ridecamp@endurance.net: Re: Nikki's "tuck and roll" method

Re: Nikki's "tuck and roll" method

Lynne Glazer (lglazer@cyberg8t.com)
Sat, 20 Sep 1997 20:26:13 -0700

No, the classic shoulder roll is to land on the *backside* of the
shoulder, not the point or "on" the shoulder.

That's what they teach in martial arts. Susan, I was launched while
posting with no stirrups, extended trot, in the first adv. eq class Cal
Poly ever offered, into the center of the circle (horse went down on
both knees, how special). I tried to do a shoulder roll and landed on
the point of the shoulder. Sprained it. Was very funny to the other
members of the Karate club; I was president at the time. A 20 year old
indelible memory.

Some friends run a vaulting program in the Hansen Dam area, and on a
day's visit last year, I learned the rudiments of vaulting from them.
The most important part was that when you hit the ground, even after a
successful vault, you roll.

I was riding downhill behind a friend one day when her horse tripped,
did a complete flip and launched her, she put her arms out and broke
both bones at the wrist from the impact, a very painful injury. It was
a good lesson to both of us about how not to fall.

Lynne
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