help with striding and jumping

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StaceyTanglewood

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Ok ive developed a really bad habit of getting 2 strides away from the fence and rushing the horse instead of sitting quietly and waiting for the fence to come to me !!!!

Can anyone give me some tips to get out of this ??

I think i do it because at a show thats when my boy may dig his heels in and nap !!
 
Gridwork. That way you can just sit quietly in the grid because you know the horse will be on a good stride, and you can just concentrate on your own position.

Also:my trainer sometimes made us do gridwork with no stirrups/no reins/covering our eyes with our hands so we couldn't see. (Not all this at once though!) Really makes you focus on so many other things that you won't have time for any of your bad habits!
 
Put a placing pole 2 strides before the fence? Then just look ahead and practice sitting quietly
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Yes, that really does help you to become more sensitive to striding and feel, and stop rider anticipation/rushing.
 
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Gridwork. That way you can just sit quietly in the grid because you know the horse will be on a good stride, and you can just concentrate on your own position.

Also:my trainer sometimes made us do gridwork with no stirrups/no reins/covering our eyes with our hands so we couldn't see. (Not all this at once though!) Really makes you focus on so many other things that you won't have time for any of your bad habits!

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see this is the thing for the last 6 months all ive done is Gridwork so ive relied on the poles a little to much - now its when i take the poles away i have the problem !!

wouldnt like to ride my boy over a fence with no stirrups or anything he would probably have me off the other side !!
 
I was also fine at about 1m its when it gets bigger - its sort of like i dont think he will make it but he always clears it easily !!

maybe i should just do more jumping and make a conciece effort to relax and not rush !!
 
Just dont look at the fence! Pretend its not there and worry about maintaining the quality of the canter after taking good quality turns! Always look BEYOND the fence never before it.
 
Sometimes it is easy to over-ride a single fence (it can feel a bit "naked" when it is own its own, particularly when you have been doing lots of pole- and grid work). Maybe try not to worry so much about where you are, and let your horse resolve the striding for himself. A bit of "fifth-leg" training. Obviously if it is a really big fence this is not a great idea, but up to, say 120cm, a reasonably scopey horse should be able to jump even if he is on a bit of a dodgy stride.
 
count the rhythm of the strides all the way to the fence including the take-off stride. either try counting down so you get to the fence on 1 (not that easy), or just say something in your head (or outloud if you want!) to hear the tempo, like
"round - the - cor -ner - keep - the - can - ter - all - the - way - to - the - fence!"
prob sounds a bit barmy but i think it works.
 
yep your right it does seem a bit naked !!! well the thing is he can easily jump up to 1.20m but he is also only a baby so dont want to mess up to many times as i dont want to scare him !!!

Kerrilli that just made me laugh but i am going to try it actually !!! it was also my first lesson with a new trainer so maybe i was trying a little to hard xx
 
try looking past the fence, and riding 'through it' as if its not there. if you stare at it you'll start thinking you're on a wrong stride, and push. its a really simple trick but seems to work with me.

another one, also helps the horse listen to you and not anticipate going flying after a fence, is to canter up to a little fence, pop it, a few strides after come to halt in a straight line. becasue you are thinking about the halt you don't rush the fence and neither will your horse!
 
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try looking past the fence, and riding 'through it' as if its not there. if you stare at it you'll start thinking you're on a wrong stride, and push. its a really simple trick but seems to work with me.

another one, also helps the horse listen to you and not anticipate going flying after a fence, is to canter up to a little fence, pop it, a few strides after come to halt in a straight line. becasue you are thinking about the halt you don't rush the fence and neither will your horse!

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thanks ill try that hopefully we wont go through it !! ha ha

yea i do that with him - im fine over small fences its just the bigger ones i dont do this with my mare but ive owned her for 7 years !!
 
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