Everyday Jumping for Riders and Instructors by Melissa Troup

Everyday Jumping for Riders and Instructors by Melissa Troup

This book is designed for training jumping riders and horses, whether schooling at home, or under instruction in group lessons or as individuals. It provides a collection of exercises, on the flat, and over poles and fences, as well as detailed background information on jumping technique and tips on how to achieve a clear round in faultless style. The book includes: the five stages of the horse's jump (approach, take-off, jump, landing, departure) the effects of the rider's position (i.e. what happens when the rider is tight with the reins, sits down too quickly, moves too quickly over a fence, or is in front of the movement or left behind it) fences to improve the horse's jump overcoming typical problems and faults flatwork exercises to improve the horse's canter and turning ability pole work grids and related distance influencing the canter lead over a fence building and riding courses indoor cross-country practice tables of distances notes on fence building.

A comprehensive, easy-to-follow book for riders of all levels

Melissa Troup BA, BHSII, is the Centre Manager for a busy BHS 'Where to Train' establishment in South Wales. She teaches adults and children, from beginners to advanced, as well as those competing in dressage and show jumping. She is an NVQ Assessor and a registered trainer for the BHS Riding and Road Safety exam. Everyday Jumping is her second book: her first, Themed Lesson Plans, was published early in 2006, also by Kenilworth Press

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ISBN 13	9781872119953
ISBN 10	1872119956
Title	Everyday Jumping for Riders and Instructors
Author	Melissa Troup
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Quiller Publishing Ltd
Year published	2006-07-01
Number of pages	96
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