Discover The Free Secret To Making Working Equitation Obstacles Flow...
So you can enjoy the dance together!
Discover The Free Secret To Making Working Equitation Obstacles Flow...
So you can enjoy the dance together!
Discover The Free Secret To
Making Obstacles
Flow...
So you can enjoy the dance together!
Does it feel awkward to begin the obstacle?
You've seen other riders flow up to and through an obstacle, smooth as an ice-skater.
But when you try it you look like Forest Gump, or a fish out of water.
Does the tempo keep changing?
You feel like you're driving a standard truck instead of riding a horse. Go, Stop, Jerk, Stall...
Does your horse feel tense and resistant?
Riding obstacles has more in common with ballroom dancing, than driving that truck.
Do obstacles get knocked down?
Physics aside, the optimum line of travel through an obstacle is smaller than you think it is.
Does your horse seem frustrated?
Perhaps they're not happy with your driving or navigating. But we can change that.
There's no question that an approach is required in order to work an obstacle, but there are Three important keys that most people miss
because they're just trying to get to the next obstacle without going off course or DQing .
Miss any one of them and it will disrupt your horse's flow.
Because they're just trying to get to the next obstacle
without going off course or DQing .
Miss any one of them and it will disrupt your horse's flow.
The 3 key pieces that you may be missing or have forgotten, about approaching obstacles.
The 2 things YOU need to know before your horse can flow through the course.
The 1 crucial key your horse NEEDS to be able to flow through the course.
You may think you have already mastered the approach,
But if you're not flowing through the course as well as you'd like, then your approach is not as good as you think it is.
And flow through the course!
"Your emphasis is on working the obstacle course at the appropriate level for horse and rider.
Planning the course ride to give your horse the best experience.
I think most riders figure this out, but I felt that your course emphasized this."
I didn't start out to be a coach. Most of my life I was a horse trainer and problem solver. I was the one that other trainers, coaches, farriers and vets recommended when their owners were stuck, so I worked with horses from a lot of disciplines.
Many of the horses I was called to help belonged to people that were in the top of their discipline but when you are an expert in something, sometimes it's hard to think outside the box.
I became a coach as I realized how important it was to teach people how to not create problems in the first place.
Trish Hyatt