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So, aside from the prose, what do you get from Susan and Bill?
First of all, their students LEARN and they SUCCEED. If your goals
are competition-oriented, the Woods' have brought students all the
way from Training Level to Grand Prix and on many weekends have
riders showing all around the Southeast. Since both are AHSA judges,
that perspective helps bring out in their riders the elements that
make for show ring success, both in pure dressage and in the dressage
phase of eventing. In their lessons, you can always expect a mix
of practical, down-to-earth technique coupled with enough philosophy
to put it in a meaningful context.
If you just want to understand your horse better and make him go
more comfortably and athletically, Susan or Bill can help you there
as well. Both strive to create "thinking riders" who can make tactical
training judgments and learn to be independent, not just riders
who can do the exercises by rote.
In either case, while Susan and Bill are task masters, they want
you to retain a sense of balance and proportion about your riding
and how it fits into your life. "If it isn't any fun, then you must
be doing it wrong," is an approach they take to heart and apply
in their teaching and riding.
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