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Discussion on Any cures for jumping ahead??
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Posted on Saturday, Feb 9, 2002 - 12:22 am:
Hello everyone.
I am having trouble with holding my shoulder before the jumps. I don't lean over my horse's neck, but I do hunch a little right before the jump, which throws off my horse and screws up my distance sometimes. And when I really don't have a distance, then I do the worst thing of all and DrOp my horse. I know that when I hold my shoulders up till he jumps I won't DrOp him, even if the distance is terrible.
I attribute this to nervousness. I am so worried about screwing up my horse by choosing a poor distance or bringing him in wrong, that I get scared and I hunch. Which of course becomes a self-fullfilling prophecy.
Anyone have any ideas on how to prevent this problem?
Thanks, Liz
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Posted on Monday, Feb 11, 2002 - 2:50 pm:
Look up. Never look down. I just learned to do this, and I have not missed a spot since. The distance should come to you, you can't look for it.
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Posted on Monday, Feb 11, 2002 - 2:53 pm:
Thank you. I think you are correct. When I first learned to jump I stared at the place where the ceiling met the wall and that seemed to do the trick every time. I stopped this however and I need to start again. Lately I've been looking directly at the fence, which really freaks me out.
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Posted on Monday, Feb 11, 2002 - 2:58 pm:
I still accidentally look down when asking for the change sometimes, and don't realize I was doing it. It is very hard to start looking up, because you have to trust the horse to jump, and not do it for the horse. You also have to learn to judge the feel of your horse's jump. I have a very green Warmblood, and a bomb proof OTT TB. They have very different jumping styles, but this works with both of them. I'm sure I will look down at my next show, as I revert back to bad habits whenever I show. I have only been doing this for about a month now, and it is unbeleivable how much better I jump doing this.
Good luck!!
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