My Sunday morning 1-hour group lesson was pretty fun. I was on Joy again. We worked on feeling the correct diagonals at the trot and leads at the canter. The leads at the canter were kind of cheating because our ponies automatically took the correct lead on the rail, but maybe in the future we will try it down the center line. I would LOVE to learn to do flying lead changes. D had us ask for a trot without looking down and start posting on what felt like the correct diagonal. That was pretty easy on the left rein, but Joy was super bouncy on the right rein so it was harder to guess.
I am getting more comfortable maneuvering around other people in the ring. I still get confused sometimes when everyone seems to be circling in different directions at different speeds, but I somewhat broke that habit where I just stare in fear at something coming at me so my pony thinks that's where I want to go.
As I may have mentioned, the two students I lesson with now are younger than me, maybe 12 or so. At the end of the lesson they got a lecture on making sure to note what they need to improve on from lesson to lesson. And that, my friends, is why this blog exists.
I am getting more comfortable maneuvering around other people in the ring. I still get confused sometimes when everyone seems to be circling in different directions at different speeds, but I somewhat broke that habit where I just stare in fear at something coming at me so my pony thinks that's where I want to go.
As I may have mentioned, the two students I lesson with now are younger than me, maybe 12 or so. At the end of the lesson they got a lecture on making sure to note what they need to improve on from lesson to lesson. And that, my friends, is why this blog exists.
Yay for breaking bad habits! Now is always better than never haha
ReplyDeleteI try to keep that in mind!
Deletehooray! this is a tough exercise b/c the nuances are generally minor for most adults who sit at a desk for most of the day :( for the trot, i was told a trick is to sit and let the horse bounce you into the correct diagonal. so far, it generally works for me!
ReplyDeleteLove it! Will think about that for next time.
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