Beethoven
Aug. 10, 2009, 10:34 PM
I have a greenie that when she gets a gappy distance she jumps well, but if she gets closer the the jump instead of rocking back and jumping up, she kinda hurls herself over the fence and jumps over her shoulder.
I was wondering what some good exercises are for this? I am thinking she has a decent jumping form in there and do not want her to get in the habit of jumping over her shoulder, so I need to work on some good exercises so she jumps the best she can at every jump.
My thoughts were bounces, placement poles on each side of a jump and work on trotting in and using her hindend, gymnastics, and some wider oxers maybe with a placement pole in front. Any other suggestions? Any of my ideas terrible?
Thanks in Advanced!
Some pictures of her jumping..excuse my form I watched the video and am working on it...
http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a130/JLM179/IMG_2392.jpg
http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a130/JLM179/IMG_2397.jpg
Here at a closer distance, she is jumping over her shoulder, and twisting.
http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a130/JLM179/nalajump.jpg
Here is the next jump, we got a better distance and she jumped a bit better, but still not like she can
http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a130/JLM179/nalajump2.jpg
A pretty trot picture just because:
http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a130/JLM179/nalatechy.jpg
Doing her strechy trot:
http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a130/JLM179/morestrechy2.jpg
http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a130/JLM179/morestechytrot.jpg
http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a130/JLM179/nalastrechy4.jpg
She needs to learn to use her hindend better which I think will help her front end and she needs to also use her neck better. I need to stay out of her way more and not be so closed on her neck. I tried an auto release with her today and she definatly seemed to jump more up and use her neck more.
So any good jumping exercises for a greenie would be great!
I was wondering what some good exercises are for this? I am thinking she has a decent jumping form in there and do not want her to get in the habit of jumping over her shoulder, so I need to work on some good exercises so she jumps the best she can at every jump.
My thoughts were bounces, placement poles on each side of a jump and work on trotting in and using her hindend, gymnastics, and some wider oxers maybe with a placement pole in front. Any other suggestions? Any of my ideas terrible?
Thanks in Advanced!
Some pictures of her jumping..excuse my form I watched the video and am working on it...
http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a130/JLM179/IMG_2392.jpg
http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a130/JLM179/IMG_2397.jpg
Here at a closer distance, she is jumping over her shoulder, and twisting.
http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a130/JLM179/nalajump.jpg
Here is the next jump, we got a better distance and she jumped a bit better, but still not like she can
http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a130/JLM179/nalajump2.jpg
A pretty trot picture just because:
http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a130/JLM179/nalatechy.jpg
Doing her strechy trot:
http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a130/JLM179/morestrechy2.jpg
http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a130/JLM179/morestechytrot.jpg
http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a130/JLM179/nalastrechy4.jpg
She needs to learn to use her hindend better which I think will help her front end and she needs to also use her neck better. I need to stay out of her way more and not be so closed on her neck. I tried an auto release with her today and she definatly seemed to jump more up and use her neck more.
So any good jumping exercises for a greenie would be great!