clients in China. We decided simply for convenience to base ourselves around Beijing and Shanghai. Jeremy Michaels, from Hartpury College, and I spent two weeks working with various clubs, instructors and clients. Jeremy has the advantage of having taught frequently in Germany and the US as well as UK. It was clear that China is unique in many ways, especially the high standard demanded by clients. On this basis we designed the CHS system: 1. To give instructors clearly defined stepping stones to become internationally qualified. The syllabus is closely designed with Jeremy’s experience as Chief Examiner and Training Director of the BHS and input from the International Group for Equestrian Qualifications (IGEQ) membership of which includes Germany, France, New Zealand, UK , Holland, Belgium and Denmark. The plan is for the IGEQ to recognise the CHS International Level 1 qualification next year. This will mean that Chinese instructors receiving the CHS International Level 1 certificates will be sure that their qualifications are at the same standard and will be recognised in these countries. We plan to continue to move up the various international levels. 2. To be practical to China’s actual situation and help instructors deal with the day to day problems they encounter. We have worked very closely with a group of instructors to ensure that most of their problems have been covered. For example instructors in China, use lunging of clients much more than in UK, so we have made the lunging portion of the LL2 exam much more rigorous as this is a question of client safety. This is a continuous programme and we will deal with new issues as more new instructors come into the system with new ideas. 3. To build China’s own expertise rather than always relying on outside input, but balancing this with regular and practical updates from an international professional. This is the heart of the programme. By training the trainers we hope to spread the expertise and standards throughout the industry. We have a small group of 9 elite trainers/examiners. It is our plan to continue to train them and to encourage others to join the group once they have achieved the minimum requirements. The elite group have all passed the LL2 exam with distinction and also have performed above the required standard in the IL1 mock exam. They have all had ongoing training over the past three years including training at Hartpury working with Jeremy, individual “watch, perform review” sessions by Jeremy during Club accreditations, examinations and trainings. We will continue to build on each of these individuals strengths into the future. 4.To be fair to all. The credibility and transparency of the system is essential. Every new assistant examiner will work together with an experienced examiner and will be assessed by Jeremy before being promoted. Every LL1 exam will have one local Chief Examiner and Jeremy who will rotate through the whole process to ensure that standards are maintained. The Chinese Equestrian Association will regularly hold CHS training sessions at accredited clubs to encourage horse lovers and instructors to improve themselves. The CHS system also plans to offer scholarships to club instructors recommended by their clubs, selected at an assessment day after attending the assessment and being interviewed by myself. The objective is to give those enthusiastic instructors a chance to take part in a fast track programme. Details will appear on the website. 5.To be open to all. It has always been our objective to be open to all, but because of the size of the industry and the difficulty of communication it has not always been able to include everyone in the programme. When we held the first training programme in preparation for the LL2 exams we invited most of the Beijing and Shanghai Clubs to attend, but our experience was that not everyone jianchixiaqu. Now, with the valuable support of the website we are able to open the programme to anyone who is interested. We do still have capacity issue and can not hold examinations every day, so there may need to be some kind of pre-examination if the numbers are too great. We will advise you via the website when our next set of exams come round in April. 6.To be rigorous in its standards. In order to be of value to the industry, it is the Chinese Equestrian Association and Hartpury’s determination that the standards must be rigorous. By having Jeremy at every examination there will be a certainty of quality control. We are also putting in place other measures to ensure that the standards are rigorous. 7.To put forward financial effective solutions. It is not our goal to require Club owners to invest heavily in facilities. Many of our recommendations are questions of good management to ensure the horses are healthy and everything is safe. For example, washing the bits clean after every ride ensures that the horses do not get sore mouths. We will assess every club according to your business goals e.g. if you are a hacking club we will not expect your club to have imported showjumping horses. However, the horses must be safe and suitable for their job and their management must be correct to ensure their health and safety. Jeremy and I have been hugely impressed with the Clubs who have bravely put themselves forward to take part in this system. There are now already 5 Clubs in Beijing and Shanghai. This will hopefully increase very soon. The Clubs who have had the most pressure have been Sheerwood and Equuleus. They have worked very hard to raise their standards over the past three years so that they are now the only four star clubs open to the public. They have worked tirelessly to invest in the improvement of their staff and have volunteered time, staff and resources to help this system to be set up. I sincerely hope that many of you will be able to either take part directly in the system or at least benefit from it. I have one last word. Your trainers are priceless. Respect them, encourage them to improve themselves. There is no reason why they will not become one of the elite Chinese instructors in the future, and no reason why any horse lover should not become one as well. It requires hard work and time, but most of all it requires love and understanding of horses! Luo Shan |
