In my lesson yesterday my coach asked me if I knew the classical dressage training pyramid. *gulp* “I used to know it.” Times like this make me realize that college really was just an expensive way of replacing useful knowledge with useless information. So, my homework for last night was to find and memorize the classical pyramid and report where my young horse is on the pyramid (certainly no higher than relaxation). As we clear out the mental cobwebs of winter and prepare for the spring, here is a brief refresher on the pyramid:
Wait, something feels wrong. Maybe this is why I have been struggling with dressage; I thought the watermelon was on top of the fish. Ok, the real pyramid, from the USDF.
Rhythm, Relaxation, Connection, Impulsion, Straightness, Collection. A useful way to help remember things is to make a sentence with the initials. My sentence is, you guessed it: Riding Right Certainly Is Salty Crackers. I dare you to forget that. For more info, check out this new video from Dressage Today. Go eventing.
