Schooling whip vs normal one??

Schooling whip, normally so I don't have to keep taking my hands off the whip. Also, when I'm doing turn on the forehand or leg yielding then I need the whip to reinforce my leg but also need both hands.
 
thanks JenniferS i tend to use just a regular one as im not doing much advanced stuff atm but tend to use a schooling whip for urm...more serious schooling!? i guess the clue is in the name eh ;)
 
Schooling whip for doing flatwork so I don't have to take my hand off the rein and end my shoulder in, often I find with the RS horses when doing shoulder in they think this also means to slow down, so a schooling whip gives a nice little flick to ask them to keep going AND do the shoulder in :)
I like using it for flatwork in general, but I also quite like it on the younger horses. Generally on the young ones I don't like using a whip at all, but on one or two of them at the school I like to carry a schooling whip so I don't have to take my hand off the rein, because sometimes they do a little lurch forwards if I tap with the whip and I also find a schooling whip more precise and I feel like it's a tiny flick that's effective, where as with a shorter whip it's more of a small smack? I use my short whip for jumping and hacking though :) xx
 
I use a schooling stick for flatwork so I can back up my leg if my lazy wb tries to ignore it and I carry a short crop for jumping although I rarely need to use it.
he seems to prefer jumping so no problems with him not moving forwards :rolleyes:
 
Schooling whip - sometimes two, one in each hand! Allows me to tap on hip bone to back up leg on some of the horses I ride. Short crop for jumping and hacking (although I usually take the schooling whip hacking as I can stick it out in the road to deter cars from coming too close!)
 
never without a schooling whip for flatwork, she knows the difference between having to work or not ! soon as i pick it up she starts working through the back and becomes 100% more response- which can take a good 15 min of transitions etc to achieve without it, short whip for jumping and hacking although i dont generally hack with out because i know i'll loose it somehow, i must have a trail of whips around the local bridlepaths... so if i come across a scary narrow bridge and need a bit of a nudge i just look for a tree to break a twig off
 
I tried a schooling whip and he hated it(probably because he wasnt that well schooled in first place) I found it had opposite effect and was too long....I dont know if I was using it incorrectly but wondered if he was getting tickled on back end/legs he is 14.1(not that I was aiming to that spot)??

But with a short whip we went back to that and he was fine again. Agree with someone else I have probably lost tons of the darn things and tree branch has been used too.
 
I don't jump competitively so rarely use a short stick , I would for a jumping or XC lesson and thats about all I use the short one for.

I never hack out without my schooling whip (preferably my hi viz orange one)
It is great for keeping cars from coming too close , I just hold it straight out it really is amazing how they give me more room.
I also feel safer with it because if he were to shy or jib at anything on the road I can back up my leg immediately without taking my hands off the reins.

Oh I also use it for schooling :D Forgot to add how handy it is for horseflies this time of the year .
 
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If my mare wasn't whip shy I would use a schooling whip always.
I don't jump so short whips arne't really any use to me.
I use the schooling whip to ask to move their quaters over for leg yield and shoulder in etc. Or just as a reinforcement of my leg.
I also use it on nappy horses as you can give them a tap to go forewards without taking your hands off the reins and comprimising my balance.
 
Had always used a normal one and then a few weeks back lost it and borrowed another livery's schooling whip and i found it alot nicer to use so went and bought one and only use the short one for hacking and jumping - although i still like using the schooling one jumping - even though you aren't meant to!
 
Short one for hacking and jumping (on the rare occassions I actually leave the ground), schooling whip for everything else. Including jumping sometimes when instructor springs it one and I wasn't planning on it!

From a teaching point of view I teach people to carry and use a short stick correctly and worry about a long one if they really need it for the work they're doing.
 
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