Every time you’re teaching a student, at the beginning of the training, you have to do an assessment.
An assessment of how the horse is going and what needs to be improved and why.
The three questions that can help you with this are:
1. Are the basic principles established?
Is the horse relaxed? Is the horse forward? And is the horse trusting the hand and willing to take the hand?
2. What’s the horse’s balance?
Is he in a negative balance? The natural balance? Horizontal balance or collected balance?
3. What is the main thing we need to be working on first?
The third question will be much easier to answer after you’ve answerd the first and second question.
Every time you’re teaching a student, at the beginning of the training, you have to do an assessment.
An assessment of how the horse is going and what needs to be improved and why.
The three questions that can help you with this are:
1. Are the basic principles established?
Is the horse relaxed? Is the horse forward? And is the horse trusting the hand and willing to take the hand?
2. What’s the horse’s balance?
Is he in a negative balance? The natural balance? Horizontal balance or collected balance?
3. What is the main thing we need to be working on first?
The third question will be much easier to answer after you’ve answerd the first and second question.
Below you find 3 clips of 3 different dressage riders at the start of a lesson.
Try to answer the three questions and write down your answers.
Curious about my answers? Listen to the audio to hear my feedback.
1. Are the basic principles established?
Is the horse relaxed? Is the horse forward? And is the horse trusting the hand and willing to take the hand?
2. What’s the horse’s balance?
Is he in a negative balance? The natural balance? Horizontal balance or collected balance?
3. What is the main thing we need to be working on first?
1. Are the basic principles established?
Is the horse relaxed? Is the horse forward? And is the horse trusting the hand and willing to take the hand?
2. What’s the horse’s balance?
Is he in a negative balance? The natural balance? Horizontal balance or collected balance?
3. What is the main thing we need to be working on first?
1. Are the basic principles established?
Is the horse relaxed? Is the horse forward? And is the horse trusting the hand and willing to take the hand?
2. What’s the horse’s balance?
Is he in a negative balance? The natural balance? Horizontal balance or collected balance?
3. What is the main thing we need to be working on first?