HORSE RIDING GAMES -Building Up Motivation

Pony riding games are extraordinarily helpful tools in helping student riders learn more by building up motivation. As with the other types of learning, games foster play, which increases incentive. Incentive supports the learning process by providing incentive. Incentive encourages students to engage in the act of gaining knowledge.

This essentially means the more students are having a great time with the lessons the more they gain knowledge. Pony riding lessons may also be incorporated with horse riding games.

The following are examples of horse riding games.

Musical Horses

However, instead of chairs, ground poles are used. The ground poles will be placed parallel to one another, about 8 feet apart. This will look like a "parking lot" for horses.

Step 1.

Step two. When the music stops, the riders will go to one of the ground pole parking lots while continuously walking or trotting or cantering, etc.

The amount of ground pole parking lots will be equal to the quantity of riders, so one pole will be taken away before the game starts again. By taking one ground pole, the number of ground pole parking lots will be one less than the quantity of riders. The last person to be on the the last ground pole car park will win.

This game is played by older riders who can mount from the ground and tiny riders with mounting blocks, who will be coupled with the older riders. Commands are asked of the older riders on the rail.

When the instructor says "halt", the older rider will stop on the rail. They can dismount while the young riders run from the center to their partners. The older riders will get the tiny riders on safely and then the younger riders will race back to the mounting block.

The younger riders will then start their riding commands. When the instructor says "halt", the older riders will run to the younger riders who will be dismounting. The older riders will mount, while the younger riders will run back to the mounting block.

The game will continue till only 1 team is left.

In horse riding games, riders are engaged in artificial conflicts that are designed by rules. Pony riding games also promotes interaction between riders.

About The Author:
Lisa Brooks Blackstone owns and operates Arabian horse training and breeding business. Having grown up with horses, she knows the basic benefits that emerge from a participation with horses. To learn more about horse riding, please go to Horses Games and Horse Facts.