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Member rating is 2

Lacking details and reasoning

Shula Hougham
01/08/2010

The DVD follows 2 riders going through their paces on horseback, and then being adjusted off the horse by Eckart Meyners and told to ride again. The exercises used follow his 6 point program. However very little detail is given on how to preform each exercise, and no explanation or reasoning is given for why the exercise works (or doesn't). Overall I found the information would have been more helpful as a book with a companion DVD to simply demonstrate what had been written down. A book is advertised at the end so there is one available if you are sufficiently interested in learning about Meyners methods. Sound and picture quality were reasonable, but this was not a DVD I would recommend watching.

Member rating is 5

Fantastic!

08/22/2010

From the first time, starting with just a few of them, the exercises in this DVD made a subtle difference in my riding that was very noticeable to my horses. This is one to watch with the pause button handy, as it's easiest to try the groundwork exercises as they are demonstrated. While the author's patent stool is demonstrated and promoted, he also shows alternative exercises which require nothing but a soft piece of floor. Production values are excellent. Sound is overdubbed in English, but clear and easy to understand. Just wish the books listed at the end were also in English.