Use this teaching guide for unmounted HorseSense lessons that teach your Blue Level students to correctly apply polo wraps — and to evaluate the pros and cons of using them.
Even if you don’t use polo wraps in your program, giving your students a little practice time with wrapping now will increase their confidence later if they step into a barn where polo wrapping is common practice, and could prevent injuries to delicate horse legs.
Lessons cover:
- ideas for providing bandaging instruction and practice opportunities - with and without horses
- polo wrapping techniques
- consequences of unsafe bandaging
Teaching tips include:
- creative ideas for teaching this topic with both private and group lessons
- suggested Challenge materials (games, worksheets, etc.) and other teaching tools
- strategies for adapting for your unique teaching situation
If this is your first time using our unmounted teaching guides, please make sure that you download and read:
HOW TO TEACH HORSESENSE USING OUR TEACHING GUIDES – IMPORTANT INFORMATION
OTHER TEACHING RESOURCES YOU MAY FIND HELPFUL:
- Blue Level HorseSense Study Guide
- Stuff Happens and You Need a Boot or Bandage - Yellow HorseSense
- Teaching Guide - Yellow HorseSense - Boot Basics
- Teaching Guide - Green HorseSense - Bandaging Basics
- Teaching Guide - Orange HorseSense - Wrap It Up
- Teaching Guide - Purple HorseSense - Wrapped for Travel
- Teaching Guide - Blue HorseSense - Warning Signs
