Whoa! Don't get on a horse until you read this book. Boost your self-confidence and get the most for your money with this one-of-a-kind companion guide to riding lessons. Getting the Most from Riding Lessons gives you all the information you need to communicate effectively with your instructor and advance your riding skills outside of lesson time. Following the easy, step-by-step instructions, you'll learn how to: -- Warm up and condition key riding muscles -- Brush up the basics -- Perfect the use of the aids -- Improve control and coordination -- Master diagonals, evasions, and collection -- Advance to jumping and showing…mehr
Whoa! Don't get on a horse until you read this book. Boost your self-confidence and get the most for your money with this one-of-a-kind companion guide to riding lessons. Getting the Most from Riding Lessons gives you all the information you need to communicate effectively with your instructor and advance your riding skills outside of lesson time. Following the easy, step-by-step instructions, you'll learn how to: -- Warm up and condition key riding muscles -- Brush up the basics -- Perfect the use of the aids -- Improve control and coordination -- Master diagonals, evasions, and collection -- Advance to jumping and showing
Author Mike Smith has extensive experience with horses, for he has been teaching riding for over 25 years, owns two horse centers and 50 percent interest in a third. He has a master's degree from the British Horse Society, and holds an Instructors Certification from the Potomac Horse Center in Maryland. Mike rides and trains to the 4th level in Dressage, and has trained and competed with A-Level hunters and jumpers. He has a rigorous training program for the instructors employed at his stables, and he is responsible for the instruction of 1,000 students. Mike's book, Getting the Most from Riding Lessons, is a popular Storey title. He resides in Silver Spring, Maryland.
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Introduction Part I: The Basics Lesson 1: Leading, Mounting, and Walking Lesson 2: Learning to Trot Lesson 3: Riding in a Field Lesson 4: The Sitting Trot Part II: The Finer Points Lesson 5: Improving Control Lesson 6: Half Halt, On the Bit, and Evasions Lesson 7: Half Seat and Introduction to the Canter Lesson 8: Trail Class Lesson 9: Perfecting the Canter Lesson 10: Training Part III: Onward and Upward Lesson 11: Jumping 101 Lesson 12: Jumping 102 Appendix 1: Exercises Appendix 2: Standardized Aids Glossary Index
Introduction Part I: The Basics Lesson 1: Leading, Mounting, and Walking Lesson 2: Learning to Trot Lesson 3: Riding in a Field Lesson 4: The Sitting Trot Part II: The Finer Points Lesson 5: Improving Control Lesson 6: Half Halt, On the Bit, and Evasions Lesson 7: Half Seat and Introduction to the Canter Lesson 8: Trail Class Lesson 9: Perfecting the Canter Lesson 10: Training Part III: Onward and Upward Lesson 11: Jumping 101 Lesson 12: Jumping 102 Appendix 1: Exercises Appendix 2: Standardized Aids Glossary Index
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