Equitation
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Posted
by Mara at
9/29/2009 1:03 PM PDT
on Horse Barn
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As the semester gets going for my college, high school and middle school equitation teams our lessons focus more and more on preparing for the first shows. We work on strengthening their positions, confidence, skills and the details that help them to be successful in the show ring.
As many students don’t get as much riding in over the summer, we spend some part of every lesson riding without stirrups to improve balance, strength and position. For those students that ride over fences we begin working on complex courses that require students to make decisions and adjustments while maintaining very sharp and correct position.
The goal is to have students feel ready and positive by the time they enter the show ring.
Mara
