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Training the Modern
Jumper
Evaluating Potential • Gymnastic Exercises Over Fences • Maintaining
Soundness • Dressage for Improving Performance • Course Building
Elmar Pollmann–Schweckhorst
In this lively and intelligent new book, internationally renowned jumper
rider and trainer Elmar Pollman–Schweckhorst remindes us of the
advantages of cross–training, explaining how classical concepts and
dressage fundamentals are critical to the development of a willing,
flexible, and ultimately successful jumping partner. The author shows
the reader dressage training to the creation of a jumper capable of
excelling on today's complex courses. Chapters include tips on assessing
a jumper's conformation, personality, and technique over fences;
diagrams of exercises to perfect a horse's jumping form and his ability
to see a distance and adjust his stride; guidelines for riding courses
in competition; methods to improve your ability to jump “against the
clock”; discussion of the history, progression, and future of fence and
course design; and recommendations for keeping the working jumper happy
and healthy.
Training the Modern Jumper conscientiously addresses issues relevant to
all trainers and riders, whether amateur or professional, while at the
same time offering a methodology appropriate for developing a winning
jumper in the twenty-first century.
ELMAR POLLMANN–SCHWECKHORST is a professional instructor and has
competed successfully in the United States, Canada, South America, and
Europe. He has trained the winners of numerous national and
international jumping competitions. He currently lives in Germany, where
he manages his family's breeding and training facility.
The author’s DVD, Training the Modern Jumper, is also available
160 pp • 7 ½ x 10 • 98 color photos and diagrams • 1 57076 317 8
#BK1130 $29.95
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