BOOK INFORMATION

The Equestrian Lesson Plan (Introduction below) is a comprehensive solution for equestrians who solicit lessons from any style of  riding instructor. Its intention is to make your riding experience more enjoyable through a process of keeping track of your progress throughout the year.

The book includes a goal plan, individual lesson pages as well as pages for clinics, education, and show days. Our purpose is to provide a barn-friendly book which can help you to maximize your lessons by structuring your homework and goals.

The pages are of heavy construction, and bound with a wire binder to make it usable in the barn environment. This book will return your investment every day.

INTRODUCTION:

This book is dedicated to those of us who take lessons.

Week after week we solicit a professional’s advice, hang on every word, aspire to perform beyond their expectations for that hour and hope that some shred of it remains for tomorrow’s ride. Come time to get back to your solitary riding, you may have forgotten the homework. No matter your age, you are bound to forget some part of the last lesson that will get thrown at you in the first five minutes into your next one. Why didn’t you practice? Maybe you needed a little help remembering what it was you were supposed to take home with you.

You may be a competitive trail rider, reiner or  jumper, but any way you ride you are on a continuous path of knowledge; One that winds and curves, is filled with downed limbs (possibly human) and borrowed dreams. A cheers to those who’ve taken a lesson for every sport on four hooves, it is with much pleasure that the following pages may give you hope that these hour-long lessons endured are cherished forever.

To get the most of this plan - the plan of your riding - you must be diligent in its use. If you only use it for showing, then you’ll only have a record of what you did, not what you’ll be doing next. So, use it for what it’s intended and keep track of your lessons. You will gain insight into what you’ve accomplished as well as what is possible and achievable.

Put your goals down on paper!

If you aspire to be a Grand Prix jumper or a Champion Trail master - either way you’ll need a plan. The first part of a plan is assessing where you are now and where you ultimately wish to go. Make sure that you review your goals with your instructor. If they don’t know where you want to go, they won’t be able to give you any directions!

It is important that your instructor is constantly reassessing your progress. If you feel you are stuck, say so. It will be money better spent if you are revisiting your plans and aspirations for your riding. You will not achieve what you do not plan for.

I hope this binded cardstock paper brings you greater joy to your lessons and growth to your riding life.

Happy horsing,

Author / Lesson Taker

Equestrian Lesson Plan