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SFS 005 - Riding I

Sports Science Faculty · Sport Management · Undergraduate

ECTS: 4 T+P+L: 1+2+0 Elective Individual Sports
Coordinator: Arş. Gör. Mustafa Burak UYAR

Course Objective

Transporting a horse from one place to another handling, riding by closing the horse and balancing with the horse while riding and being able to move together by providing softness in harmony is intended to teach.

Course Content

Characteristics a horse must have for riding, working areas of horses and its features, horse and rider equipment and equipment required for riding, transporting a horse in tow, gait patterns in horses, horse riding in horseback riding applied aids, balance, harmony and softness in riding, balanced riding with the horse act in a certain way.

Required Resources

Bayezit, H., & Özdemir, Z. BİNİCİLİĞE İLK ADIM: FIRST STEPS TO HORSE RIDING. Hakan Bayezit-Zeliha Özdemir.

Course Learning Outcomes

  1. Recognizing the basic equipment of the horse
  2. Obtaining general information about the horse's working areas
  3. Ability to manage and manage the horse by riding or on the ground, by providing good communication with the horse
  4. Knows the characteristics of the horse that it needs to have for equestrian sports.

Core Area Distribution

(44) Physical Sciences%100

Teaching Methods

ExpressionQuestion-AnswerDiscussionPresentationGuided Practice

Assessment & Evaluation

HomeworkOral ExamPerformance Assignment ( Lab / Workshop / Field Work / Seminar / Presentation / Completion Study / ThesisTesting (Essay / Tests: True-Falls, multiple-choice, short answer, matching)

ECTS / Workload

ActivityQuantityDuration (h)Total Workload
Course Duration (Including Exam Week)16348
Out of Class Study Period14228
Midterm122
Quiz000
Assignment000
Practice16116
Final122

Course Schedule

WeekSubjectPreparation
1General information about horse riding.
2Introduction to the horse and characteristics of horses to be used in riding.
3Working Areas of Horses.
4Manege, manege rules and manege movements.
5At ve binici donanım ve ekipmanlarının tanıtımı.
6Gait patterns in horses (walk, trot, canter).
7midterm exam.
8Driving horses in reserve, Correct sitting.
9Basic warnings and aids (calf, weight, rein aids).
10Auxiliary warnings and aids (whip, spurs, sound aids).
11Introduction, installation and use of auxiliary materials
12Horseback riding in the field and in the arena (virtually).
13Balance-harmony-softness in riding.
14Joint use of warnings and aids during boarding.
15general repetition.
16Final Exam