Not much is new.
On that note, Sasha was tons better in the double,.....just overall much more willing to 'get to work'. If the rain is stopped a little later on, I am going to go out there and ride her again today in the snaffle. We'll see if yesterday's work translates into today. Not basing our rides on the type of bits and bridles she is in, but there was a definite difference in work ethic-of course, I mean, working in the double is more definite and she probably assumes that with 'real' work, for lack of better words. I just want the same quality of work in the snaffle and the double, so we can school in both, of course.
AND, therein lies the videoing experiment; I am trying to find the right set-up for the video camera and tripod ( from D's parents, a BIG thank you!!!!) around the arena so I can video my rides on Sasha and begin to define my feel for the work and how it looks, etc.
*Stepping on the soapbox here for all other riders,.....if you don't regularly video yourself, do. I am now fortunate enough to have the most wonderful fiance in my life who supports me and is willing to video me and take a part in my riding life and profession,....his commitment to that has given me enough courage to take it upon myself to be able to set up and record my rides when he is not there, knowing that he will video me later on. It makes me more aware of my rides and becoming the best rider I can be, and to become one of the best riders in international competitions.......*
Being able to see your rides ( using mirrors if possible, but also videoing ) helps your riding and define your own sense of awareness of what you are feeling into how it looks, if it is truly 'correct' or not, and what 'that' felt like; in other words, you can define your feel for things by viewing them. Not to mention, if you are riding without eyes on the ground, you can still critique your video later and see what happened. This will also help to fine tune your own eye for error and critiquing. Regularly let your trainer watch and verbally critique your videos as well, further helping yourself and developing your eye to watch your own videos.
So, that being said, I am trying to find a suitable place to land my tripod w/ video camera to be able to successfully shoot my ride. Of course, it has to be zoomed out, as there will be not zooming, and it has to be able to cover most of the arena.
Yesterday was attempt #1. shot from an 'angle' view, the camera positioned outside the K and A corner, to try to get the whole arena without the subject (horse and myself) being too much of a 'speck' in the viewfinder.
The results,........
Not great; half of the arena was cut off, so half of the video was an empty arena (V-F, K-E showing, other half towards C and the corner of F and A cut out if that makes any sense whatsoever!! ;) ), and of course, I had to put up with my walk breaks and walk warm ups were long, so it made the problem as stated above, the cutting out of the arena bits, seem like there was a lot of videoing of an empty arena.
I had to laugh at it, but at the same time, I sat in the barn aisle after I rode/cooled off/turned out, crouching down over the little viewfinder screen, peering at the empty arena, and watched all 30 minutes of the tape, FF-ing through the walk warm up and empty arena bits, only to quickly press 'STOP', 'RR' and 'PLAY' for every time there was the little blob of a horse and rider in the screen to watch and study it before it disappeared again on the other side......can anyone say desperate? or maybe obsessed? That's OK.
So, anyway,............"today is a new day!!!!". Video attempt #2 shall take place, as long as the rain holds off! :D
On an "up-side", in a twisted sort of way, I have been able to watch the video that Danny took of me Sunday, and the video of yesterday, and it is helping me, as much as I cringe at 'obvious' (to me) rider errors, and smile at the 'good parts' I maybe do or dont feel yet, I am getting so much from it! I am so excited, and so thankful for D being such a supportive person and understanding this is my passion and what I want to do professionally; he also understands what it takes to make it professionally and thinks I can do it, he thinks I am capable of it. That kind of support from someone like him (brutally honest sort of personally) is endearing and gives me so much hope and confidene, especially after not being able to school like this since Gu fell lame. I can tell as well, that I have not been schooling like this, (in 4 months), because I am so sore (haha!)! But, I love it! I need to get back in shape- as my videos show *ughhhhhh*, and this is definitely motivation and resource to do it. Whoo-hoo, yippee!
Ok, coffee kicking in now,.....haha. Have a great, wonderful, wonderous, rainy, riding-filled day.
-Em
Being able to see your rides ( using mirrors if possible, but also videoing ) helps your riding and define your own sense of awareness of what you are feeling into how it looks, if it is truly 'correct' or not, and what 'that' felt like; in other words, you can define your feel for things by viewing them. Not to mention, if you are riding without eyes on the ground, you can still critique your video later and see what happened. This will also help to fine tune your own eye for error and critiquing. Regularly let your trainer watch and verbally critique your videos as well, further helping yourself and developing your eye to watch your own videos.
So, that being said, I am trying to find a suitable place to land my tripod w/ video camera to be able to successfully shoot my ride. Of course, it has to be zoomed out, as there will be not zooming, and it has to be able to cover most of the arena.
Yesterday was attempt #1. shot from an 'angle' view, the camera positioned outside the K and A corner, to try to get the whole arena without the subject (horse and myself) being too much of a 'speck' in the viewfinder.
The results,........
Not great; half of the arena was cut off, so half of the video was an empty arena (V-F, K-E showing, other half towards C and the corner of F and A cut out if that makes any sense whatsoever!! ;) ), and of course, I had to put up with my walk breaks and walk warm ups were long, so it made the problem as stated above, the cutting out of the arena bits, seem like there was a lot of videoing of an empty arena.
I had to laugh at it, but at the same time, I sat in the barn aisle after I rode/cooled off/turned out, crouching down over the little viewfinder screen, peering at the empty arena, and watched all 30 minutes of the tape, FF-ing through the walk warm up and empty arena bits, only to quickly press 'STOP', 'RR' and 'PLAY' for every time there was the little blob of a horse and rider in the screen to watch and study it before it disappeared again on the other side......can anyone say desperate? or maybe obsessed? That's OK.
So, anyway,............"today is a new day!!!!". Video attempt #2 shall take place, as long as the rain holds off! :D
On an "up-side", in a twisted sort of way, I have been able to watch the video that Danny took of me Sunday, and the video of yesterday, and it is helping me, as much as I cringe at 'obvious' (to me) rider errors, and smile at the 'good parts' I maybe do or dont feel yet, I am getting so much from it! I am so excited, and so thankful for D being such a supportive person and understanding this is my passion and what I want to do professionally; he also understands what it takes to make it professionally and thinks I can do it, he thinks I am capable of it. That kind of support from someone like him (brutally honest sort of personally) is endearing and gives me so much hope and confidene, especially after not being able to school like this since Gu fell lame. I can tell as well, that I have not been schooling like this, (in 4 months), because I am so sore (haha!)! But, I love it! I need to get back in shape- as my videos show *ughhhhhh*, and this is definitely motivation and resource to do it. Whoo-hoo, yippee!
Ok, coffee kicking in now,.....haha. Have a great, wonderful, wonderous, rainy, riding-filled day.
-Em
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