Sunday, June 28, 2015

The Need Of Horseback Riding Private Lessons

By Ruthie Calderon


People like fun and entertaining activities that can help them relax and unwind during their leisure time. Those activities could be dancing, watching movies, playing soccer, swimming etc. Some people however want to perfect their skills in these activities that they go ahead and get training from professionals. A good example is when people find the need of horseback riding private lessons.

A simplified definition of horseback riding is when a person moves from one place to the other on the back of a horse. In terms of sports a sportsman can define it as the art of racing on the back of a horse while he or she controlling it. It is preferred in racing because it has a high speed.

The private lessons can be taken by anyone that is, children and adults. But for children who are below six years old they should ride with the company of an adult like their mom or dad or the coach. This is so because they are unable to control the horse by themselves.

There are a lot of benefits that people get through this kind of sport or activity. They are; it helps in coordination and stability; when the rider balance it provides stability and the strength used in the thigh and leg develops coordination. Another benefit is that a relationship starts developing between the horse and the rider; when the rider rides it more often, a strong relationship and trust is developed.

The last benefit among many other benefits is that self-esteem, courage and confidence is created on the rider. This happens when riders overcome the challenge of riding a horse especially if she or he is a first time rider and this gives him/her the will to want to overcome any new challenge that may come on his or her way.

However risks are involved. Risks that might occur when a horse races fast than it was expected and makes the rider fall due to losing control or becoming dizzy or falling because the horse become frightened of something on its way.

The rider can be injured seriously both physically and mentally like in a case where he/she has to be confide to a wheelchair for a long time due to the accident. It can cause the individual to be traumatized that they might not want anything to do with this animal again because it might remind them of that incident.

Though risks are there the likelihood of them occurring are minimal while the benefits are guaranteed that is why a first timer should not think so much of the risks rather concentrate on the benefits especially if they are under the care of an expert. All they need to do is wear the right clothes and know what to do in case something happens.




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