| Horse riding & training outline
Dressage & Jumping
The GOALS and POLICY
To make rider's WEIGHT the most suitable load for the horse in order to display the horse's athletic abilities to the fullest, To establish a most simple system of communication between the rider and the horse that doesn't make a plight for either of them, just to SHARE this SPORT with each other as ONE UNIT
The items marked by * and the following items are suitable for all levels. The items marked by ** and the following items are more suitable for intermediate and advanced level. The items marked by *** and the following items are more suitable for advanced level. PREPARATION to get on the horse:
* First of all find out How to not MISS the horse until the next session ..... !!! 1- * Horse's nature, personalities and general habits. 1-2- Make sure your first priority is horse's soundness and wellness. 1-3- FEED the horse properly. 1-4- Keep her / him CLEAN. 1-5- Keep her / him WARM, not cold not hot. 1-6- Take care of her / his hooves. 1-7- EXERCISE your horse, it's important for her / him physical and mental wellness to have a daily basis exercise of 20 minutes to make her / him : to SWEAT and to increase her / his HEART RATE BEAT to around 100 beats per minute. 3- * Having a horse tied up. 5- * Equipment. 10- * Lunging at liberty. 11- * Mounting / dismounting.
* Now HOP ON !!!
This rider training program is based on: * The nature of horse's movement. * Making the rider as the best suitable load for the horse. * The nature of rider's physique. * Rider's safety. 1- * The nature of the horse's MOVEMENT. 2- Getting RIGHT SPOT on the horse. 2-1- * 2 point . 2-2- * 2 point seat (for Jumping). 2-3- 3 point seat (* for Dressage & ** for Jumping). 2-4- *** Half seat (for Jumping).
3-1- Head and neck
4- * Rider's body angulations. 4-1- * At 2 point. 4-2- * At 2 point seat. 4-3- * (for Dressage) ** (for Jumping) At 3 point seat. 4-4- *** At Half seat.
5- * Maintaining the right spot on the horse with FOLLOWING the horse's movement. 5-1- Equilibrium independent of the thrust of horse's movement. 5-1-1- * BALANCE to Follow the horse's movement at 2 point . 5-1-2- * The margin of the equilibrium at 2 point.
5-2- Equilibrium dependent upon the thrust of the movement of the horse . 5-2-1- * Following the horse's movement with rider's body at 2 point seat. 5-2-2- * (for Dressage) ** (for jumping) Following the horse's movement with rider's body at 3 point seat. 5-2-3- *** Following the horse's movement with rider's body at half seat.
5-3- * Following the horse's movement with rider's hands for all the above techniques. 5-3-1- * Making CONNECTION with the horse's moth. 5-3-2- * Rider's ARM role to maintain connection and following the movement.
6- *GRIP at 2 point, 2 point seat and half seat: 6-1- * To increase the margin of the equilibrium. 6-2- * To regain the right spot on the horse when it is lost. 6-3- * To maintain the right spot on the horse when the horse makes a strong sudden/abrupt movement. 7- Making COMMUNICTION with the horse under saddle by HAND(S), LEG(S) and BODY : 7-1- * RIDER's POLICY to apply signals. 7-1-1- Why do you need to apply signal(s)? To impact the horse's MOVEMENT, PATH and posture. 7-1-2- There are 2 kinds of signals in general: 7-1-2-1- Maintaining signals: to prevent the horse to change the current performance. 7-1-2-2- Changing signals: to change the horse's current performance. 7-1-3- How hard and for how long do you apply a signal? Hard enough and for long enough time with indication of getting result before you release the signal. 7-1-4- What is the indication of getting the result? When horse doesn't ignore the signal and shows improvement at the result by the next same signal. 7-1-5- When do you assess that how hard and for how long time do you need to apply a signal? At warming up time. 7-1-6- When do you start to apply a signal? 7-1-6-1- For maintaining signals: when the horse starts to change the current performance that horse shows it usually by her/his posture in advance. 7-1-6-2- For changing signals: In advance according to the ANTICIPATORY TIME that is the time that the horse needs to show the result. 7-1-7- How anticipatory time could be minimized for a horse at the same session? When a signal has recently been repeated, more practice more improvement.
7-2- * HANDS(s) signals. 7-2-1- Holding the rein(s) 7-2-11- RHYTHMIC HAND(S) SIGNALS 7-3- ** LEGS(S) signals, 7-3-1- PUSHING LEG(S) SIGNALS : Are steady compression with the rider's leg(s) against the horse's rib cage. 7-3-2- ENERGIZING LEG(S) SIGNALS: Are poking compression with the rider's leg(s) against the horse's rib cage. 7-4- *** BODY signals; 7-5- *** COMBINED signals. 7-6- * Equilibrium while applying signals. 7-6-1- * INDEPENDENCY. 7-6-2- * Using margin of the equilibrium.
