Method 3: Advanced Back-Riding - Canter work and rule based games

• Cost: $675
• Application: send video of participant performing more active work e.g. jumping 3’ or higher, dressage test 2^nd level and up, roping a cow, barrel racing at a gallop, eventing, trail riding at gallop over broken terrain.
• 2 day workshop
• Participants will receive a certificate of participation at the end of the course.
• To complete the course and earn the 2 Star Horse Boy Practitioner accreditation:
  • completed an online test
  • active Gold membership on HorseBoyWorld.com
  • current on continuous education participation in 2 online phone conferences or webinars
  • Submitted videos of them performing the following: (subject to approval by Horse Boy Staff) with photos or 1:30 video
    • Canter transitions with without Freddy riding one handed
    • Back riding with Freddy at canter
    • 3 rule based games played safely at walk, trot and canter with at least one horse and Freddy

What will be covered in Horse Boy Method 3?

Day 1:

• Theory
  • Why work at the canter?
  • How does it help the child?
  • How does it improve cognition?
  • Why collect the canter?
  • Why the terre a terre
  • Transition (walk to canter and halt to canter) why are they important, how do you get them, how do they help the child
  • Recap why soft transitions help child in day to day life as well as on horse back
  • Leg yield, shoulder for and sitting to the inside
  • Cantering the horse off the inside leg vs the outside leg. Why is the inside leg more effective?
  • Why walk trot countdowns but canter count ups
  • Canter is not equals speed
• Recap count downs
• Introduce canter count ups (demo)
  • 4s to all the way around the circle with downward transitions first though trot then walk then halt
  • Then down to 2s,1s and terre a terre
  • flying change demo
• Canter count up exercise through trot 4s then all the way around
• Trail ride
  • Walk trails and prep trails
  • Choose canter spots
  • Go on trail interact with Freddy include canter in safe spots

Day 2

• Q&A
• Training Video backriding
• Redo canter count ups
• Slow canter = not losing stick contact with other person
• Rule based games
  • Smooth transitions and explaining to freddy what is going on

• Introducing Long lines including laterals & canter in the long lines as preview of long lining course

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