Ground Skills
Everything begins on the ground.
Before you ever fork a leg over a horse’s back, you need to get to know him. You need to establish a relationship based on trust and respect.
Relationship
You have to have a language by which you can communicate and be understood.
Leadership
And then you need to teach the horse. Teach him to become calmer, smarter, braver and more athletic. To trust your judgement. To try whatever you ask him to without resistance, without opposition reflex. To yield to and from pressure. To jump, to go sideways, to back up with ease…
7 Games
Language – Diagnostic System
Then you need a diagnostic system so you can find out why some things aren’t working. Not only will you know why they aren’t, you’ll know exactly what to do to fix them.
This program is designed to promote self-empowerment.
This is what the 7 Games is all about.
Get as good with horses…as another horse.
Its simple brilliance is the key and it is the most self-empowering tool the aspiring horseman can possess. And level by level, the games are expanded.
“IF YOU CAN BECOME SKILLED AT THE 7 GAMES, SO GOOD THAT EVEN YOUR HORSE WILL BE IMPRESSED… THERE’LL BE NOTHING YOU CAN’T DO OR LEARN TO DO WITH A HORSE, GIVEN THE TIME, THE ATTITUDE AND THE PATHWAY.”
Pat Parelli
