General Education: Rider's Aids (.50 education credits)
Develop an understanding of effective aid use and the appropriate reactions of the horse to those aids, understand the purpose of each aid, explain the combining of aids to create a desired effect, and differentiate between natural and artificial aids and appropriate uses of each.
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Rider Position and Effective Use of the Aids
1996 USDF National Symposium featuring Jessica Ransehousen, Hilda Gurney, Michael Poulin and Robert Dover. Watch as they address the importance of the rider position and its affect on the use of the aids.USDF
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Rider's Aids
Chapter 3 of the USDF Training Manual.USDF
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Rider's Rein Aids
Chapter 4 of the USDF Training ManualUSDF
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Effective Use of the Aids
2004 USDF National Symposium featuring Scott Hassler, Steffen Peters and Christoph Hess. Watch as Steffen offers advice on effective use of the aids.USDF
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Uberstreichen- Releasing the Reins
Chapter 21 of the USDF Training Manual.USDF
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Use of the Whip and the Spurs
Chapter five of the USDF Training ManualUSDF
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Tips for using the Whip with Jan Brink
Jeremy Steinberg demonstrating Jan Brink's tips for using the whip in a non threatening way at the 2007 Suceed/USDF Trainer's Conference.USDF
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Tincture of Time
Connection article on the Feldenkrais Principles and its benefits to riding.Wendy Murdoch
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Inside Jobs
The role of the inside rein is both misunderstood and vitally important.Margaret Freeman
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Underlying Relationships: Kyra Kyrklund's ABCs
With each horse that Kyra Kyklund rides or instructs, she has a set of expectations the horse ought to fill...Bill Woods
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The Building Blocks
1996 USDF National Symposium featuring Jessica Ransehousen, Hilda Gurney, Robert Dover and Michael Poulin. Watch as Robert talks about about the aids.USDF
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