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Lisa's Blog post # 5
The vacuum cleaner has always been my favorite electronic device. It instantly sucks away all kinds of dirt that a house full of boys and dogs creates. It just disappears! It even works on dirty ovens. My quality of life would be greatly diminished if there were no vacuum in my world.
But after Monday my Dyson has a little competition. His name is Sony and he’s a cam-corder! We’ve had him for quite awhile - he’s kind of old, really - but I see him in a different light now.
Lesley wanted to get on Cotton at the beginning of my lesson Monday to show me a few things and I just tossed Sony in my car without thinking about it. I filmed her riding and then she filmed me. Oh. My. Goodness. The difference in how she was able to get Cotton to move compared to me was incredible! He immediately went forward and round – even on a loose rein. He floated across the ground like a Grand Prix dressage horse (well, almost). I was able to see all of my glaring mistakes and the result they had on him. The biggest benefit was being able to see how Cotton responded to correct riding and how he responded to incorrect riding.
I took Sony to Wolf camera to see what I could do to get his videos downloaded on my computer. I’m working on it. Hopefully I’ll be able to show you some of what I’m talking about soon. Anyway, I have decided that he is going to be my new best friend. I bought him a special memory stick just for our times together at the barn! I’m going to get to know him very well and hopefully find a fix to his little glare problem that makes it hard to see what he’s filming.
Lesley wrote a great article about visualization techniques. I think being able to see yourself in reality is a great complement to that because then you can correctly visualize yourself the way you should be riding. Seeing myself ride shows me that I’m not always doing what I think I’m doing – I feel like I’m sitting up straight, I feel like I’m sitting toward the front of the saddle, I feel like my hands are right – but Sony never lies.
There is an old proverb, “Faithful are the wounds of a friend, but deceitful are the kisses of an enemy.” I was actually kind of wounded after seeing what Sony had to show me on Monday. My pride is so fragile! But, I recovered quickly, determined to use his honesty to my advantage.
Hang on Cotton – I’m getting there!
But after Monday my Dyson has a little competition. His name is Sony and he’s a cam-corder! We’ve had him for quite awhile - he’s kind of old, really - but I see him in a different light now.
Lesley wanted to get on Cotton at the beginning of my lesson Monday to show me a few things and I just tossed Sony in my car without thinking about it. I filmed her riding and then she filmed me. Oh. My. Goodness. The difference in how she was able to get Cotton to move compared to me was incredible! He immediately went forward and round – even on a loose rein. He floated across the ground like a Grand Prix dressage horse (well, almost). I was able to see all of my glaring mistakes and the result they had on him. The biggest benefit was being able to see how Cotton responded to correct riding and how he responded to incorrect riding.
I took Sony to Wolf camera to see what I could do to get his videos downloaded on my computer. I’m working on it. Hopefully I’ll be able to show you some of what I’m talking about soon. Anyway, I have decided that he is going to be my new best friend. I bought him a special memory stick just for our times together at the barn! I’m going to get to know him very well and hopefully find a fix to his little glare problem that makes it hard to see what he’s filming.
Lesley wrote a great article about visualization techniques. I think being able to see yourself in reality is a great complement to that because then you can correctly visualize yourself the way you should be riding. Seeing myself ride shows me that I’m not always doing what I think I’m doing – I feel like I’m sitting up straight, I feel like I’m sitting toward the front of the saddle, I feel like my hands are right – but Sony never lies.
There is an old proverb, “Faithful are the wounds of a friend, but deceitful are the kisses of an enemy.” I was actually kind of wounded after seeing what Sony had to show me on Monday. My pride is so fragile! But, I recovered quickly, determined to use his honesty to my advantage.
Hang on Cotton – I’m getting there!
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