Things we were taught, but we don't do anymore

Random thought can't to mind.

I was taught to write down your emergency contact details and place them in your hat. Also always take 10p with you for the phone box. I guess back when we actually had loads of those even in the villages.
 
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Another random.
As a beginner I was taught to shorten the reins before asking for trot. I do think that to some extent it created my short arm syndrome and actually having my hands too far in front of me. I wasn't taught the next stage of things because I only had lessons for about a year initially.
I now ask and take up the slack that the mount has offered to keep the contact. The cob likes a light contact anyway so this seems to suit her.
 
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Same here @newforest and @Frances144 . I guess there's some logic to it since many horses do shorten the neck slightly on picking up trot, I guess it depends if you wre taught to shorten the rein enough to shorten the neck or just enough to stop the rein going slack. At least I wasn't taught that awful fiddling that's now seen as asking for a contact! Though nowadays I do very little on a contact anyway and even that is a contact he's picked up rather than me.
 
I was taught to keep my hands quiet. Forget the head as they need to work from behind.
Though initially she had to be educated to carry her own head. The cob I rode at the trekking centre was on the forehand, it was good in a way to be able to feel that they were. If you only ride good horses, you never feel when something is off? Or know how to correct?
 
Twenty odd years ago I too was told to shorten my reins before asking for trot. Instructor usually would say "terrot" and off school cob would go. I never really had to ask Storm lol she would just go when I thought trot. Honestly, psychic horse she is!
 
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