Respect her time One of the complaints I hear most frequently is that students don’t respect the instructor’s time. Let your instructor know you value that she/he has
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What Does Volleyball Have Over Riding Lessons?
Have you ever wondered why parents support kids so strongly in sports like volleyball, yet are willing to cancel their weekly riding lesson? Volleyball at Lower Grades Volleyball,
Making a Plan to Get Susie Riding
A reader had an interesting situation to discuss this week involving a client with two horses in training and a plan for their daughter to show. Normally this
What to do With This Difficult Riding Student?
A reader who has been a riding instructor for 10 years asked for my opinion on how to handle a difficult student. She agreed to wait for an
Do You Compromise When You Teach Horseback Riding?
Dealing with people in any field can require compromise. When we set our standards as instructors or barn owners we should have a mental list of things on
What I Read | The Riding Instructor
We all have “go to” sources where we read about horses. It could be a book, website or periodical and each type of riding has it’s own selection.
8 Steps Toward Better Reflexes in Equestrian Students
Good riding is as much the result of conditioning the rider’s thought processes and reflexes, as it is conditioning the body and learning skills. What a rider does
Base of Support is the First Layer of Foundation
A solid and correct base of support is one of the best gifts we can give to students because it’s the foundation of good riding and balance. Definition
Why You Should Teach Two-Point Without Hands
Writing about two-point was supposed to be easy. After all, two-point is the mainstay position for the hunter-jumper world. Definition I planned to start out with the definition
Can We Fix the Horse Business?
There have been a lot of conversations lately about the direction the horse business has gone, and what needs to be done to keep things from getting out