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Welcome to the March 2009 issue of "Lyons Training 101," written by John Lyons Certified Trainer Keith Hosman.
This time we learn six quick and simple ways to improve our riding - not next week - not next month - but today and right away. Heck, it'll take you longer to read this paragraph than it'll take you to start making some pretty significant changes! As I say in the article, a one percent improvement each day makes you twice as good (100% better!) in just three months and ten days!
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Sometimes the best way to improve our riding isn't by learning some intricate exercise or by spending years or thousands of trainer-dollars to unravel the mysteries of some dark, mystical phenomena (such as "collection" or "throughness"), but rather by making a few small and simple corrections that can make "all the difference" in not months, weeks or years – but minutes. What follows then, are a handful of subtle changes you can make to improve your riding in short order. I'm a big believer in the concept that a "one percent improvement" each day means a one hundred percent improvement in just three months and ten days – so take heed, little changes add up to big improvements.
1) When riding, we can (or should) only work on one thing at a time. (Not per ride, but at any given moment.) Example: You want to teach your horse to move diagonally to the right, but instead of moving his shoulders away from your left rein, he turns to the left. Here's incorrect: You quit asking for "diagonal" and take a moment to steer the horse back onto your "original path." You're thinking "We'll start over." The horse is thinking "Right, left, straight, move here, move there, make up your mind." You're confusing the devil out of your horse. Now, correct: If your horse mistakenly turns to the left, keep your pressure, and concentrate on causing those feet to move diagonally against your new path. Do not stop and reposition the horse. Know from the outset that you'll end up meandering all about the pen.
2) Stop riding dead-headed and start noticing things. Study the mechanics of your horse: "When I do this, I get that" or "This is always followed by that." Save these random scraps of knowledge, compile them, chew them over, and....
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Here's an excerpt from an earlier article called "Rider Checklists." It's a quick read offering tips designed to keep you safer in the saddle.
"I'm going to give you three "Rider Checklists" today. Together they'll keep you safer and accelerate your training to boot. How accelerate? They'll keep you rational; they'll keep you from "losing it" – which has the effect of setting your training back. The fact is, when we don't have an objective means of approaching our training, when we simply "ride," reacting emotionally to what's happening, we're asking for a wreck – or at the very least, a bad day. The horse gets confused and we get frustrated or lose our temper. Not an environment conducive to a proper education, would you say?
Each of the following lists will cover small things you can simply check off in your brain. Basically, has something happened or not? If the answer is "not," I'll tell you what to do. Your answers to those questions will, flowchart-like, tell you how to act in the moment or how best to form your day's game plan...."
Read the entire article by following the link or by visiting Horsemanship101.com/Articles.
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"How-To" articles:
- "How To Halter a Horse"
- "How to Make Horse Training More Affordable"
- "How to Teach a Horse To Pivot/HindQuarters"
- "How to Pick Up Your Reins Like a Pro"
All articles are online and available 24/7.
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Thanks for reading - and regards,
Keith Hosman, John Lyons Certified Trainer
Horsemanship101.com
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