All my previous posts have basically been about how cavalettis are making me the rider I want to be.
Well, right now they are my personal hell.
My instructor put ground poles and raised poles on a semi circle and I've replayed this in my head several times and still don't quite know how to do it. Here's footage of the disaster I was this past Sunday:
Sorry, I know someone blocks the camera at the end, but I think there's only so much if this you would want to look at anyways.
Most of the time, Tony just wanted to run out, because the strides were so weird, so at least I got to work on keeping him to the bending line. That was a challenge for me in and of itself.
There are so many things to think about with this exercise. I think I should just stay in a light seat because otherwise I get behind the motion, so that's one thing to try next time.
It also goes by so quickly that I don't have time to think about whether we look good. But here are the 3 things that I think I could immediately do to improve:
1. I guess I could start with having a good rhythm. That's always a good thing, right??
2. And obviously keep him to the center of the poles, which has a lot to do with me learning how much leg to use.
3. And, relatedly to how much leg, half halting properly so I'm not just pulling him one way or other, or letting him escape through a sloppy loose rein.
Other than this exercise, we improved a lot as partners in terms of transitions. Tony gets stronger with more and more jumping, but I was getting better at bringing him down to a walk from a canter. I could even bring him to a halt which used to feel impossible for me. And he even backs easily. Trying weird exercises feels a lot better when you know you are ultimately in control.
Well, right now they are my personal hell.
My instructor put ground poles and raised poles on a semi circle and I've replayed this in my head several times and still don't quite know how to do it. Here's footage of the disaster I was this past Sunday:
Most of the time, Tony just wanted to run out, because the strides were so weird, so at least I got to work on keeping him to the bending line. That was a challenge for me in and of itself.
There are so many things to think about with this exercise. I think I should just stay in a light seat because otherwise I get behind the motion, so that's one thing to try next time.
It also goes by so quickly that I don't have time to think about whether we look good. But here are the 3 things that I think I could immediately do to improve:
1. I guess I could start with having a good rhythm. That's always a good thing, right??
2. And obviously keep him to the center of the poles, which has a lot to do with me learning how much leg to use.
3. And, relatedly to how much leg, half halting properly so I'm not just pulling him one way or other, or letting him escape through a sloppy loose rein.
Other than this exercise, we improved a lot as partners in terms of transitions. Tony gets stronger with more and more jumping, but I was getting better at bringing him down to a walk from a canter. I could even bring him to a halt which used to feel impossible for me. And he even backs easily. Trying weird exercises feels a lot better when you know you are ultimately in control.
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