Experience Takes Too Long
Based at Fox Covert Farm, in Upperville, Virginia, Jim Wofford competed in three Olympics and two World Championships and won the U.S. National Championship five times. He is also a highly respected coach. For more on Jim, go to www.jimwofford.blogspot.com.
Lessons and clinics are part of my life. I enjoy them because the routine is familiar and comfortable.
However, it is always a great departure from the usual to do what I did recently—conduct a clinic in a different location from my typical sessions, using a new format, with riders from a discipline other than eventing. This change-up can provide a wonderful learning experience for both the participants and the clinician; it certainly was for me.
Let me get the “alphabet” and the nuts-and-bolts background out of the way first. This spring the United States Hunter Jumper Association asked me to
