Confirm Knowledge with Exercises Leading to Trot Diagonals<\/span><\/h2>\n

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1. Confirm the student can recognize when the outside leg touches the ground\n
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   1. If they are riding in an enclosed arena with a high wall, they should be riding on the inside track so their head is away from the wall<\/li>\n
   2. The students can call our \u2018now, now, now\u2019 each time their horses outside front leg touches the ground<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n
   3. Confirm the students can sit in the correct position and recognize when the outside leg touches the ground while watching the shoulder\n
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      1. The student should continue to call out \u2018now, now, now\u2019 each time their horses outside front leg touches the ground<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n
      2. Confirm the student can sit each time the horses outside front leg touches the ground\n
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         1. Student will commence with two point jumping position and sit each beat<\/li>\n
         2. The tempo is a little slow at the walk making this exercise a little difficult, so once this has been achieved the next one should be easier<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n
         3. Once the rising and sitting rhythm has been established in the walk, confirm the student can maintainit in trot\n
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            1. They can commence in two point seat and sit each time the outside front leg touches the ground<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n
            2. On the new rein, confirm the student can recognize when the outside leg touches the ground\n
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               1. If they are riding in an enclosed arena with a high wall, they should be riding on the inside track so their head is away from the wall<\/li>\n
               2. The students can call our \u2018now, now, now\u2019 each time their horses outside front leg touches the ground<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n
               3. On the new rein, confirm the students can sit in the correct position and recognize when the outside leg touches the ground while watching the shoulder\n
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                  1. The student should continue to call out \u2018now, now, now\u2019 each time their horses outside front leg touches the ground<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n
                  2. On the new rein, confirm the student can sit each time the horses outside front leg touches the ground\n
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                     1. Student will commence with two point jumping position and sit each beat<\/li>\n
                     2. The tempo is a little slow at the walk making this exercise a little difficult, so once this has been achieved the next one should be easier<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n
                     3. On the new rein confirm the rising and sitting rhythm has been established in the walk, confirm the student can maintain it in trot\n
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                        1. They can commence in two point jumping seat and sit each time the outside front leg touches the ground<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                           Changing Trot Diagonals<\/span><\/h2>\n

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                           1. Before a student learns to change diagonals, they should learn the rhythm of changing at the trot\n
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                              1. Sit, rise, sit, sit, rise, sit, rise<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n
                              2. For a horse with a bumpy trotor a rider that find the previous step difficult, change the exercise to\n
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                                 1. Sit, rise, sit, rise, rise, sit, rise<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n
                                 2. Change rein and trot diagonal returning to the correct trot diagonal\n
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                                    1. Changes of rein across the diagonal\/ short diagonal<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n
                                    2. Change rein and trot diagonal returning to the correct trot diagonal\n
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                                       1. Changes of rein down the centre line\/ across arena<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n
                                       2. Change rein and trot diagonal returning to the correct trot diagonal\n
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                                          1. Figure of eight\/ serpentines<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                                             \u2018Feel\u2019 exercises For Correct Trot Diagonals<\/span><\/h2>\n

                                             Once the theory of correct trot diagonals is thoroughly understood, exercises to develop the \u2018feel\u2019 of the correct diagonals are learnt.<\/p>\n

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                                             1. From either walk, commence rising trot\n
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                                                1. Try both diagonals and choose the most comfortable<\/li>\n
                                                2. Once a diagonal sequence has been chosen, then the student checks they are on the correct diagonal.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n
                                                3. Change rein and repeat the above exercise<\/li>\n
                                                4. From sitting trot, commence rising trot\n
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                                                   1. Try both diagonals and choose the most comfortable<\/li>\n
                                                   2. \u00a0Once a diagonal sequence has been chosen, then the student checks they are on the correct diagonal.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n
                                                   3. Change rein and repeat the exercise above<\/li>\n
                                                   4. For more difficulty\n
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                                                      1. Establish sitting trot, count 11 very quickly and then rise on the correct diagonal. (It is important that this counting is done very quickly and not in the rhythm of the trot)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n
                                                      2. Change rein and repeat the exercise above<\/li>\n
                                                      3. As with any learning, the best way to confirm understanding is to teach it<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                                                         Understanding of Trot Diagonals<\/span><\/h2>\n

                                                         If your student is going to develop a thorough understanding, they should give the correct answer at every step.\u00a0 If they are not able to, then it is best to encourage them to learn each step before progressing on to the next one.<\/p>\n

                                                         There are other ways to teach diagonals and variations of these exercises, and in some circumstances I vary them myself. However this system has been developed over thousands of students of all levels and types of learning abilities and is the one most commonly used.<\/p>\n

                                                         Remember too, that there are times with valid reasons why we may ride on the other trot diagonal. This system has been developed for riding on this diagonal and it needs to be adapted for teaching on the other diagonal.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

                                                         When your student doesn\u2019t understand something (such as trot diagonals), most coaches automatically go back and re-explain in more simplified terms.Part of re-explaining in simplified terms is to break down a complicated skill into steps. As students develop a greater understanding of riding at each level, they are more likely to progress on to the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,31,71],"tags":[86,81,193,82,84,87,83,85],"yoast_head":"\n