Category: Lessons
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Sharpen the Pencil!
Belinda Trussell teaches me how to keep the pencil sharp!
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Covid Confusion? Here’s a dose of harsh reality.
In Bangladesh horses are starving, my problems are just first world problems !
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Will there be life after Lockdown?
Last year the lockdown was taken very seriously. Everyone really did stay home. There were almost no commercial planes flying over head , there was little to no traffic on the roads. But now, in the Third Wave and Third Lockdown people are more lax about it all. I think most people are still abiding…
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Perfect Posture: Balanced rider, Balanced horse.
A rider who is functionally strong and balanced will create a strong and balanced horse. As riders, we don’t think of it as science, but strength is a biomechanical process, and correct posture is a requirement for our bodies to move as they were designed. Kathlyn Hossack, Athletic therapist/Kinesiologist. I read this the other day…
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How many “taps” per second?
Does this tapping work? YES!
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The Outdoor! The Lockdown!
Monday, April 5th, 2021 was a beautiful sunny day. I rode Biasini in the outdoor arena, my first time this year in the outdoor. A few weeks ago this arena was under two feet of snow. Then came the thawing and melting and it resembled a small lake! But now Carl, the barn manager, has…
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Discouraged? What comes next?
The struggle you’re in today is developing the strength you need tomorrow. Robert Tew This past week I have had a struggle with my riding. I had one lesson this week when I could not get it together. My coach Belinda Trussell is always encouraging. But she also tells it like it is. Here is…
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Ride That Horse!
Hello again! Yesterday I posted about the no stirrups work I did in my lesson last week with my coach Belinda Trussell. When I took my stirrups back we did canter work. Then, after a break, I asked to do some trot work . I wanted to see how it felt to ride the trot…
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Five Rules for No Stirrups
No stirrups lesson? Smile and say YES!
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How to Re-write old muscle memories!
Activate! Coach Belinda Trussell’s favorite word!
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Facts about riding the Hot Tamale Horse!
A Hot Tamale horse! This is not a reference to the physical temperature of the horse but it could refer to the horse being “spicy”. In my lesson with my coach Belinda Trussell this week Biasini became a Hot Tamale Horse! He is not a horse that has a “hot” temperament but he can become…
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I Have Only Got a Minute!
“I think you do better under pressure.”