Practising after lessons?

[brianh]

After changing schools recently, I've been having lessons with some really fabulous instructors, and finally feel I'm starting to get somewhere with my riding.

However, when the lessons end I always feel as if I could do with another hour or so on a horse - on my own - just to go over and practise what the instructor has taught me in the lesson.

As far as I know the school won't allow this. They seem to like all their riders being supervised by an instructor. To be fair on them, this is probably for a very good reason - safety!

Just wondering how all you other new riders feel, and if anyone has any suggestions.

Brian

 

[Lottie9]

I'm not so much of a new rider but I am only taking lessons as the moment and I totally agree with you. It would be lovely to have some simple rider-schooling time, and even 20 mins to warm up and get used to a horse before a lesosn too!

Sadly I don't know of any schools that would do it, but a good instructor should build on the previous lesson so you have a chance to put it into practise slightly.

 

[gnubee]

There are some riding schools that offer it. The best I knew for it was one where after your lesdon you could book s half hour 'hack' and ride down the track to a nearby field and work on whatever you wanted or if there was a spare school they would often just let you use that instead. Most dont go that far, but many of the obes I used to go to at least usdd to give 10 mind or so to warm up independently at the beginning of the lesson.

 

[Equi]

I am not new to riding, but i know how you feel. I'm a nervous rider, and didn't have a lesson since i was about 11 (own horses after that) and i had a lesson last year and another this year. They fixed my posistion and i found out i need to work on my forwardness, which is something i was too afraid to do with an audience. It felt like so much pressure. I would have loved an hour alone to do it in my own time. So i have booked the local riding schools horse and arena, and that is exactly what i'm going to do! Its not the school i would get a lesson at, and the horse is a plod, but it will let me build my confidence on my own time. I was going somewhere until my horse went lame so im back to horseelss.