We fixed my falling off problem, more or less.
In some ways it was obvious - do more of those 2'6" jumps heading into a corner where I have little time to sit up and decide for the horse where he should go. As mentioned before, it came down to staying up right as much as possible, and it also helped to focus on going slooower after the jump. My instructor had a lot to say about "checking the breaks" before a jump, especially on this thoroughbred, because he will gets faster and faster unchecked. It was a lot easier when I focused on rhythm all the way from beginning to end ("end" being a few strides out from the jump until we're ready to break into a trot).
Being in a group lesson with people of different levels, we worked on a little more than that.
We did this weird snake-shape where we had to find the center of each next jump with 2 strides in between, ending heading into the corner. She built up the jumps over time. First pass, they were all 9", but then it was built up so that only the first was at 9"and the last one was 2'6". The ones in the middle were set uneven, so one side was 2'6" and the other was 15" (I guess I just take the average?).
A fun activity that focused on broken lines, getting the the middle of jumps and keeping a good rhythm!
In some ways it was obvious - do more of those 2'6" jumps heading into a corner where I have little time to sit up and decide for the horse where he should go. As mentioned before, it came down to staying up right as much as possible, and it also helped to focus on going slooower after the jump. My instructor had a lot to say about "checking the breaks" before a jump, especially on this thoroughbred, because he will gets faster and faster unchecked. It was a lot easier when I focused on rhythm all the way from beginning to end ("end" being a few strides out from the jump until we're ready to break into a trot).
Being in a group lesson with people of different levels, we worked on a little more than that.
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| 1-minute diagram of the jump setup |
A fun activity that focused on broken lines, getting the the middle of jumps and keeping a good rhythm!
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