Jumping exercises to build confidence Jumping exercises to build confidence are super important. Showjumping is all about confidence, for horse and rider. This exercise helps set you up for the bigger jumps to try to avoid any confidence-breaking mishaps. Once you’re doing that part of the exercise well, you then progress on to the slightly more advanced part. You’ll also be working on your accuracy. The more accurate you can become the more confident you will be as a showjumper. This exercise will help the novice rider keep a nice rhythm to a jump. It’s great if you tend to fiddle a little in ..read more

These are some cool jumping exercises for young horses and novice riders. For the novice rider, it will help you get better at seeing a stride or a distance. It will give you a better feeling for the correct pace to travel through a related distance, and help you travel through them safely and correctly. For the young horse, it will work on their jumping technique and strength. It will work on their adjustability and balance. As well as their control and obedience. It will also teach them to travel through a related distance smoothly and calmly. Watch the video for all the details. How to se ..read more

Horse jump training to tune up your related distances. So in this horse jump training exercise, we’re going to play around with our distances a bit. Course builders don’t always give you the exact measurements you’re used to at home. So it’s always good to try to simulate what you may find in the show arena at home. So we’re just adding and taking away a pace here and there on the related distances. It’s great to train obedience and adjustability through your related distances. By doing this type of training you shouldn’t ever get caught out by any irregular distances at shows. Not only this ..read more

Show jump training Show jump training that will help make you a better showjumper. Ok, so for this exercise I decided to up the ante a little bit, as far as technicality is concerned. There’re a few big old turnbacks, and a couple of tricky related distances, and it all starts off with quite a demanding little gymnastic. If you’ve done quite a few of my exercises already, you should be good to go for this one. If not, keep it small until you get the feel for it. There are a few pressure points in this exercise that you need to ride well. I go into those in detail in the video below. So be sure ..read more

Show jumping exercises for small arenas Ok, so you guys really liked the previous show jumping exercises for small arenas. So that’s why I decided to do another one. This was done in the usual arena, which obviously isn’t exceptionally small. However, this exercise will fit comfortably into a dressage-size arena. I’ve packed loads of cool stuff into it, so it’s pretty useful as well. The exercise starts off with a gymnastic line. The first part of the gymnastic has three verticals one short stride apart. There is a placing pole exactly in the middle of the one stride. The placing pole will hel ..read more

Horse jumping exercises for you and your horse. Horse jumping exercises often either work on improving your horse’s jumping technique or your skills. They rarely do both. I really like to see if I can get both done in one session. You are limited to how often you can jump, so why not make the most of each jumping session. I more often than not start off with a gymnastic that leads into a short track. That way you can work on your horse’s jumping technique, and hone your riding skills as well. Gymnastics don’t actually work on any skills that you require in the showjumping ring. They are defini ..read more

Show jumping training techniques by Clear-Round Show jumping training techniques can be used to improve your horse and your riding in so many different ways. Today’s training technique is train your horse to travel smoothly through a related distance. There are four related distances in this exercise, some straight and some on a curve. Ease your way into it. The first line with the placing poles is the part of the exercise that really teaches your horse to stride evenly through the related distance. I would recommend you doing this a few times before doing the track. So if you jump your horse ..read more

My 5 top Show jumping tips for beginners Show jumping tips for beginners are something I get asked for regularly. My first tip would be to spend as much time in the saddle as possible. Showjumpers aren’t born, they are made, through hard work and practice. If at any stage you feel like you haven’t got what it takes, you need to remember this fact. Humans can learn to do just about anything. The same goes for showjumping. It just takes hard work, patience, and dedication. Secondly, make sure you are on a horse that wants to do the job. You need a generous horse that is willing to forgive your m ..read more

Show jumping training exercises are really the only way you can improve both your horse and yourself as a rider. It may not always be easy to come up with good ones, so take advantage of mine. They have been tried and tested, and you’ll certainly get the results you’re looking for from them. This show jumping training exercises consists of a really cool little track. It also incorporates 3 verticals with placing poles into it. That part of the exercise is a little more like a gymnastic, but you ride it as if it was part of your track. And then it ends off with a nice juicy triple bar. I feel w ..read more

Showjumping training ideas for you and your horse. Showjumping training ideas can sometimes be hard to come up with, so when you come up with a good one, it’s always nice to share them. This is an excellent all-around exercise. Part of it will work on your horse’s jumping technique. The other part is focused on developing a little finesse at riding a precise line to a jump. And sharpen your skills at riding a related distance on a curve well. So it works on the horse and the rider. So remember, always share your showjumping training ideas, because what goes around, comes around. Setup Alright ..read more