Because the riders and helpers enjoyed the cones being put in a zig zag down one side of the school I repeated it again this week.
I had the school set out like this.
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I did a variety of things with this layout.
- I got the riders to steer though the poles making sure that they didn't let their horses step over the poles.
- The riders were asked to stop through a set of poles and count to a number before carrying on through the poles.
- The riders had to stop and after putting their reins into one hand, they chose an item off the tray at the start of the poles, then after putting reins back into both hands they carried on walking through the poles and then stopped by the bucket, after again putting both reins into one hand they dropped the item into the bucket.
- The riders had to stop between the bucket and upright, the riders then had to take an item off the tray making sure that they had put both reins in one hand, they then had to swap the item into the other hand so as to place the item into the bucket, the riders also had to think about swapping the reins over into the other hand so as to be able to do this.
- The riders took an item off a tray making sure that they had put the reins into one hand before removing the item, then they steered through the cones before placing the item back on the other tray.
- The riders were asked to stop by a cone/ cones and swap the item from one hand to the other hand.
They were also encouraged to use both hands to take the object off the tray and place in the bucket or other tray. This proved to be a challenge for some of the riders, although with some help from their helpers managed to accomplish it.
By the end of the sessions the riders were really getting the idea of holding the reins in one hand and swapping them over into the other hand while doing the activities.
