2nd jump schooling! Video...

[doccer]

...you do need facebook to watch. Critique away, it's a tiny crossrail :D The mare is 4, with 2months worth of riding into her 3-4 days a week.


http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#/video/video.php?v=105269942300&ref=nf


Carol and Dewi

[rabicon]

Shes cute. I don't see much of a problem with her. The only thing I see is when you are going over your standing straight up and holding on to her mouth really hard. Sit and wait and just release with your arms over the jump. Don't pull yourself up with her mouth. She will be a very flat jumper if you do and in the worse case she will get tired of it and start stopping or running out. For that little xrail you don't really have to come out of the saddle (just enough for a paper btw) and close your hip angle just a little. Pause the video right over the jump and you'll see what I'm talking about. Also watch your diagnols. On a young one it will help them balance on the circles. She cute though and looks like your doing well with her. Good luck

[Schune]

She was such a good girl for jumping, but unfortunately you rewarded her by catching her in the mouth and falling back over the fence.

It looks like you're very unstable in your leg and seat. Before you were jumping I can see you relying on her mouth quite a bit for balance - you're behind the motion, your legs are flown forward, and at the :17 mark, you can see her rhythm getting faster and head higher - I realize this is because she believes you're pointing her at the fence, but you still fall even father behind the motion trying to slow her down, and then the turn away from the fence is extremely rushed and choppy.