Teaching the Automatic Release – The Hagman Formula, Part 2
The automatic release is an essential skill in every good rider’s toolbox. The use of it promotes a soft elastic…
Balance in the Stirrups: The Half-Seat
The Half-Seat is the cornerstone of the American Forward Riding System. In this topic Bernie reiterates just how essential it…
Teaching the Automatic Release – The Hagman Formula, Part 3
The automatic release is an essential skill in every good rider’s toolbox. The use of it promotes a soft elastic…
Developing Feeling In Your Arms And Hands
In this topic Val Renihan shows us the exercises she uses with her students to encourage arms & hands that…
The Progression of Releases
Karen Healey and her demonstration riders present the various releases used in the jumping disciplines. Karen shows us what releases…
Getting Secure in Your Seat And Legs
Val Renihan introduces exercises she uses to develop the strength and security in the seat and legs of her riders.…
The Independent Seat
Denny Emerson discusses the importance of a seat that can absorb the concussion of the horse’s gaits, where the core…
Rider’s Position Over Fences
Will Simpson discusses the riderʼs position from take off, over the jump, to landing (or recovery). Will defines the key…
Proper Leg Placement to Encourage Prompt Downward Transitions on Your Horse
An unstable or unintentionally displaced lower leg during downward transitions can send mixed signals to a horse. Bernie Traurig likes to…
Application of the Aids
Julie Winkel talks about the system she teaches for applying aids that produces seamless transitions and invisible, harmonious communication between…
A Lunge Lesson
One of the best places to focus on the rider is on the lunge line. This video includes and intro…
Form Follows Function
Top trainer, rider, judge and clinician, Cynthia Hankins, shares with us her insight into some of the common bad habits…