Tristan's complete double lunge work in 12 video lessons, from the first rein set-up to transitions in a scary environment, for every horse you would rather school from the ground first.
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WHO IS THE DOUBLE LUNGE COURSE FOR?
Ordinary lungeing gets him moving, but it does not teach him anything about carrying himself. With two lines you have a connection to the hindquarters and a real outside rein, so you can school posture, transitions and bend from the ground.
He is young, he is fresh, or he is coming back into work. Sitting on him is not the place to have the first conversation. The double lunge lets you do the schooling now, and have a horse that already understands the job by the time you get on.
In the arena at home he is fine. At the far end, by the open door, at a new place, his balance goes and his head comes up. On the double lunge you can take him through exactly those situations, without being on top when he finds his answer.
You do not need a problem to start double lunging. Plenty of riders use it as their groundwork day in a normal week, with a normal horse, in a normal arena.
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The real problem
On a single lunge line you can see it happen. Something moves at the edge of the arena, his balance tips onto the forehand, his head comes up, and the circle turns into a tug of war. Sending him forward past it does not change anything, because the tension was never about the object. It is sitting in his body, and on one line you have no way to help him do something with it.
The double lunge gives you what the single line cannot: a connection to both sides of his body and to his hindquarters. Instead of chasing relaxation by tiring him out, you give him a posture in which he can find it himself, and you build it step by step, through transitions, changes of direction and the exact situations that used to undo him. He learns it without a rider on his back, which is why it holds up so well once you are.
Your instructor
Tristan spent years working with horses at the top of the sport, and with the horses that were not coping with it. What he kept finding was the same thing: the behaviour everyone was trying to train away was a body that had never learned how to come back down.
The TRT Method came out of that, and it is now used by more than 122,000 riders in over 90 countries. The double lunge is the part of his schooling work he reaches for first when a horse needs to learn balance, posture and confidence before a rider gets involved.
Lesson plan
Part 01Know your tools before you clip anything on.
What the double lunge does that a single line cannot, which whips you use, and how the first rein set-up works.
Part 02The first sessions, done right.
Starting with the double lunge, and the unhooking that keeps everything calm when the session ends.
Part 03Balance that survives the scary corner.
Transitions, moving through a scary environment, and changing the set-up to switch from left to right without losing him in the middle.
Part 04The TRT tools, from the ground.
Following the whip and introducing the tools, so tension shows up in doses he can handle and he learns to find relaxation inside it.
Part 05Watch it work on real horses.
Ocamilla from first set-up to the finished picture in eight short clips, and a full session with a young and fresh horse.
Part 06Prove it, on camera.
The double lunge challenge: film your best go and share it in the community.
Twelve lessons does not mean twelve weeks. Most riders are double lunging after the first two parts and use the rest to build from there.
Unlock all 12 video lessonsFrequently Asked Questions
Yes. The course starts with the whips, the rein set-up and where your hands go, before a horse ever moves. The case studies then show every step on real horses, including a young one.
Two lunge lines, a girth or roller to run them through, and a whip. A normal arena is enough. There is nothing to buy that you would not use anyway.
Yes. The Double Lunge Course is one of the eleven modules of the TRT Schooling Course. If you own the Schooling Course, the Tristan Tucker Collection or a TRT membership, you already have every lesson on this page.
No. You pay once and keep lifetime access, including all future updates.
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For life. There is no time limit and all future updates to the course are included.
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