Get a superb connection

Discover the key to a pleasant contact with the Connection Mini Course from Rien van der Schaft.

Get a superb connection

Discover the key to a pleasant contact with the Connection Mini Course from Rien van der Schaft.

Get a superb connection

Discover the key to a pleasant contact with the Connection Mini Course from Rien van der Schaft.

This is for you
if you experience one of these issues...

Luckily, it doesn’t have to be like this! There is a friendly and logical method to solve your connection problems

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Meet your trainer: Rien van der Schaft

He has over 45 years of experience and produced many horses to Grand Prix level.

Based on classical principles, his method is known all over the world for being very logical and friendly towards the horse.

Rien is currently the National Team Coach of Finland and has been the team coach for two other countries in the past.

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Introducing the Connection Mini Course

To establish an equal connection and improve your horse’s trust in your hand within just 7 steps. 

This is how the Connection Mini Couse will help you:

Step #01 Improve the Left-Right Balance

First we are going to help you to improve the left-right balance (‘straightness’) of the horse, with the consequence that the horse gets equal in the hand. This means that the horse is also more willing to accept the softer rein. This is very important, because when your horse distributes his weight over his four legs, the risk of getting injuries will be lower.

🗸 Establish an equal connection on two reins
🗸 Prevent injury by resolving the asymmetry
🗸 Get exercises to straighten your horse

Step #02 Influencing the Front - Hind Balance

In this part, ‘First Movements for Collection’, we continue with influencing the front – hind balance of your horse. In other words, making sure the hindquarters start carrying more weight and getting the weight off the front legs. We give you exercises to help your horse towards the optimal balance and let you focus on influencing balance rather than influencing the posture.

🗸 Improve your horse’s balance with exercises in walk
🗸 Learn how your horse can carry itself more from the back, without shorten the neck
🗸 Find out how to start collecting without tension

Step #03 Introduce Lateral Movements

There are several exercises that you can use to improve the balance of your horse. Rien explains which exercises these are and when to use them. As a result, the haunches will get a carrying function instead of pushing. It’s very important that you get a good idea of which aids you need to give for which exercise, so we give you a system of aids.

🗸 How to ride lateral movements for even more collection
🗸 Different ways to use lateral movements
🗸 Make you horse lighter on forehand and shifting more weight towards his haunches

Step #04 Use Transitions (within the gait)

Then Rien will tell you everything you need to know about tranisitions and changes of speed. You can adjust the transitions to the level of the horse that you’re riding. It’s important that you ride them in the correct manner, because if you don’t… the exercise has no purpose and won’t benefit your horse. In other words, you have to do it right for a positive influence on the balance of your horse.

🗸 How you can use transitions to collect your horse
🗸 Prevent your horse from pushing of his hind legs when you’re going forward with extended gaits
🗸 Discover everything about the half halts

Step #05 Invite your horse to the half steps

The result of step #01 till #04 is that your horse will have more collection, more freedom in the shoulder and the hindquarters will be able to carry more weight. To train your horse even further in this you can use the halbe tritte. Rien explains step by step how you can start with this exercise and what you should pay attention to.

🗸 Why halbe trite will improve the balance of your horse
🗸 How to ride the halbe tritte
🗸 This exercise is a great preparation for Piaffe and Passage

Step #06 Invite your horse to the half steps

The result of step #01 till #04 is that your horse will have more collection, more freedom in the shoulder and the hindquarters will be able to carry more weight. To train your horse even further in this you can use the halbe tritte. Rien explains step by step how you can start with this exercise and what you should pay attention to.

🗸 Why halbe trite will improve the balance of your horse
🗸 How to ride the halbe tritte
🗸 This exercise is a great preparation for Piaffe and Passage

Step #07 Invite your horse to the half steps

The result of step #01 till #04 is that your horse will have more collection, more freedom in the shoulder and the hindquarters will be able to carry more weight. To train your horse even further in this you can use the halbe tritte. Rien explains step by step how you can start with this exercise and what you should pay attention to.

🗸 Why halbe trite will improve the balance of your horse
🗸 How to ride the halbe tritte
🗸 This exercise is a great preparation for Piaffe and Passage

They can do it, and so can you !

"Rien explains how to ride the whole horse and not only the neck, in a very simple way, because he divides everything into small steps..."*

Fransesca Newman

"Incredible depth of knowledge and understanding of the horses psychological and emotional world and great respect for the rider..."*

Jane Karol

"It's really great for people to have the ability to see and experience what it should be like. Developing your eye for what is good and what is not..."*

Kristen Schwaegerle

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