Getting And Keeping The Dull Horse In Front Of Your Leg
Bernie TraurigIs your horse dull to your leg? Are you constantly nagging your horse with your spur? Are there worn patches on your horse’s side from heels that are constantly asking for forward momentum? Bernie has the solution.
Running Time: 15 minutes and 8 seconds |
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Getting Over Fear
Tonya JohnstonMental Skills Coach, Tonya Johnston, shares some strategies you can use to get past an event or situation that is, perhaps inhibiting your performance and/or enjoyment of the sport. Tonya is joined by amateur rider, Lauren Craft, who sustained a serious injury during a jumping accident. Together they discuss how to overcome fear.
Running Time: 14 minutes and 35 seconds |
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Getting Secure in your Seat And Legs
Val RenihanVal Renihan introduces exercises she uses to develop the strength and security in the seat and legs of her riders.
Running Time: 10 minutes and 5 seconds |
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Getting To Know The Unfamiliar Horse
Will SimpsonWill Simpson demonstrates the exercises he uses to get acquainted with any new horse that arrives in his barn. With safety in mind, Will starts this process from the ground in order to better assess his new horse before getting in the saddle.
Running Time: 15 minutes and 52 seconds |
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Help For The Habitual Circler
Bernie TraurigWe’ve all done it … you’re headed toward a fence, you don’t see a distance, indecision overwhelms you, panic blinds you and you CIRCLE! In this topic Bernie takes a look at this frustrating tendency that can easily evolve into a really bad habit. He provides the rider with exercises that help you overcome that moment of doubt and fight your way out of a circle.
Running Time: 10 minutes and 14 seconds |
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How to Hold Two Reins
Bernie TraurigIn this quick tip segment Bernie demystifies holding two reins when using a pelham.
Running Time: 5 minutes and 4 seconds |
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Improving Your Flying Changes
Bernie TraurigA lot of issues can crop up that result in less than perfect flying changes. Perhaps your horse anticipates or is anxious, has late changes, or uncontrollable changes like swapping in lines. Bernie has some tips to address all these issues and more. changes on cue.
Running Time: 21 minutes and 9 seconds |
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Introducing Your Horse to the Hard Rubber Pelham
Bernie TraurigFinding the right bit takes experimentation and the ability to read your horse’s reactions. For some horses, the pelham can prove to be the ideal show bit, while other horses are quick to communicate their displeasure with it. Follow Bernie through the steps of familiarizing a horse with a hard rubber pelham for the first time.
Running Time: 13 minutes and 17 seconds
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Jumping With The Motion Versus Jumping Ahead Of The Motion
Denny EmersonIn this topic Denny thoroughly examines a very common riding fault know as “jumping ahead of the horse.” He explains the reasons why so many riders do this and provides strategies and methods to eliminate this tendency.
Running Time: 21 minutes and 56 seconds |
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Keeping Your Saddle From Slipping Back
Bernie TraurigA quick tip from Bernie to keep your saddle from slipping back.
Running Time: 1 minute and 29 seconds |
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Landing On The Proper Lead
John FrenchJohn French discusses and demonstrates exercises that perfect landing on the correct lead for that extra edge in a hunter class.
Running Time: 18 minutes and 23 seconds |
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Looking for the Distance
Bernie TraurigBernie travels far and wide as a clinician and encounters a wide spread confusion amongst his students – where to look to find a distance to a fence. In this topic, he experiments with various techniques for finding the distance and puts an end to the mystery.
Running Time: 8 minutes and 30 seconds |
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Making The Most Of Your Turns On Course
Team GlynnAs an ‘R’ rated judge, one of Hope Glynn’s pet peeves is witnessing riders who don’t use the corners on course to their full advantage. Setting up the proper track at the proper pace out of the turn is crucial to the subsequent outcome of that first fence or a line. Learn her strategies to consistently set yourself and your horse up for success coming out of a turn.
Running Time: 8 minutes and 16 seconds
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Perfecting Your Hand Gallop to a Jump
Stacia MaddenWhether you are in an equitation class, a derby round or a jump off, it can be daunting to gallop down to a fence with all that pace and hope you meet it well. Join Stacia Madden and two of her top riders to learn Stacia’s strategy to execute a brilliant hand gallop to a jump.
Running Time: 11 minutes and 29 seconds |
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Proper Leg Placement to Encourage Prompt Downward Transitions on Your Horse
Bernie TraurigAn unstable or unintentionally displaced lower leg during downward transitions can send mixed signals to a horse. Bernie Traurig likes to call these “clashing aids.” If for instance, a rider squeezes with the lower leg behind the girth (or even brushes that area on a sensitive horse) while asking with the rein aids for the horse to come back, the horse will be confused and the transition will be anything but smooth. In this video lesson, Bernie demonstrates this common mistake and shows how to achieve prompt downward transitions by avoiding what he calls the “tickle spot,” that area on a sensitive thoroughbred or warmblood horse that can cause an unwanted reaction with even the slighted touch.
Running Time: 4 minutes and 59 seconds |
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Proper Use of the Stick and a Safety Precaution Every Rider Should Know
Susan DealIn this handy free video tidbit, Susan Deal (USHJA Certified Trainer, Judge & Steward) demonstrates the proper use of the stick as a back up to the leg aid or to correct a disobedience to the leg aid. New riders, particularly young children on ponies, often lack the leg strength to effectively encourage forward momentum, so correct stick use is a must for beginners. Susan also gives us a very important safety tip concerning the stick that could prevent a rider from being pulled off their horse.
Running Time: 1 mintue and 13 seconds |
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Range of Motion Exercise with Introduction by George Morris
Bernie Traurig & George MorrisGeorge Morris, in his introduction, talks about and clears up some of the frequently misconstrued points of position. Bernie elaborates on how to improve the functionality of your lower leg with his range of motion exercise.
Running Time: 11 minutes and 15 seconds |
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Riding on the Bit
Bernie TraurigFor some equestrians it is the ultimate goal – to get your horse on the bit and experience that suppleness of poll and jaw, the engagement of the hindquarters, the acceptance of the rider’s hands, that fluid link between horse and rider. In this topic Bernie demonstrates all the different levels of contact with the horse’s mouth and different elevations of the horse’s head and neck that can be considered “on the bit.” He takes into consideration the horse’s conformation and willingness to acquiesce to the required pressure as well as the pit falls of trying to manufacture “on the bit” compliance.
Running Time: 7 minutes and 31 seconds |
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Riding Your Rhythm
Mandy PorterLearn to make yourself ride with a consistent rhythm, with your horse in front of your leg. Maintaining good rhythm and balance can help dramatically to improve your ride by allowing the jumps to come to you instead of unknowingly changing your rhythm in search of “the perfect distance.” Trust that your horse can jump well from many distances as long as you keep this in mind.
Running Time: 16 minutes and 46 seconds |
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Self Carriage
Julie WinkelSelf carriage is the horse’s ability to carry himself on his own without relying on the rider for balance or connection. In this topic Julie Winkel gives her students a series of exercises designed to develop the self carriage of a young horse.
Running Time: 28 minutes and 37 seconds |
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Setting Up The Lead Change
Team KarazissisIn this session Team Karazissis describe & demonstrate exercises that establish direct communication to the three main parts of the horse & stimulate the haunch in order to facilitate the lead change.
Running Time: 12 minutes and 21 seconds |
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