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Anyone got any tips for how to memorize a dressage test in a short time?
I have to memorize a dressage test in 2 days, and I just got the test today. I know a few of the movements but any tips that work for you?!
Thanx!
Whenever I had a dressage test, I would take a piece of paper and draw a rectangle (an arena) on it with the letters labelled. I would then take my test and a pen and draw it out using different types of lines for different paces. There used to be a website in which you could "ride" your dressage test, however I cannot find the link (and it’s been years since I’ve used the link).
If the horse is yours, have a friend come with you and have your friend read out the test while you practice.
The trick is continually repeat it over and over and over. Even watching some other riders ride the test at the show may help you with your memorization. If it is a schooling show, they may allow you to have a reader.
November 26th, 2009 at 9:57 am
Hi find a space in the living room or out at ur yard and pretend its the arena. Then pretend (lol) you are the hors and do the test without reading from the paper. Have someone watching you making sure you follow whats written
good luck=D
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November 26th, 2009 at 10:38 am
i agree with her up there smart! but u can always try and make a fake word or a poem or song witht he letters
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November 26th, 2009 at 10:45 am
If you have an old bedsheet or something of the like, mark out the dressage letters at appropriate places around the sheet, then practice trotting and cantering (if its a canter test),ect, your test around it. It helps trust me!
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November 26th, 2009 at 11:11 am
most dresage tests go the movemtn one way, and then the other, so you really nly need to learn half a test. try drawing it out on a page, or mark out an arena and physically paace the test/
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November 26th, 2009 at 11:48 am
Practice, practice, practice.
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November 26th, 2009 at 12:04 pm
Draw or act it out
Repeat repeat repeat!
Once you get there, watch the other people doing that test- it helps to actually SEE it in action.
-Its perfectly possible. Half the time I get to the show and have only GLANCED at my test. I just watch the people before me. And I really cram while Im tacking up…..and warming up.
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November 26th, 2009 at 12:34 pm
Set up a small arena in you house or in your yard and run through the test on foot. I usually memorize them that way.
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November 26th, 2009 at 1:02 pm
Whenever I had a dressage test, I would take a piece of paper and draw a rectangle (an arena) on it with the letters labelled. I would then take my test and a pen and draw it out using different types of lines for different paces. There used to be a website in which you could "ride" your dressage test, however I cannot find the link (and it’s been years since I’ve used the link).
If the horse is yours, have a friend come with you and have your friend read out the test while you practice.
The trick is continually repeat it over and over and over. Even watching some other riders ride the test at the show may help you with your memorization. If it is a schooling show, they may allow you to have a reader.
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November 26th, 2009 at 1:15 pm
If you notice in the test, you usually do a series of movements in one direction, then change rein and do the same series of movements in a mirror image in the opposite direction. So, you really only need to remember the first set, where to change rein, and then do the mirror set.
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November 26th, 2009 at 1:32 pm
what ive done before is cut out letters and put them around in a room in my house and pretend its the ring. then go over the test over and over again
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November 26th, 2009 at 1:54 pm
I always had good luck with drawing the test. Draw a dressage arena with all the letters marked, then use your pen to draw in the test. Somehow, the repetitiveness of your hand drawing the lines helps it to stick in your head better. This trick was especially useful when I was in high school and could be drawing dressage tests when I was supposed to be paying attention in class.
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