Читать книгу Geoff Teall on Riding Hunters, Jumpers and Equitation - Geoff Teall - Страница 53

As a student, I want somebody to teach me in such a way that I learn the information and assimilate it. After the instruction is over, I want to be able to continue to teach myself.

Most students will say they want to study with instructors who will help them win and bring them success—but I go one more than that. I want to be taught things that I can use to progress on my own.

As your skills and knowledge increase, you shouldn’t always need someone to help you choose the right bit or to tell you when to pull on the reins. Your trainer should teach you how to make a horse light, how to gauge distances, or how to engage the hindquarters. Then, when you can understand the theory and the process, you can use that knowledge again down the road on another horse, or in another situation.

A good teacher will teach his students how to teach. Sometimes that means teaching themselves; sometimes it means teaching others.

Teaching helps you to understand a particular exercise: both in theory and in execution. In many respects you haven’t really learned something until you can talk about it and teach it to somebody else.