Instructor QualificationA couple of days ago some one had a post that touched on the above subject.I remember it was a good post but I accidentally deleted it and I'm not surewho wrote it. Any way in the post was a phrase that went something like -"Some can do but not teach." This is true but what is worst is some can talkbut not do. I will explain;True Example #1- Some years ago on a QH show circuit I met a man that onlyshowed in halter but never rode in classes. Yet in the warm up arena he wasalways out there giving instruction to youth riders on how to better control theirriding horses. He always knew 75% of the right things to say . He walked thewalk and talked the talk. A year or so later he brought a horse to me fortraining. The horse was already broke when he bought it.When I asked what he wanted me to work on, he said everything. I wasconfused, because he was always the know it all about horses type. (At leastthat was the way he talked.) I than asked him to demonstrate his horsesabilities for me, at least than I would know where to start. I was very surprisedto learn how little he knew about riding or training. He even had me buffaloed!True Example #2- I found out that a person that I had trained for got a job as ainstructor for a group . Part of the instruction he gave was on how to train yourhorse to different cues. He had a very good horse. The problem was that I wasthe one who had trained that horse and other horses of his to except andrespond to these cues ( I call it installing buttons.)The moral of my story is if you want entertainment , watch Jay Leno, but if youare going to listen to a instructor and than try to take that information, invest yourvaluable time and try to train your horses, you better check out the instructor tosee if they are more than just talk.. You see even if the want- a - bees know 75%of the right things to say , but do not know all the correct steps in training ahorse to do different maneuvers they may be doing more harm than good inwhat they tell other people. (I believe that is called blowing smoke.)I believe before any group hires a instructor to put on a clinic for them they shouldfirst see if that trainer has ever proved themselves, shown in any majorcompetitions or at the very least trained their own horse.Because like I said a so called instructor may walk thewalk and talk the talk but have never proven their methods in reallife situations.TER
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