Opinion please

[dawnpetenathshir]

I've always been scared of jumping but am now jumping a course of 6 very small jumps easily and confidently

. Should I now make them slightly higher? If so should I just raise one and by how much? Piece of coffee sponge cake if you got this far

 

[BobbyMondeo]

Raise them all if you feel comfortable...just dont push yourself maybe raise them all just one hole on the jump wings gradually so you dont freak yourself out

 

[dawnpetenathshir]

That's what I'm worried about that I'll bottle it. I don't want to go huge but also don't want to stay where I am. Decisions

 

[BobbyMondeo]

Then just go up one hole

its only a few inches bigger...nothing really...good luck with it

And if you do get scared just put them down again

 

[SianLizzie]

yea just raise the one jump and mayb practise over that and once ure confidant then jump around the course will all the fences raised at the same hight
this should help u gain confidance when jumpin

 

[dawnpetenathshir]

Thanks , I'm a bit excited about it, I never thought I would ever get round to jumping

 

[SianLizzie]

well done you
it is abit worrying when u start but now uve done it and u carry on doing it im sure u ill love it

 

[dawnpetenathshir]

I hate to admit this but it's taken me 4 years to get this far.

I had a fall a few years ago and dislocated my right shoulder which is now a bit stiff. I've never been a very confident rider but my pony has given me the confidence I need. He's such a star

 

[dexterpat]

what about making the course more technical not higher - my friend had an issue of jumps over about a foot, we added doubles and bounces - related distanced and on to triples and dog legs - it got to the point she could jump any combination of jumps confidently all at just over a foot - it was spread we started to increase slowly, once you can confidently tackle a more technical track a simple track of a few jumps that are bigger are much easier to jump - don't measure them just have them put up as high as you are confident with, if you feel like you will bottle out lower the culprit fence it took us 6 months to get over the magic 18 inches but then she zoomed up to 2ft 9" quite quickly as the height is not important it is the skill in jumping!! (sorry this is long!!)

 

[dawnpetenathshir]

Yes that is what I have been doing, and it's been such fun that I started to enjoy it

. My friend loves to jump so we just had a go.