Do you find that you have SO many different things to work on with your riding, that it's hard to keep track of them all?? You correct one issue, move on to the next, & then you find that you have now lost the progress that you made on the first one?? Here's a GREAT trick to help with this issue!
For the horse, the learning happens on the release of the aid. That means if you don't release the aid, the horse will not learn.
"Don't take the tempo down without revving the engine." ~ Chris Bartle
I don't even think about aiming a young or green horse at a jump until I have them 100% in front of my leg on the flat. If you do, and the horse thinks about stopping, you will have no recourse, and will end up teaching him that
From Facebook fan Joan Dunlap ~ "Fix your position first... then the horse will adjust theirs."