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Overview

• Purpose of the presentation • Preparing for lungeing lessons • Evaluating the students Lungeing Lessons • Developing lesson plans and skill progression

A Lungeing Curriculum for EAAT Centers Anja Cain and Amanda Gerald

Our Purpose Understanding Lungeing

• History • Lungeing exists in many forms • Need • Our purpose: • Schooling • Goals • Exercise • Training from the ground • Benefits: • Conditioning • Developing and maintaining an athle tic • Improved rhythm, balance, suppleness, contact and impulsion • Variety of work • The Training Scale

Preparation Choosing a Horse

• Choosing a horse • Size • Equipment needs • Experience • Steady and cooperative

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Equipment Training the Horse

• or lungeing surcingle • Set-up • Side • Tw o p e o p l e • Clearly defined workspace • Lunge line • Introduction and desensitization to equipment • Long, light telescope • Learning to respond to aids • Consistency and repetition

Our Students Developing Lesson Content

• Evaluating the student • Establishing goals • Introduction to equipment • Introduction to aids • Skill development • Challenging the student

Evaluating the Student Introduction to Equipment

• Experience and knowledge • Grooming and tacking • Strength • • Stamina • Lunge line management • Emotional needs • Whip use and control • Physical needs • Cognitive needs

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Introduction to Aids Skill Development

• Voice commands • Upward and downward transitions • Body position • Rhythm and cadence • Body language • Changing directions • Whip • Progress to lungeing horse at all three gaits • Lunge line • Decrease support

Challenging the Student Benefits

• Lungeing test • Confidence • Music • Competence • Different • Horsemanship knowledge and skill development • Learning horse behavior • Application of past riding experience • Meaningful challenge for students

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