Aids' school

Aids' school is the learning process of using aids to ride a horse.

For horse riding, natural aids are the hands, the legs and the body weight. To control our aids means first acting with 1 aid - simple action – then try not to disrupt the rest of the body - aids independance – and finally tune all the aids together - aids harmony.

Working on our simulators prepare this learning process.

Exercices' examples on equestrian simulator to learn to master hands while riding

Learn how to to hold 2,4,6 reins
Dynamic positionning of the hands : hands up or hands down
Mobilization of the upper limb's joint : shoulders, elbows, wirsts
Dynamic coordination of upper limb to acquire a good contact with the horse mouth
Handling reins in movement
Do all those exercices in the 6 different options of the rider

Exercices' examples on equestrian simulators to learn to master legs while riding

Mobilization of the coxo-femoral's joint
Open and close the knee
Ancke's flexibility
Work in adduction with squeezed legs
Work in abduction with legs apart
Impulsive leg's action back and forth
Leg's action in center
To each legs'action : repeated and growing action "in crescendo"
Do all those exercices in the 6 different fonctionning options of the rider

Exercices' examples on equestrian simulator to acquire aids' independance

Hands' exercices above will be repeated with legs apart. Then alternating (for ex every 5 strides) squeezed legs and legs apart
Do those exercices in the 6 different fonctionning options of the rider
Legs' exercices will be done with tight reins, pay attention to keep a steady contact with the simulator's "mouth"

Exercices' examples on equestrian simulator to acquire aids' harmony

Alternate every different exercices respecting the principle "legs without hands and hands without legs"