Comments for American Vaulting Association http://www.americanvaultingblog.org/avablog Just another WordPress weblog Tue, 20 Apr 2010 04:41:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 Comment on AVA Volunteerism: Why I Do What I Do —and Why You Might Want to TOO! by Deirdre Frontczak http://www.americanvaultingblog.org/avablog/?p=12&cpage=1#comment-1024 Deirdre Frontczak Tue, 20 Apr 2010 04:41:15 +0000 http://www.americanvaultingblog.org/avablog/?p=12#comment-1024 Hadn't occurred to me to promote vaulting as a pathway to improve rider safety in other horse sports. Great tip -- as usual, thanks Sheri! Hadn’t occurred to me to promote vaulting as a pathway to improve rider safety in other horse sports. Great tip — as usual, thanks Sheri!

]]> Comment on Club Event Publicity 101: The Low Hanging Fruit by M'al http://www.americanvaultingblog.org/avablog/?p=6&cpage=1#comment-29 M'al Wed, 17 Feb 2010 15:22:12 +0000 http://www.americanvaultingblog.org/avablog/?p=6#comment-29 Oops, I combined two of my email addresses -- please use the corrected one here. Duh! Oops, I combined two of my email addresses — please use the corrected one here. Duh!

]]> Comment on Club Event Publicity 101: The Low Hanging Fruit by M'al http://www.americanvaultingblog.org/avablog/?p=6&cpage=1#comment-28 M'al Wed, 17 Feb 2010 15:21:30 +0000 http://www.americanvaultingblog.org/avablog/?p=6#comment-28 Can we request help from the AVA? For instance, our region does a lot in the way of educational booths, etc. We'd love to have a premade DVD showing vaulting with all the things mentioned above. What about standard poster images for our trade booths? Can the AVA do this for us? Can we request help from the AVA? For instance, our region does a lot in the way of educational booths, etc. We’d love to have a premade DVD showing vaulting with all the things mentioned above. What about standard poster images for our trade booths?

Can the AVA do this for us?

]]> Comment on Spreading the Word by VIcki Anderholt http://www.americanvaultingblog.org/avablog/?p=3&cpage=1#comment-25 VIcki Anderholt Wed, 17 Feb 2010 06:49:04 +0000 http://www.americanvaultingblog.org/avablog/?p=3#comment-25 Great job Sheri! I love it. Vaultopia is a great name too! Makes me wish I was more involved again! Maybe someday. :) love vicki Great job Sheri! I love it. Vaultopia is a great name too! Makes me wish I was more involved again! Maybe someday.

:)

love vicki

]]> Comment on Club Event Publicity 101: The Low Hanging Fruit by Deirdre Frontczak http://www.americanvaultingblog.org/avablog/?p=6&cpage=1#comment-24 Deirdre Frontczak Wed, 17 Feb 2010 03:45:14 +0000 http://www.americanvaultingblog.org/avablog/?p=6#comment-24 Hey Sheri, glad you liked the blog idea! Saw this earlier today - made me think: What if clubs partnered with a local gym or dance studio, offered members "a class for a class"? Might entice some new talent - never know. Worst case, we build a little local good will for vaulting, and maybe the vaulters pick up a tip or two. And have some fun. Hey Sheri, glad you liked the blog idea! Saw this earlier today – made me think: What if clubs partnered with a local gym or dance studio, offered members “a class for a class”? Might entice some new talent – never know. Worst case, we build a little local good will for vaulting, and maybe the vaulters pick up a tip or two. And have some fun.

]]> Comment on Spreading the Word by Carolyn Bland http://www.americanvaultingblog.org/avablog/?p=3&cpage=1#comment-18 Carolyn Bland Fri, 29 Jan 2010 15:55:40 +0000 http://www.americanvaultingblog.org/avablog/?p=3#comment-18 This last week, I (self taught computer geek) completed and published a website for the F.A.C.E -OFF Vaulting Challenge. I used a template from vistaprints and it is so easy to update and publish. I have so much about vaulting on there now, with biographies (both vaulter and horse), I have premiums and forms, sponsorship and advertising.. endless amounts of information. I have already starting submitting my website link to companies, individuals and any other interested parties I can think of. If AVA members can check it out and give me now updates, pictures, links anything that could help spread the word. My site can link mp3 music links, youtube links to any bio, send me your link and then visitors can see and hear you. Exciting or What! www.cadenceequestrianevents.com Vistaprints also has an email marketing feature that I intend to take advantage of. Check your email you might have a surprise discount or coupon to use at the FACE-OFF! Carolyn This last week, I (self taught computer geek) completed and published a website for the F.A.C.E -OFF Vaulting Challenge. I used a template from vistaprints and it is so easy to update and publish. I have so much about vaulting on there now, with biographies (both vaulter and horse), I have premiums and forms, sponsorship and advertising.. endless amounts of information. I have already starting submitting my website link to companies, individuals and any other interested parties I can think of.

If AVA members can check it out and give me now updates, pictures, links anything that could help spread the word. My site can link mp3 music links, youtube links to any bio, send me your link and then visitors can see and hear you. Exciting or What!
http://www.cadenceequestrianevents.com

Vistaprints also has an email marketing feature that I intend to take advantage of.
Check your email you might have a surprise discount or coupon to use at the FACE-OFF!

