Whack A Cone

What you'll need

• A lunge whip with the flicker end wrapped up and secured
• Lots of small cones
• A very, very patient, unflappable horse

Preparation

• Place the cones all over the arena floor, at random intervals
• Hand the lunge whip to the student

Game

Student knocks over all the cones with the lunge whip.

Variations:

• Change hands to knock cones over
• Change hands for knocking over every other cone
• Stand to knock over cones
• Stop before knocking over the cones
• Walk/trot/canter and knock the cones over

Added Benefits:

Teaches the rider calmness around the horse, not wildly swinging the whip around, and teaches control at the different gaits, as well as steering skills (whoops, missed again!)