Val Littfin
12-20-2007, 04:50 AM
I think is is mostly for Sarahandsam, but I'm sure there will be some good ideas added.
I practice 98% of my dressage work on the hilly gravel road in front of my place. I have no roundpens, or indoor, but I have a lovely, hilly gravel road. Anything that we need to work on, I can do in part or in whole on the road, so don't let the round pen stop you.
The other two percent of my dressage work in done in my instructor's 60' round pen. I have never ridden a full test in an dressage arena, or any area for that matter. And that's OK, if all the pieces are, when it is time, we shall create the whole.
When I can't ride, I can usually do ground work at a walk or trot, and I have found I can build and keep muscle and correct movement using wither the 11' or 22' line. The key is correctness of work ... in the moment, of course.
I would think riders who focus in other disciplines have discovered creative ways to build skills using what facalities they have available.
Sarahandsam wrote, "I also love the idea of riding in your head. I do that a lot, especially dressage tests, even though I never do dressage because there's a large round pen where my 20-meter circle should be in the indoor arena."
I practice 98% of my dressage work on the hilly gravel road in front of my place. I have no roundpens, or indoor, but I have a lovely, hilly gravel road. Anything that we need to work on, I can do in part or in whole on the road, so don't let the round pen stop you.
The other two percent of my dressage work in done in my instructor's 60' round pen. I have never ridden a full test in an dressage arena, or any area for that matter. And that's OK, if all the pieces are, when it is time, we shall create the whole.
When I can't ride, I can usually do ground work at a walk or trot, and I have found I can build and keep muscle and correct movement using wither the 11' or 22' line. The key is correctness of work ... in the moment, of course.
I would think riders who focus in other disciplines have discovered creative ways to build skills using what facalities they have available.
Sarahandsam wrote, "I also love the idea of riding in your head. I do that a lot, especially dressage tests, even though I never do dressage because there's a large round pen where my 20-meter circle should be in the indoor arena."