Carolyn

]]> Comment on Spreading the Word by Loki Feliciano http://www.americanvaultingblog.org/avablog/?p=3&cpage=1#comment-16 Loki Feliciano Fri, 20 Nov 2009 06:53:59 +0000 http://www.americanvaultingblog.org/avablog/?p=3#comment-16 I like Carol Dwinell do summer camps too. We did ride/vault camps also. We had kids from 6 to 15 and everybody had a blast! I like Carol Dwinell do summer camps too. We did ride/vault camps also. We had kids from 6 to 15 and everybody had a blast!

]]> Comment on Spreading the Word by ariane panahi http://www.americanvaultingblog.org/avablog/?p=3&cpage=1#comment-15 ariane panahi Tue, 08 Sep 2009 19:05:22 +0000 http://www.americanvaultingblog.org/avablog/?p=3#comment-15 Great Idea's here some more-what works in the midwest.... Special Day : So you can think you can vault day, where the local gymnastic studio's train for and the winner get's a free month of vaulting... My children have to give three of their friends to vaulting each month Thanks for the tips... Great Idea’s

here some more-what works in the midwest….

Special Day : So you can think you can vault day, where the local gymnastic studio’s train for and the winner get’s a free month of vaulting…

My children have to give three of their friends to vaulting each month

Thanks for the tips…

]]> Comment on Spreading the Word by Carole Dwinell http://www.americanvaultingblog.org/avablog/?p=3&cpage=1#comment-8 Carole Dwinell Sat, 20 Jun 2009 00:53:19 +0000 http://www.americanvaultingblog.org/avablog/?p=3#comment-8 When I had a club (Black Point Vaulters) we did a lot of demos with audience participation. We contacted Country Clubs and did those demos on their Open House events or Family Picnic Days. We did demos at every horse show I could get us into for lunch time entertainment. We went to County Fairs, company picnics, did birthday parties. But the biggest return came from summer camps. I ran summer camps every summer, from 8 to 11 sessions (9 a.m. to 1 p.m.) depending on the schedules we were locked into for shows and fests. It was both a riding and vaulting day camp with 16 participants and five helpers from our riding group and vaulters. Only needed five horses for 16 kids. The kids were in four groups of four. One group of kids did their riding portion while another group of four did classroom studies like pretending to buy a horse from real ads in the newspaper, with learning all the stuff you need to know to do that, pasture or stall, full training or backyard, how to take a horse's temperature, wrap a leg, wash a hot horse so they didn't get chilled. The other two groups of four did vaulting together. Included serious warmup and barrel work for the first part and then vaulting on the horse for the second part. The riding group/classroom group would switch while the vaulting group continued with vaulting. Then after the mid session snack break — the riders became vaulters and the vaulters broke back down into their two groups of four for the riding/classroom stuff. It worked very smoothly. The kids made up names for their group, got to go home and have dinner on Thursday night then come back to the barn for a sleepover and prep for their exhibition for parents on the last day. If anyone is interested in more details you can contact me at "horse 123@aol.com. Vault on. When I had a club (Black Point Vaulters) we did a lot of demos with audience participation. We contacted Country Clubs and did those demos on their Open House events or Family Picnic Days. We did demos at every horse show I could get us into for lunch time entertainment. We went to County Fairs, company picnics, did birthday parties.

But the biggest return came from summer camps. I ran summer camps every summer, from 8 to 11 sessions (9 a.m. to 1 p.m.) depending on the schedules we were locked into for shows and fests. It was both a riding and vaulting day camp with 16 participants and five helpers from our riding group and vaulters. Only needed five horses for 16 kids.

The kids were in four groups of four. One group of kids did their riding portion while another group of four did classroom studies like pretending to buy a horse from real ads in the newspaper, with learning all the stuff you need to know to do that, pasture or stall, full training or backyard, how to take a horse’s temperature, wrap a leg, wash a hot horse so they didn’t get chilled.

The other two groups of four did vaulting together. Included serious warmup and barrel work for the first part and then vaulting on the horse for the second part.

The riding group/classroom group would switch while the vaulting group continued with vaulting.

Then after the mid session snack break — the riders became vaulters and the vaulters broke back down into their two groups of four for the riding/classroom stuff. It worked very smoothly. The kids made up names for their group, got to go home and have dinner on Thursday night then come back to the barn for a sleepover and prep for their exhibition for parents on the last day. If anyone is interested in more details you can contact me at “horse 123@aol.com. Vault on.

]]> Comment on Spreading the Word by Megan Benjamin http://www.americanvaultingblog.org/avablog/?p=3&cpage=1#comment-6 Megan Benjamin Mon, 15 Jun 2009 00:13:23 +0000 http://www.americanvaultingblog.org/avablog/?p=3#comment-6 Vaulting evangelism? Easy! This past Friday I taught a birthday party class to a group of 10 eleven year olds. They had a blast and I'm positive at least a couple of them will beg their parents to let them come back for more. Some of the girls were gymnasts, others were soccer players, and there were even a couple non-athletic intellectuals. They all loved it and after a two hours session, with a little bit of neck-basing by yours-truly, they were standing at the trot. Really guys, it's not that hard to sell a sport as wonderful as vaulting! Vaulting evangelism? Easy! This past Friday I taught a birthday party class to a group of 10 eleven year olds. They had a blast and I’m positive at least a couple of them will beg their parents to let them come back for more. Some of the girls were gymnasts, others were soccer players, and there were even a couple non-athletic intellectuals. They all loved it and after a two hours session, with a little bit of neck-basing by yours-truly, they were standing at the trot. Really guys, it’s not that hard to sell a sport as wonderful as vaulting!

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