Category: Lessons
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Resilience!
At the start of the New Year I chose a word for my “word of the year”. I chose the word resilience. I had no clue then how appropriate that word would be for 2020. Resilience: 1.the capacity to recover quickly from difficulties. 2. the ability of a substance or object to spring back into…
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Surprise!
A Surprise! Biasini wants to do some line-dancing moves! Take a look . Video is just 53 seconds. I will explain, after you watch it, why I had to put music over the sound track. Why the country and western music? Well someone, who shall remain nameless, uttered a mild expletive when Biasini did his…
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Coming in on a wing and a prayer!
Coming in on a wing and a prayer. During WWII there was a song about a fighter plane, with one motor gone, they radioed ahead to say “We’re coming in on a wing and a prayer. ” How does this relate to dressage? I don’t know about you but I have ridden dressage tests in…
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We don’t have to be Perfect
A 10 is “excellent” not “perfect”.
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The Warmup:What have I got today?
The warmup….
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The Olympian,the Uber Model, the Beautiful Venetian.
The why and the how of the exercise.
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Only 45 minutes to get to FEI level.
Ride from the ground? Allow the student to assess their ride and comment? At the start of my Friday lesson my coach Belinda Trussell asked me what was the teaching method that worked best for me. We both agreed that as a visual learner I benefit from watching videos of my lessons and Belinda had…
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I chose to live!
I would hate to have missed all those things.
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Webinar: How do judges score dressage tests?
Dressage judging is dressage judging!
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The Olympians are in the arena!
Wednesday this week there were two Olympic dressage riders in the arena. My coach Belinda Trussell and Megan Lane. Megan was there to be the “eyes on the ground” to help Belinda. I was lucky enough to be able to watch Belinda ride two horses. The first was the 6 year old Diamanten Dave. The…
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Respect or disrespect? What would you call it?
I am sure that most people who read my blog posts know that I am not trying to present myself as a fabulous rider who knows it all. Far from it. I recently received a lengthy comment from someone who said they wanted to offer some “constructive criticism”. The comment was a paragraph detailing all…
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Attention to detail!
One of the things I know is necessary in dressage is attention to detail. My coach, Belinda Trussell, has an exceptional eye for detail. Every. Single. Second. After Biasini and I have warmed up (and believe me we get notes on our warm up as well!) I do my no stirrups work. In our lesson…