In this video Claire moves away from stick work and onto horsemanship. She shows us the proper way to warm a polo pony up, how to check-up, and how to turn. Additionally, she explains how to maintain your balance and grip while in two-point. She also shows us some more advanced techniques like flying lead changes and rollbacks.
Post Tagged with: "polo"
Schooling a Green Horse for Polo – Tobacco Video 1
Christian demonstrates stops, checks, and both right and left turns throughout the chukker. He emphasizes keeping a relaxed grip on the horse, keeping the horse balanced and on the proper lead, and using soft contact with the horses mouth via the reins.
Riding Style And Reality: How To Properly Apply Your Leg When Executing Checks and Rollbacks From The Gallop
Riding with your toes sticking out is not a big deal. Some people are naturally inclined to be straighter then others. The real sin is gripping with the lower leg.
Schooling a Green Horse for Polo – Video 7
Christian talks about acclimating the green horse to other horses on the field, and the swinging mallets that come with them. He talks about introducing the ride-off and using the trot to help balance the horse by changing diagonals rather than being forced to balance the horse by changing leads at the canter.
Polo Tip #6: How Thick Is The Line Of The Ball?
Picture the most recent path of the ball or the line as the width of a center line of a road. About six inches wide just for a visual. Now walk your horse alongside of this line and stop by the ball. Now this line, the most recent path of the ball continues either all the way across or up and down the field. Now if you are not hitting too close or two far away from your horse, you will be taking up a lane about 3 to four feet. Assuming you are on your off-side, from the line to your left stirrup is about 3 to four feet. So this lane, not line, lane, is what the right of way is all about. It accommodates your swing and your horse.
Schooling A Green Horse For Polo – Video 6
In this, the sixth video in the Schooling a Green Horse for Polo series, Hanalei plays in her first chukker! In a very few weeks from her first introduction to a saddle, Hanalei has made great progress. Notice that Christian takes care to keep the intensity and stress low and allows Hanalei to enjoy running [...]
Shying From The Ball
Whatever the case the horse has begun to shy from the ball and it might just be that you’re introduction to the ball was a bad one.
How To Use A Wooden Practice Horse
The primary advantage of the wooden horse is that it allows you to practice your swing without worrying about the complex equation that is the horse.
Schooling a Green Horse for Polo – Video 5
In this 5th installment of the Schooling a Green Horse for Polo series, Christian works with Hanalei on her stops. This is perhaps the 10 to 14th time she has been ridden.
Polo Tip #3: Right Lead? What Is That?
Knowing how to set a horse up properly for the proper lead or a lead change is a real asset for both reasons of maneuverability and your own safety.