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NARHA
Interactive Vaulting Certification
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purpose of the certification is to determine if a candidate possesses the
professionalism, experience and skill level to meet the NARHA Interactive
Vaulting Instructor criteria.
Criteria have been developed which outline the
skills and knowledge an instructor must possess in order to achieve
certification as a NARHA Interactive Vaulting Instructor. These criteria can be
found in the Interactive Vaulting Certification Application Booklet.
Prerequisites for
Interactive Vaulting Certification Applicants
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Certification: |
Applicant must be
a current NARHA certified riding instructor (registered, advanced or master
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Age: |
applicant must be
at least 21 years of age |
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Training: |
applicant must have completed
a NARHA interactive vaulting workshop within
two years of application submission date (cannot be completed consecutively
with certification) |
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Practice hours: |
applicants must have completed minimum 50 practice hours to include
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50 total hours (May not count hours
twice; for example teaching hours cannot be counted for lungeing*
hours.)
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20 hours teaching Interactive Vaulting
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30 hours lungeing*
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Formal application:
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applicant must
submit a completed NARHA Interactive Vaulting Instructor Application |
Components to be
evaluated during the certification
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The lungeing* component: Candidates
will be assigned one horse with which to demonstrate a five-minute warm up,
and ten-minute lungeing* component. In addition candidates will have a
five-minute oral exam.
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The compulsories component: Candidates
will be asked to teach compulsories to a volunteer vaulter for 15 minutes
and five-minutes to demonstrate compulsories themselves.
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The interactive vaulting instruction
component: Candidates will be asked to teach a 20-minute interactive
vaulting lesson
If you have questions or if you wish
to request the NARHA Interactive Vaulting Certification Candidate
Application Booklet please call or email
Nicole Pepper at NARHA (800)
369-7433 ext. 104
The NARHA staff looks forward to
working with you as you progress toward becoming certified as an Interactive
Vaulting Instructor!
*NARHA
acknowledges that both spellings '"lungeing" and "longeing" are correct and
used in the literature when discussing use of the horse on a circle. NARHA
uses the spelling "lungeing" in all documents.
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