The Perfect Schooling Session

walk warm up (2- 5 minutes):

• walk on long rein to get legs moving and stretch over the back;
• work on diagonals and quarter lines, don't go deep into corners yet;
• most important- walk in a swinging, free walk but don't nag with the leg to get it.

trot warm up and pick up the reins (3-10 minutes):

• pick up trot, ask for MORE at first get the action coming forward using diagonals and straignt lines;
• pick up the reins slowly .

Begin bending (5-10 minutes):

• Shallow loops
• three loop serpentine.
• 20 and 15 metre circles.

Core training / New material:

• working on sharpeneing "the aids" w-t-w-t transitions in quick sucession for the purpose of getting Dom very quick off the leg.
• More complex work such as 10 metre cirlces.
• spiral in and spiral out on the circles.
• transitions with in the gait -- collect then extend. extend across the diagonal.
• medium to working to collected canter.
• lateral work
• see books and magazines for more complex exercises.

Cool down and walk out:

• End with an easy and confirmed exercise.
• finish with walk on a long rein.