emilykerr747
Well-Known Member
Hi Everyone,
I was hoping to get some advice on my 14hh connie eventer's jumping technique. We are consistently jumping BE80 and hoping to move to 90 this season but I have noticed that he struggles with the large spreads when jumping at home. He is built slightly downhill and is very spooky so has a tendency to look before he jumps. In my opinion, this is what I think disrupts his momentum before the jump. I have attached two videos of us jumping to see what I meaning. He's 13 and has been competing since he was young so has had lots of exposure but his nature is very spooky so he continues to dip his head and look before take off every single time. I have excepted that this is just his personality and he is very careful as a result. To me I feel as though he falls onto the forehand on take-off and therefore has a poor jump trajectory with not much power behind to make the height or width if the fence is any higher. It almost looks like he launches himself with no real power. - These are my thoughts anyway! I would love to move him up to 90 but I don't want to knock his confidence by having him stress about knocking poles.
Please let me know what you guys think and any advice/ exercises would be very much appreciated! Thank you!
-Jumping lesson (training)
- Competing BE80
I was hoping to get some advice on my 14hh connie eventer's jumping technique. We are consistently jumping BE80 and hoping to move to 90 this season but I have noticed that he struggles with the large spreads when jumping at home. He is built slightly downhill and is very spooky so has a tendency to look before he jumps. In my opinion, this is what I think disrupts his momentum before the jump. I have attached two videos of us jumping to see what I meaning. He's 13 and has been competing since he was young so has had lots of exposure but his nature is very spooky so he continues to dip his head and look before take off every single time. I have excepted that this is just his personality and he is very careful as a result. To me I feel as though he falls onto the forehand on take-off and therefore has a poor jump trajectory with not much power behind to make the height or width if the fence is any higher. It almost looks like he launches himself with no real power. - These are my thoughts anyway! I would love to move him up to 90 but I don't want to knock his confidence by having him stress about knocking poles.
Please let me know what you guys think and any advice/ exercises would be very much appreciated! Thank you!