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Becky Sinclair is preparing for Olympia, the most important showcase event for agility in the UK
Picture: Yulia Titovets One of the most important ‘showcase’ events for agility in the UK takes place every December at Olympia, the London International Horse Show. "Every year the qualifying events are held at agility shows across the country to gain a coveted...
Share your thoughts with us!
We want you to get the most out of your Speed Up Way membership. What themes would you like to learn more about? What kind of a ready-made course would you be interested in? Is there anything else you would like to share with us? Please leave a comment below. There is...
Speed Up way – Member Zone is now open to members!
Speed Up way is now open and this Zone will be the largest and most comprehensive database in the world, in which you can find everything you need to improve yourself and become a dream team with your dog! We think it's really cool that you have joined us and want to...
An agility handler’s shoes matter! What should you pay attention to when selecting your shoes?
The shoes you use as an agility handler play a key role in working seamlessly together with your dog. You guide your dog’s behavior and the quicker you are able to move from one obstacle to the next, the more smoothly you both will perform. This sport poses a...
Project Agility Nation
Rosa-Maria and I were contacted by Say Yes! Dog Training to do a video for Agility Nation and we immediately said yes to Say Yes! ☺ Our main priority was to compile a video with some of Rosa-Maria’s best exercises to inspire and help other agility enthusiasts become...
Ina Himle: Staying focused was the key to winning the Fionia-Cup
Fionia-Cup, held in Denmark last week, is one of the hottest agility events of the summer. It consists of five days of competing, with the big finals on Friday. The amazing Ina Himle won medium class with her dog Wii. I really wanted to find out how you can win the...
Do you want to run an agility course tirelessly?
Do you get a lactic acid build-up in your legs in the middle of an agility training course? You would like to run non-stop for several minutes with high intensity and quality? However, one time after another you get tired too early? Because of this: Your dog...
Agility World Championship 2019: interview with agility judge Toshiyuki Oba
Toshiyuki Oba is a japanese agility trainer and judge, who both judges and runs in agility competitions all over Japan as well as in Europe. He became an agility judge when JKC decided to recognise agility as an official dog sport and agility judges were needed....
Agility World Championship 2019: interview with agility judge Sari Mikkilä
Photo: Kati Knuuttila The event of the year, FCI Agility World Championship 2019, will be held here in Finland in the fall. In this series of posts you'll be able to read interviews on this year's main and assisting judges, amongst other things. First we begin with...
Maria Hirvonen and Miux are back on track!
Maria Hirvonen does agility with her 4-year-old Pyrenean Shepherd Miux. They have represented Finland in the WAO team in 2018, and placed 4th in Gamblers! This amazing team has also won silver in Snooker and bronze in Games in the Games Finnish Championship. ...
First ever Swedish Open 2019!
Photo: Kickan Nikolic The first ever Swedish Open will be held next weekend (March 29 - 31) in Vårgårda, Sweden. It’s going to be a big 3-day agility event, in which competitors of all classes get to compete! The agility competition, an idea of the Swedish power...
Ingerid Klaveness – Preparing for WAO 2019
Meet Ingerid Klaveness of One To Watch Agility in Norway. Agility has been her passion for the last ten years and in May she’ll be participating in WAO with her border collie Smiley! Smiley just turned three years old, just started competing in the highest class and...
Suvi really improved her results in 8 weeks!
Suvi Hakala really improved her results in 8 weeks! Suvi is a part of a select coaching team of Villähteen Agility-Urheilijat for which I have had the pleasure to function as a fitness coach. Suvi’s results and story of how she reached these results: “Starting to...
Ina Himle – aiming for ALL IN!
Photo: Miriam Pedersen Photography Ina Himle has been doing agility since she was 6 years old. She started agility training with her mum’s border collie mix. She now has two dogs at home, Wii and Chi, with which she does agility. What are your greatest achievements...
Anki Molander – Getting fit with my dogs
Picture published with permission, Jukka Pätynen, Koirakuvat.fi Amazing Anki Molander has been doing agility training since the´90s. For the last four years she has been part of the Finnish National Agility Team with her talented poodle InWhite Love Twister "Wii"...
Have you already added the following three things to your training plan?
“You can improve as a competitor and it’s an ongoing process - as long as you remember it doesn’t happen on its own” says Mari Mäkelä from Agilityflow. Mari is a mental coach (Master of Psychology), who also has experience in competing in agility. Mari has put...
Have you joined our Speed Up Agility Facebook group?
We are celebrating the opening of Speed Up Agility all of January 2019! We have also created a Speed Up Agility Facebook group for all you agility handlers who are interested in handlers’ overall training and preparation. Agility is teamwork and, thus, investing in...
Agility handlers training components
You are the force that drives you and your dog forward; from foundations to agility skill development, refining cooperation and gaining experience. The status of agility as a sport has grown a lot during the past few years. Course profiles are fast and they require...
5 factors why fitness training helps you succeed better in agility!
Do you know the feeling when your legs are burning on the final stretch or when all the power is drained from you in the middle of an agility course? Or when you’re late because you didn’t take off as quickly as you should have? Regular exercise, that supports an...
