No this isn't a stealth boast by the way, more the opposite! I've started riding late in life as an adult & do group lessons at a local, small stables. Completely new to the world of horses & how teaching is normally run.
I ride once a week for 30 minutes & have had 7 lessons so far. Last week (so my on my 7th lesson) I did my first jump. My problem is I feel like I am being rushed & not being given the chance to become confident in one aspect before being pushed into another. For example, I mastered the rising trot but was having difficulty 'steering' & therefore missing corners & veering all over the place. At the next lesson I was expecting to work on this, but instead I was taught to canter. Struggled to get into canter & maintain a deep seat, but the next lesson I was told we were going to be jumping.
Is this normal progression? I feel really awkward as when I do say something I generally get shut down. E.g. I read online about the trot diagonals & asked my instructor about them as she hadn't mentioned them, I felt like a naughty school child being told off when she said we had covered them &I I was making her look bad! (We definitely hadn't). So I'm really hesitant about saying anything. But I feel like there's a lot of technique I'm missing out on & she's just teaching the bare basics. I also get told off a lot if I don't grasp something straight away, & I've gone from looking forward to my lessons to feeling tense & under pressure.
Is there any other adult learners out there that can give me an idea of their lesson structure? It will help me decide whether this is normal & I'm just being a bit hesitant or whether I should find another school
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brayd · 15/08/2017 17:37
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