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In The Spotlight
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Biomechanics: Technical Development for Dressage and Equestrian Sports:
Compiled for the United States Dressage Federation Instructor Training
Program. Available for $25.00 gift in format: PDF.
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Dressage Today: April 2000 Issue
Ask The Expert
"I am a middle-aged rider who has
come back to riding after about 15 years. I have an 8-year-old Thoroughbred
cross gelding that I work at First Level, hoping to do some showing
eventually. I find I am not as flexible as I used to be and have
recently heard about "biomechanics" and how it might help me. I'm not
sure what is meant by the term as it refers to riding horses. Can you
explain what it is and why it is important to dressage riders like me?"
Click here for the Article
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Rider Biomechanics Clinics
2006: Central New England United States
Pony Club, Massachusetts.
2003: CSDEA Clinics & Year End Meeting - Minneapolis/St.
Paul, MN.
2002: St.
Louis Area Dressage Society
2000: December: CDS Ventura, CA *
2000: August: Equest Training Center: Reno,NV *
2000: April:Cross Winds Farm, Chagrin Falls, OH
2000: February: Geikie Clinic: CT
1999: Western Pennsylvania Dressage *
1999: Eastern
New York Dressage & CTA
1998: USDF
Region 5 Camp, Jackson Hole, WY *
1997: USDF
Adult Camp, Eagle, ID
*USDF University Credits
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Rider Education Programs
In an effort to provide widespread
access to rider education programs, SMSI is offering special lecture/workshops
on the topic of rider biomechanics to clubs and equestrian facilities
throughout the United States.
The Next level: Learning About Biomechanics by Kimberly Cruser.
For those of us on the continuing search for improvements to our riding
skills, the USDF University accredited lecture for members of the Ventura
and Pomona CDS chapters in Dec 2000, was a great opportunity to learn
more about the biomechanics of the human body and the muscle control
and tone needed to ride well. Article submitted to USDF Connection.
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.Equestrian
Development Clinics
& Private Consultations
The science of classical ballet training,
as used in Eastern Bloc development programs for gymnastics and figure
skating, is the reference point for the optimization of fundamental
movement mechanics and the precision execution classical dressage technique.
Inconjuction with a lecture presentation, individual consultations cover
the rider specific mechanics of a connected seat, posting,
halt/half halt, turn mechanics, spiral seat and lateral movements.
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Expanding Human
to Veterinary
Biomechanics
Applications
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In 1994, after learning about the application of the procedure
in a cervical entrapment neurapathy case on the wife of a physician
at Yale Medical School, a veterinarian in Northern Nevada requested our
help with a spinal condition involving a 12 year old basset hound. The
sucess of this case in a quadruped application opened the door for work
on hundreds of sporthorses in dressage,hunter-jumper and western training
programs. For additional information, visit the:
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Consultations
Classical Ballet
& Sports Development.
Clinics, Seminars, Biomechanics
Specialist Cerficiations.
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