Becky Sinclair is preparing for Olympia, the most important showcase event for agility in the UK
Picture: Yulia Titovets One of the most important ‘showcase’ events for agility in the UK takes place every December at Olympia, the London International Horse Show. "Every year the qualifying events are held at agility shows across the country to gain a coveted...
Share your thoughts with us!
We want you to get the most out of your Speed Up Way membership. What themes would you like to learn more about? What kind of a ready-made course would you be interested in? Is there anything else you would like to share with us? Please leave a comment below. There is...
Speed Up way – Member Zone is now open to members!
Speed Up way is now open and this Zone will be the largest and most comprehensive database in the world, in which you can find everything you need to improve yourself and become a dream team with your dog! We think it's really cool that you have joined us and want to...
An agility handler’s shoes matter! What should you pay attention to when selecting your shoes?
The shoes you use as an agility handler play a key role in working seamlessly together with your dog. You guide your dog’s behavior and the quicker you are able to move from one obstacle to the next, the more smoothly you both will perform. This sport poses a...
Project Agility Nation
Rosa-Maria and I were contacted by Say Yes! Dog Training to do a video for Agility Nation and we immediately said yes to Say Yes! ☺ Our main priority was to compile a video with some of Rosa-Maria’s best exercises to inspire and help other agility enthusiasts become...
Ina Himle: Staying focused was the key to winning the Fionia-Cup
Fionia-Cup, held in Denmark last week, is one of the hottest agility events of the summer. It consists of five days of competing, with the big finals on Friday. The amazing Ina Himle won medium class with her dog Wii. I really wanted to find out how you can win the...
Do you want to run an agility course tirelessly?
Do you get a lactic acid build-up in your legs in the middle of an agility training course? You would like to run non-stop for several minutes with high intensity and quality? However, one time after another you get tired too early? Because of this: Your dog...
Agility World Championship 2019: interview with agility judge Toshiyuki Oba
Toshiyuki Oba is a japanese agility trainer and judge, who both judges and runs in agility competitions all over Japan as well as in Europe. He became an agility judge when JKC decided to recognise agility as an official dog sport and agility judges were needed....
Agility World Championship 2019: interview with agility judge Sari Mikkilä
Photo: Kati Knuuttila The event of the year, FCI Agility World Championship 2019, will be held here in Finland in the fall. In this series of posts you'll be able to read interviews on this year's main and assisting judges, amongst other things. First we begin with...
Maria Hirvonen and Miux are back on track!
Maria Hirvonen does agility with her 4-year-old Pyrenean Shepherd Miux. They have represented Finland in the WAO team in 2018, and placed 4th in Gamblers! This amazing team has also won silver in Snooker and bronze in Games in the Games Finnish Championship. ...
First ever Swedish Open 2019!
Photo: Kickan Nikolic The first ever Swedish Open will be held next weekend (March 29 - 31) in Vårgårda, Sweden. It’s going to be a big 3-day agility event, in which competitors of all classes get to compete! The agility competition, an idea of the Swedish power...
Ingerid Klaveness – Preparing for WAO 2019
Meet Ingerid Klaveness of One To Watch Agility in Norway. Agility has been her passion for the last ten years and in May she’ll be participating in WAO with her border collie Smiley! Smiley just turned three years old, just started competing in the highest class and...
Suvi really improved her results in 8 weeks!
Suvi Hakala really improved her results in 8 weeks! Suvi is a part of a select coaching team of Villähteen Agility-Urheilijat for which I have had the pleasure to function as a fitness coach. Suvi’s results and story of how she reached these results: “Starting to...
Ina Himle – aiming for ALL IN!
Photo: Miriam Pedersen Photography Ina Himle has been doing agility since she was 6 years old. She started agility training with her mum’s border collie mix. She now has two dogs at home, Wii and Chi, with which she does agility. What are your greatest achievements...
Anki Molander – Getting fit with my dogs
Picture published with permission, Jukka Pätynen, Koirakuvat.fi Amazing Anki Molander has been doing agility training since the´90s. For the last four years she has been part of the Finnish National Agility Team with her talented poodle InWhite Love Twister "Wii"...
Have you already added the following three things to your training plan?
“You can improve as a competitor and it’s an ongoing process - as long as you remember it doesn’t happen on its own” says Mari Mäkelä from Agilityflow. Mari is a mental coach (Master of Psychology), who also has experience in competing in agility. Mari has put...
Have you joined our Speed Up Agility Facebook group?
We are celebrating the opening of Speed Up Agility all of January 2019! We have also created a Speed Up Agility Facebook group for all you agility handlers who are interested in handlers’ overall training and preparation. Agility is teamwork and, thus, investing in...
Agility handlers training components
You are the force that drives you and your dog forward; from foundations to agility skill development, refining cooperation and gaining experience. The status of agility as a sport has grown a lot during the past few years. Course profiles are fast and they require...
5 factors why fitness training helps you succeed better in agility!
Do you know the feeling when your legs are burning on the final stretch or when all the power is drained from you in the middle of an agility course? Or when you’re late because you didn’t take off as quickly as you should have? Regular exercise, that supports an...
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