Replace a rigid “aesthetic” position with functional, precise aids, and master the flatwork that controls the quality of your jumping round.
Build the flatwork first. Each step develops the control, responsiveness and functional position you need before the jumps.
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Understand why the quality of your jumping is largely determined by the balance, control and organisation you create between fences.
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Learn why bigger and more technical courses require increasingly precise control of stride, trajectory, balance and adjustability.
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Understand why forcing a rigid, picture-perfect position can reduce sensitivity, movement and your ability to influence the horse.
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Move from a static position to a functional one where your body, balance and aids actively communicate with the horse.
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Build immediate responses to your aids so adjustments happen when you ask for them, not several strides after you need them.
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Learn why the comfortable canter you use at home often fails in competition and how to build more activity, balance and adjustability.
Additional ideas and practical details that can help you refine your feel, your equipment and the quality of your everyday flatwork.
Repeated sensations can slowly become invisible to you... Learn how sensory adaptation can make small position and movement problems feel normal, and how to reset your perception so you can recognise them again.
Choose a bit by testing the horse’s actual response... Use a practical testing process based on your horse’s response, contact and behaviour in flatwork instead of choosing equipment according to fashion or assumptions.