8- Taking CONTROL of horse's: 8-1- * MOVEMENT, 8-2- * PATH, 8-3- ** POSTURE.
9- PRACTICES to improve techniques. 9-1- * Practice for 2 point. 9-1-1- 2 point9-1-2- 2 point swinging shoulders 9-1-3- ** Catalectic practices: all the above over cataleptics. 9-1-4-*** Catalectic gymnastic jumping 9-2- * Practices for 2 point seat: 9-2-1- * Mounted exercises 9-2-2- * Swinging shoulders 9-2-3- * One stirrup riding 9-2-4- ** Catalectic practices: all the above over cataleptics. 9-2-5-***+ Catalectic gymnastic jumping 9-3- Practices for 3 point seat: 9-3-1- ** Riding WITHOUT STIRRUPS at WALK and TROT: 9-3-2- ** Riding in the 6,8,10 metre CIRCLES 9-3-3- ** Riding in a FIGURE of 8 with 6,8,10 metre circles 9-3-4- ** CAVALLETTIES exercises 9-3-5- ** TRANSITIONS: progressive, non progressive and upward, downward 9-3-6- ** The above exercises at CANTER: 9-3-7- ** The above exercises WITH STIRRUPS.
9-4- Practices to improve half seat. 9-5- Practices to improve hand signals by Just using hand signals: 9-5-1- keeping the muzzle of the horse inside along the fence 9-5-2- Bending the neck of the horse along the fence 9-8-PRACTICES to improve COMBINED SIGNALS. 9-8-1- ** Increasing the speed . 10- *** SPECIAL TECHNIQUES 10-1- For the both jumping and dressage:
10-1-1- Lively CONNECTION. 10-1-2- ENHANCING SIGNALS. 10-1-3- MINIMIZING SIGNALS. 10-1-4- Making the horse to GET ON the BIT. 10-1-5- BENDING the horse's NECK to the sides. 10-1-6- Having the horse's NECK SUPPLE . 10-1-7- STRAIGHTENING the horse's NECK. 10-1-8- Creating COLLECTION. 10-1-9- STRAIGHTENING the horse's TOP LINE (from top view). 10-1-10- BENDING the horse's TOP LINE EVENLY(from top view). 10-1-11- Moving the horse on a STRAIGHT line. 10-1-12- Moving the horse on a circle. 10-1-13- Moving SUPPLE. 10-1-14- Moving in IMPULSION. 10-1-15- Moving STEADY. 10-1-16- Moving BALANCE. 10-1-17- Moving ACTIVE. 10-1-18- Moving CALM. 10-1-19- Moving the horse with NO RESISTANCE. 10-1-20- Moving the horse RHYTHMIC. 10-2- *** SPECIAL TECHNIQUES for DRESSAGE: 10-2-1- Get the horse's HEAD on the VERTICAL.
10-2-2- Get the POLL as HIGHEST part of the neck. 10-2-3- Get the horse's MUZZLE and HIP POINT on the same HORIZONTAL LINE. 10-2-4- BENDING the NECK to the sides. 10-2-5- ARCHING the NECK. 10-2-6- Having the horse's NECK SUPPLE . 10-2-7- STRAIGHTENING the horse's NECK. 10-2-8- Bringing the HIND LEGS underneath. 10-2-9- STRAIGHTEN the horse's TOP LINE (from top view). 10-2-10- BEND the horse's TOP LINE EVENLY(from top view). 10-2-11- MOVE in a STRAIGHT line. 10-2-12- MOVE in a CIRCLE.
10-3***SPECIALTECHNIQUES for JUMPING:
10-3-1- CHANGING 2 point seat to 3 point seat and reverse. 10-3-2- 2 point position from 3 point seat. 10-3-3- Jumping GYMNASTICS WITHOUT STIRRUPS. 10-3-4- Jumping at TROT. 10-3-5- GRID exercise. 10-3-6- APPROACHING LINES to the jump: 10-3-6-1- STRAIGHT and perpendicular to the jump. 10-3-6-2- STRAIGHT and in a SHARP ANGLE to the jump. 10-3-6-3- Taking SMALL CURVES. 10-3-6-4- Approaching to the CORNER of the jump. 10-3-7- Encouraging the horse to jump. 10-3-8- Following the horse's movement when she/he takes off to jump. 10-3-9- Balancing over the jump . 10-3-10- Absorbing the shock and energy of landing. 10-3-11- COURSE ASSESSMENT. 10-3-12- WARMING UP the HORSE. 10-3-13- WARMING UP the RIDER.
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