Photo Credit:
Sedrick Hicks -
PS91 Digital Arts
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Benefits of the Online Academy
*Study from anywhere in the World! You just need access to the internet and have an electronic device which will play videos.
*Improve the quality of your partnership with your horse through clarity, understanding, connection, responsiveness, relaxation and balance/posture.
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*Learn new maneuvers.
*Get inspired during demos and immersed in the hands on process.
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*Learn a nice balance between positive and negative reinforcement while working with your horse.
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LIBERTY
TOPICS and LEVELS
Intro/Novice
Small Area (round pen)
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*Establish your Unstoppable Mindset/The sky is NOT the limit*
Basic Yields on the line (back up, sideways, send, draw)
*Circles (send out) at the trot
*Draw (bring back from the circle)/walk
*Initiate close range circles/walk
*Changes of direction/walk
*Sideways around you
*Back up in front of you
*At the shoulder walking inside circles
*At the shoulder transitions (walk-stop-back up)
*At the shoulder outside walking circles
*Beginning steps of the lay down
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*Establish your Unstoppable Mindset/The sky is NOT the limit*
Stop Cue
*Transitions (walk-trot-walk-stop-back up) on a small/medium size circle
*Draw with more energy (bring back from the circle) - trot
*Close range circles and Large Circles/trot
*Changes of direction/trot
*At the shoulder sideways
*At the shoulder walking and trotting leg-yield away and to you
*At the shoulder transitions (trot-walk-stop-back up)
*At the shoulder outside trotting circles
*Refining the stick cues for the lay down
*Teaching the sit from the lay do
Intermediate/
Distinguished
Square pen and/or Medium Size Area
ADVANCED
Medium to Large Area
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*Establish your Unstoppable Mindset/The sky is NOT the limit*
Transitions on a medium-large circle (canter-walk-stop-back-up -canter)
*Draw with more energy - canter
*Cantering Close range circles and Cantering Large Circles
*Changes of direction/trot and canter/simple and flying lead change
*At the shoulder Leg Yield and Half Pass/Trot and Canter
*At the shoulder transitions/ Canter-Stop-Back Up-Canter and Canter-Walk-Canter
*Correct Leads
*Weaning off the stick for the lay down
*Lay down lay on the side
Videostill:
Sedrick Hicks -
PS91 Digital Arts
POSTURE FOCUSED
TRAINING
(PFT)
BENEFITS and TOPICS
Videostill:
Sedrick Hicks -
PS91 Digital Arts
PFT BENEFITS
PFT CAN HELP IMPROVE THE HORSE'S:
*Mental Focus/Attentiveness
*Relaxation Level
*Lateral and Vertical
Balance
*Strength
*Quality of Stride
*Engagement
*Power
*Collection
*Health - Longevity
PFT under on the GROUND
LEARN
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*Clarity of cues, your body's position and direction
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*Yields of each horse's body part as well as the whole horse
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* Up and Downward transitions
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*Lateral and vertical flexion and stretch (address tension issues)
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*How to engage the horse's hind legs
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*Establish lateral and vertical balance (address leaning issues)
*Increase relaxation, responsiveness, connection and improve posture
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*Collection
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*Maneuvers and their benefits: Haunches In, Shoulders In, Leg Yields, Half Passes, Simple and Flying Lead Changes and more...
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PFT under SADDLE
LEARN
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*Clarity of cues, your body's position, weight distribution and focus
*Contact with the reins (address problems: lack of contact, leaning, heavy on the rein) and rein positions.
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*Yields of each horse's body part as well as the whole horse
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* Up and Downward transitions
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*Lateral and vertical flexion and stretch (address tension issues)
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*How to engage the horse's hind legs
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*Establish lateral and vertical balance (address leaning issues)
*Increase relaxation, responsiveness, connection, and improve posture
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*Collection
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*Maneuvers and their benefits: Haunches In, Shoulders In, Leg Yields, Half Passes, Simple and Flying Lead Changes and more...
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