“Ten Tips for Improving Your Cross-Country Riding”
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“Ten Tips for Improving Your Cross-Country Riding”
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“Ten Tips for Improving Your Cross-Country Riding”
1 – Walking the horse properly
What you should be looking at; route markers; good lines; walk all alternatives (regardless of where you think you will be jumping)
2 – Know Your Horse!
– Individual jump style and stride length will effect how you ride each fence. Pay attention to the terrain, conditions and how it will effect the distances for you horse.
3 – Rhythm and balance
– The most important aspect of good cross country riding! Practice riding at faster speed and maintaining rhythm; links back to your basic training
4 – Riding to time
Time savers (links in with above point); approaches and landing where most time lost; setting up and moving away
5 – Start and Finish
6 -Accuracy – Narrow Fences or Corners
How to practice at home
7 – Water
How to introduce the young/novice horse to water … and make it fun. A proper initial education will avoid future issues
8 – Tips for jumping ditches
As for water, the right initial approach will avoid issues later on
9 – Practice
In the arena for accuracy – can recreate features in arena (lines, angles, bounces, corners, narrow, ditches etc.)
9a – Practice Part 2!
Also need to practice general terrain riding plus on cross country course especially young/novice horses or riders to understand effects of terrain on what you have practiced in the arena; consistency builds confidence
10 – You, the Rider!
How you ride; balance; stirrups; commitment; fitness
Time Stamps
00:42 – Background
02:15 – 1 – Walking the horse properly
08:02 – 2 – Know Your Horse!
11:25 – 3 – Rhythm and balance
13:57 – 4 – Riding to time
16:45 – 5 – Start and Finish
19:00 – 6 -Accuracy – Narrow Fences or Corners
21:12 – 7 – Water
27:04 – 8 – Tips for jumping ditches
29:54 – 9 – Practice
32:25 – 9a – Practice Part 2!
34:42 – 10 – You, the Rider!
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