Remembering the course...

[xrachelx]

What does everyone do to help them remember which fences to jump in the correct order?

[Torie]

I have an apalling memory and so never jump first in a class if I can help it, as I need to watch a few riders jump before me!

I begin by walking the course quickly once, to get it clear in my head the actual order of jumps, I'll then walk the course again this time concentrating on each jump, the striding, how to aproach and how I plan to ride each individual fences etc . If there's enough time I'll then re - walk it quickly again to memorise the order of fences again.

I find that once I've left the ring and am waiting to jump that if I ride the course through my mind it sticks in my memory :D

If I can remember courses, anyone can!

Torie xx

[jUmPingIsLifE]

i am SOO bad at remembering a cource! i get made fun of all the time in lessons because i allways go off cource. i don't relize it till someone says "oooh what a surprise nikki is off cource again" or "OOOOH MY GOD NIKKI!" hahaha

it helps me to learn it then tell other people what it is and just tell myself what it is over and over again out loud.

[Cochise]

I walk it about 7 times! Honestly!
But I have to do a lot of planning which helps me to remember.
I jump in a lot of speed classes and HAVE to know where to cut in on the inside of a jump, especially having a short striding horse.
I get to know it pretty well :)

[canadianbeaver]

in some classes (in N. America) you are not allowed to walk the course before you go over it. I find that if you visualise yourself going over the course, and thinking about how you should manouver around the course it helps. Also watch other people doing it.

[horse_crazy4eva]

yeah that annoys me. we dont get to walk the course most of the time so I draw all of the jumps in the sand or on some paper and just keep gping over the course untill im sick of it lol. I also have at lessed 3 cups of coffee and that seems to help my memorie lol.