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| 12/4/2010 | Lynn Palm | |
| Rider Position, Part 4 - Lower Body Exercises | |
| In this series of articles, I am sharing some simple stretching and flexibility exercises to help with a rider’s relaxation, proper form, and balance. In the next few articles, we will focus on lower body exercises. | |
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| 9/6/2010 | Lynn Palm | |
| Rider Position, Part 1 | |
| Are you ready for the challenge of using dressage principles to become a thinking, feeling rider? This task requires that we go back to the basics, whether you are an experienced rider or a novice. Many of the issues riders have with either themselves or their horses trace back to a problem or inadequacy with the basics, so it makes sense that this is where we should start. | |
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| 7/14/2010 | Lynn Palm | |
| Teach Your Horse to Ground Drive - Part 6 | |
| We will conclude this series on ground driving with some course work. Setting up a course is a great way to keep ground driving lessons fun, interesting, and challenging for you and your horse. It makes you think ahead and stay creative with your lesson plans. Besides having the horse properly outfitted for ground driving, for this lesson you will need plastic cones or markers (plastic gallon jugs partially filled with sand will work). Set up the course in a large enclosed area like an arena, paddock, or pasture. | |
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| 6/18/2010 | Lynn Palm | |
| Teach Your Horse to Ground Drive - Part 5 | |
| You and your horse now have learned the basics of ground driving. Once you have worked several ground driving sessions successfully at the walk with your horse responding consistently, you are ready to speed things up a bit and learn how to ground drive at the trot. | |
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| 5/28/2010 | Lynn Palm | |
| Teach Your Horse to Ground Drive - Parts 3 & 4 | |
| Ground driving is such an important foundation for your horse. It teaches him to give to rein pressure while changing gaits, as well as stopping and backing. Ground driving also is an ideal, low stress way to develop strength, fitness, and coordination without the rider’s weight becoming a factor; and it prepares the horse for under saddle or cart work. | |
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