Teach Your Riding Students to Be Assertive| Assertiveness

Assertiveness comes naturally to some individuals while others must learn this helpful quality. What do you do with the student who just doesn’t seem to try very hard

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Keep Student/Riding Instructor Relationships Healthy with Boundaries

Riding instructors are in a unique position when it comes to relationships with clientele. ​You're require​d to teach athletics, art, fitness, and theory all at one time while

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Wear a Riding Helmet Even If Parelli Doesn’t

She’d taken the polo pony out for a trail ride when the mare bolted toward home. As the mare made a sharp right down the lane at a

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Teach Horseback Riders to Use Their Head

The Rider's Head Riding a horse with your head can have a lot of different meanings. In one sense, it says “be a thinking rider.” While I totally

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Improve Your Posture, Improve Your Riding

Posture is a Connection Between Time On and Off of the Horse I'd love to get students to connect their riding goals to the things they do every

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The Base of Support for Good Horsemanship

Base of support contains the first building blocks of good riding, but the components of base of support changes according to what type of riding you are doing.The

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Teach Riders Good Balance on the Horse

It's All About Balance That's a loaded statement because it covers sooo many areas of our lives.  Today I'm talking specifically about the rider's balance on the horse​,

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What’s in Your Riding Instructor’s Toolbox?

Three very important parts of good riding are balance, tact, and consideration. These are all abilities that take time to develop. Instructors have the job of convincing students

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Video – Why We Teach Riding Position

The VideoThis video is excerpted from my blog post "Why Do We Teach Our Horseback Riding Students Riding Position?"

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Teach Interesting Horseback Lessons Using School Figures

School figures are a huge help for riding instructors who want to keep their lessons interesting. Not only do they help you keep a group lesson organized, they

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