Presentation 5

Playing with tension: "There is no such thing as riding without tension"

"Do you really think you can ride without tension?"


Many horse lovers believe that you should ride without tension.

Without tension you are dead.

Without tension there is no effort and you fall flat on the ground.

Tension can be managed.

The trick is to play with it, to generate it and then release it.

Minimal tension.

So we are looking for relaxing tension.

The following themes can have a great influence on the level of tension:

Types of tension • Feelings • Tension-anxiety-stress • Learning new exercises
Systems and rules • Respect and trust • Looseness-Gentleness-Permissibility
Breaking patterns • Happy athlete • Minimal changes • Conditioning
Powerful and obstructive reinforcements • Shaping • Reflex • Discharge

"I thought you always had to get rid of tension, but you can also generate tension"

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