On another visit to a group in which I was assessing one of the instructors , chatting with the instructor after the assessment, she told me that she had used poles to make a road system and how she used it in the riding session.
She was happy for me to share it on here for others to use.
Using poles set out a road system in the arena. a main road running down the centre line with 2 side roads coming off it works well.
This can be used for practising steering and transitions, stopping at junctions, trotting down the main road, turning off and giving hand signals.
If you have spare helpers these can be used as traffic to teach giving way, saying thank you and hazard awareness.
You could put in a couple of shops, maybe a food shop at one end and a saddlers selling grooming kit at the other end.
If you have a lot of helpers, some could dress up as lollipop ladies or policemen!
Or you could make road signs/ traffic lights.
The possibilities are endless.
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