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School Exercises is a graphic, clearly presented ‘cookbook’ of ideas and specimen exercises, compiled particularly for trainee instructors and also very useful for more experienced instructors and for riders schooling their own horses or ponies.

The book is divided into groups of related exercises, each exercise being accompanied by a full explanation, the aids, words of command, teaching hints, advice on likely problems, safety, and suggested variations.

Contents include:
Straight line exercises
20-metre and smaller circles
Half circles and inclines
Serpentines
Lateral work: leg yielding, turn on the forehand and demi-pirouette
Rein back
Trotting poles
Jumps and courses
Double ride work

School Exercises shows how to make imaginative and constructive use of a 20m x 40m schooling area, adding variety and interest to lessons and riding sessions for riders, horses and teachers.

Paperback.