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Today we got a break from the humid heat wave we have been having. It was only mid 80's and much less humid. After I cleaned out the pool, and mowed the lawn, I set-up the cavaletti again. Today I set them up in an angled pattern. It was still a straight line of jumps, but they were not the same distance apart depending on where he jumped them.
I added some bars along the ground on the sides to visually make it clear it was still a jump chute. But once I knew he understood, I removed those. His extention and collection within the line of jumps is good and by the last jump in the row, he was usually jumping from a good spot. But his entry into the jumps is still very inconsistent.
I tried adding a bar on the ground to help him find the proper take-off spot, but it didn't work very well. I think I might deviate from the training plan and work more on his take-off spot. I think getting that more consistent will be the key to keeping the jump bars up. I need to review my notes from Susan Salo's jumping DVD. :-)
Here's the video if you want to see it.
VIDEO: angled cavaletti
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=joFypwWfntU
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