Riding lessons

[asyouwish]

I am just wondering who would pay for a lesson from someone who wasnt a qualified/experienced riding instructor or competing at a high level in their chosen equestrian event?

I would prefer to have a lesson with someone who had the appropriate levels of experience and having qualifications to intruct others to ride. I was under the impression you would have to have the appropriate insurance also to be able to teach in the event your instructions to another rider could cause them to come to harm, is this not the correct information?

Would anyone have a lesson from someone not competitng at a high level or very experienced at least in what they do? Or will some people accept lessons from anyone and pay them money for such a thing? Im mostly an observer although I do ride and I get compliments on my riding but I dont profess to be able to teach anyone anything. So would anyone accept a lesson from me and would you be willing to pay me to do it? This is just an example as I see more and more people who dont have qualifications nor a vast competition experience offering to teach people how to do things and asking for money for it.

If someone on the yard asked me to observe and point out things then i could do that but I wouldnt call it 'instructing' nor would I charge for it? I would rather have a video camera handy and just video them and let them see for themselves rather than potentially not be giving the correct advice

 

[mandwhy]

I would have lessons from someone unqualified but would need some sort of evidence or recommendation if I didn't know them. Usually competing would be reasonable evidence. I used to have 'refresher' lessons from a friend in return for her riding the horse as she couldn't afford one, I wouldn't have paid a stranger to do it but I don't think her teaching was different from a BHS instructor, in fact it was probably better than some I have experienced! She had previously competed in her youth though.

I think it depends what you are expecting to learn and how far above that the person is. If you are a happy hacker and ask someone 'can you show me how to get over a jump' then I am sure it is not too hard.

There'd be no point if it wasn't cheap but its probably better than nothing if you can't afford much.

Obviously total novices might get ripped off if they don't realise, which is probably the number one worry...

 

[Inchy]

I used to teach - I compete and am quite experienced in breaking/bringing on young competition horses/ponies. I taught and schooled full time, so people are definatly prepared to use those without quals! I have no BHS qualification, but there are several insurance companies that will insure a 'non bhs' instructor, my insurance was about £300 per year - this covered teaching and schooling/breaking on or off my property.