HORSE JUMPING BY: MIA FANNING

LESSON OBJECTIVES

• PEERS WILL DESCRIBE THE STEPS A HORSE TAKES TO CLEAR A JUMP

DISCUSSION RULES

1. LISTEN ACTIVELY

2. ASK ALL (SERIOUS) QUESTIONS

3. ALWAYS TELL ME IF YOU ARE HAVING ANY TROUBLE

UNDERSTANDING THE CONTENT.

TWO-POINT

TWO-POINT IS THE POSITION YOU GO INTO BEFORE AND WHILE

YOU ARE GOING OVER THE FENCE

THIS POSITION CAN ALSO BE CALLED JUMPING POSITION

IN TWO-POINT YOU LIFT YOURSELF OUT OF THE SADDLE AND YOU

LEAN FORWARD OVER THE SADDLE AND HORSE’S NECK A LITTLE BIT.

THE STEPS OF A JUMPING HORSE

THERE ARE 5 STEPS A HORSE TAKES TO CLEAR A JUMP

THE FIRST STEP THAT THE HORSE TAKES IS CALLED THE APPROACH

THIS STEP IS WHERE THE HORSE COMES UP TO AND PREPARES FOR

THE JUMP.

THIS IS ALSO THE STEP WHERE YOU NEED TO START LOOKING

AHEAD.

STEP 2

THIS STEP IS CALLED TAKE-OFF.

IN THIS STEP THE HORSE GATHERS ITSELF TO JUMP.

THIS IS THE STEP WHERE THE RIDER GOES INTO TWO-POINT

THIS STAGE THE HORSE’S HIND FEET ARE STILL ON THE GROUND.

STEP 3

THIS STAGE IS CALLED SUSPENSION.

THIS STEP THE HORSE IS FULLY IN THE AIR.

IN THIS STAGE THE RIDER IS FULLY IN TWO-POINT (AND CAN MOVE A

LITTLE BIT FARTHER UP THE NECK DEPENDING ON THE HEIGHT OF THE

JUMP)

THIS STEP CAN ALSO BE CALLED FLIGHT BECAUSE THE HORSE IS NOT

TOUCHING THE GROUND (AND FROM PERSONAL EXPERIENCE YOU

DO FEEL LIKE YOU ARE FLYING.

STEP 4

THIS STEP IS CALLED LANDING

THIS IS OBVIOUSLY CALLED THE LANDING BECAUSE THIS IS THE

STAGE WHERE YOUR HORSE LANDS

IN THIS STAGE YOU STAY IN TWO POINT YOU DON’T COME OUT OF

TWO POINT UNTIL THE NEXT STEP

IN THIS STEP YOUR HORSE HAS HIS/HER FRONT FEET ON THE

GROUND

STEP 5

THIS LAST STAGE IS CALLED RECOVERY.

THIS IS THE STEP YOU COME OUT OF TWO-

POINT

THE HORSE HAS ALL OF HER/HIS FEET ON THE

GROUND

THIS STAGE IS CALLED RECOVERY BECAUSE THE

HORSE (AND RIDER) GET ORGANIZED AGAIN

AFTER FINISHING THE JUMP JUST BEFORE

THE RECOVERY STAGE IS A SHORT STAGE THAT

ONLY LASTS FOR A SECOND BEFORE THEY GO

DASHING OF TO THE NEXT ONE!

TYPES OF JUMPING THERE ARE TWO TYPES OF JUMPING

SHOW JUMPING AND

CROSS COUNTRY

CROSS COUNTRY JUMPING

CROSS COUNTRY IS A JUMPING SPORT THAT IS MADE TO LOOK MORE LIKE

SOMETHING NATURAL

IT IS USUALLY LOCATED IN WOODED AREAS

IN CROSS COUNTRY THE RIDER HAS TO FOLLOW A SPECIFIC PATH

THROUGH THE JUMPS

IN THIS EVENT YOU ARE TIMED. THE JUDGES ARE STATIONED AT EACH JUMP

TO JUDGE YOU ON TIME AND CORRECT COMPLETION OF THE JUMPS

IN YOUR TURN YOU GET POINTS TAKEN OFF IF YOU DO THE JUMPS IN THE

WRONG ORDER, OR IF YOUR HORSE REFUSES THE JUMP. ( 3 TIMES AND YOU

GET DISQUALIFIED)

STADIUM/SHOW JUMPING

SHOW JUMPING IS ONE TYPE OF JUMPING

SHOW JUMPING IS LOCATED IN AN ARENA UNLIKE CROSS COUNTRY WHICH IS IN

WOODED AREAS

BUT LIKE CROSS COUNTRY YOU HAVE TO FOLLOW A SERIES OF JUMPS OF VARIOUS

HEIGHTS

IN THIS EVENT YOU ARE JUDGED ON YOUR APPERANCE, YOUR RIDING ABILITIES,

YOUR HORSE’S SHOWING ABLITIES, AND YOUR TIME.

IN THIS EVENT YOU GET POINTS TAKEN AWAY IF YOU KNOCK DOWN JUMPS, TAKE

THE COURSE WRONG, OR IF YOUR HORSE REFUSES A JUMP.

( IF YOUR HORSE REFUSES 3 TIMES THAN LIKE IN CROSS COUNTRY YOU ARE

DISQUALIFIED)

DISCUSSION MATERIAL

THIS IS A VIDEO OF A MAN JUMPING

IN A HORSE SHOW. LOOK AT HIM

OVER THE JUMP. HE IS GOING INTO

HIS TWO-POINT POSITION. TRY TO

SEE THE DIFFERENT STAGES THAT THE

HORSE GOES INTO BEFORE AND

OVER THE JUMPS.

TASK AND QUESTIONS

FOR THE TASK I HAVE THIS VIDEO OF A LESSON I

TOOK A FEW WEEKS AGO I WANT YOU TO TRY

TO SEE THE DIFFERENT STAGES OF JUMPING THAT I

HAVE TAUGHT YOU

AT THE END OF THE VIDEO WE WILL

DISCUSS THE VIDEO AND HOW WELL

YOU COULD SEE THE STAGES AND

MY MOVEMENT.

FUN FACT: THIS IS MY FAVORITE HORSE THAT I RIDE

HERE, HER NAME IS KANDI

QUESTIONS

1) WHICH OF THE STEPS DO I GO INTO TWO-POINT?

2) WHEN DOES MY HORSE HAVE HER TWO HIND FEET ON THE GROUND?

3) WHAT STEP DOES THE HORSE HAVE ALL HER FEET IN THE AIR?

4) WHAT KIND OF JUMPING IS THIS?

A. SHOW JUMPING

B. CROSS COUNTRY

EXIT SLIP

FIRST BEFORE WE DO AN EXIT SLIP I NEED YOU TO TELL ME IF YOU

ARE HAVING ANY TROUBLE UNDERSTANDING ANYTHING THAT WAS

JUST SAID.

1. WHAT IS THE THIRD STEP OF THE STAGES THAT A HORSE TAKES TO

CLEAR A JUMP?

2. NAME ALL THE STEPS TO CLEARING A JUMP.

3. WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN CROSS COUNTRY AND SHOW

JUMPING?

Horses resting

Wind blowing

Horses running

Grass swaying