KatB
Well-Known Member
Reading the dangerous riding post got me thinking...
I have witnesses a lot of different people teaching, and having lessons in a variety of different situations. Some of those people I see having very regular lessons are, to put it bluntly, deluded. I believe this to be because of the "house wife" trainers they go to, eg those who have plenty of knowledge and experience, but would rather flatter riders than tell the truth and potentially lose the business....
So, these people are investing in what they believe to be training to improve themselves as riders, yet they're not being at all equipped to do things correctly because they're being told to some extent what the trainer believes they would like to hear, which means they keep going back to the trainer as they tell them how wonderful they are, which, lets be honest, we'd all like...
However, these people in my experience are the ones who when they have "bad" days on paper, blame the horse for being "grumpy" "unco-operative" "difficult" etc etc, because they have only been trained on improving the horse, and never been taught to imporve themselves...
So, do we think this is the fault of the trainer for not having the bravery to bite the bullet and tell pupils they need to improve, or the pupils for having a fragile ego and not being able to take criticism, and therefore causing trainers to teach in this "protected" manner?!
I have witnesses a lot of different people teaching, and having lessons in a variety of different situations. Some of those people I see having very regular lessons are, to put it bluntly, deluded. I believe this to be because of the "house wife" trainers they go to, eg those who have plenty of knowledge and experience, but would rather flatter riders than tell the truth and potentially lose the business....
So, these people are investing in what they believe to be training to improve themselves as riders, yet they're not being at all equipped to do things correctly because they're being told to some extent what the trainer believes they would like to hear, which means they keep going back to the trainer as they tell them how wonderful they are, which, lets be honest, we'd all like...
However, these people in my experience are the ones who when they have "bad" days on paper, blame the horse for being "grumpy" "unco-operative" "difficult" etc etc, because they have only been trained on improving the horse, and never been taught to imporve themselves...
So, do we think this is the fault of the trainer for not having the bravery to bite the bullet and tell pupils they need to improve, or the pupils for having a fragile ego and not being able to take criticism, and therefore causing trainers to teach in this "protected" manner?!