First Ride on Moon: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qJOZZRskhWY
Lesson Notes: Hands need to be down!
Courtney Lynn Dye [http://www.courtneykingdressage.com/] happened to have posted about this just after my lesson:
I always tell students to EXAGGERATE the opposite of their problems. For instance, if their hands are constantly too high, I don't just tell them to put their hands where they belong, but to put them too low, so the right amount becomes easy. This is why Lendon and I got on so well together. If she told my leg was too far forward, I'd put it back to the saddle pad, so the next time she'd have to tell me it was too far back. It was, and is, my goal to have the instructor tell me the OPPOSITE thing the second time, not the same thing again.
In other sports, for example golf, if you're consistently hitting the ball too far to the right, try to hit it too far to the left to make it go straight. Eventually hitting it straight will feel straight.
This week was all about my hands. I really struggled to maintain a gait on Moon while trying to turn her and then also keeping my hands solid. Moon's trot has a different cadence than Mira so think I will ask Tammy to ride her so I can pick out a song that will help me count the posting. All in all, lots of things to improve on but Moon very much took care of me throughout Oddball's bombastic fart that scared all the horses and my lack of rhythm and focus. What a girl she is!
I truly feel like part of the Tamarack family - Moon is listed here: http://www.tamarackstablesiowa.com/boarding.html#boarders
Speaking to Nick and Belinda right now to perhaps schedule a clinic at Tam's, have to run!
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