Design a competition course
Position obstacles, connect the route and examine measurements and validation messages.
For discussion: Discuss the plan and explain the design decisions.
Read: Validating the course →Education program for schools and training centers
Teach show jumping course design with parkour.design
Bring show jumping course design and training exercises into your lessons. Through an agreed educational partnership, we provide students and trainees with free access to the full Masters plan for the duration of their course.
- Full Masters plan for an approved group
- Each participant has their own account and design
- Access period agreed with the course coordinator
What can you practice in class?
For course designer courses, vocational equine programs, instructor training and relevant university courses.
Plan a training exercise
Arrange poles, cavaletti or fences and adapt distances to the exercise brief.
For discussion: Present the layout and propose a variation.
Read: How to build a training exercise →
Prepare an arena setup plan
Prepare the plan and documentation needed to set out the design.
For discussion: Use the printed documentation for a group discussion.
View sample documentation (PDF) → Read: Printing a design and saving to PDF → Read: Defining obstacle materials →Help learners explain their design decisions
Compare the plan with a 3D perspective, inspect approaches and ask learners to explain why they chose a line or arrangement. Move the camera together or examine a connected route with an automatic camera.
3D does not simulate how a horse will respond or replace a safety assessment of the course built in the arena.
One lesson, step by step
One way to use the application in class: from a shared starting layout to a group discussion, with each participant working on their own account.
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Prepare the task
Set the arena size, available obstacles and the group's level. Share a starting layout with Copy enabled, as a fixed version, so everyone gets the same brief even if you keep editing.
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Everyone works on their own copy
Participants save the layout to their own account and, during the same lesson, develop their own route, riding lines and obstacle arrangement. Your original stays unchanged.
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Check and revise
Distance measurements, validation messages and the 3D view from the rider's perspective help participants spot problems themselves before the discussion.
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Discuss the designs
Participants send you share links to their designs. Open them on the classroom screen without signing in, compare decisions, print plans or show them in 3D.
How the program works
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Tell us about the course
Describe the subject, participant and teacher numbers, dates and needs.
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Agree the partnership
We agree the access period, scope of support and group arrangements.
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Register individual accounts
The school provides the necessary registration details through an agreed secure channel.
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Activate Masters access
Educational access ends automatically on the agreed date.
What we provide
- Free full Masters plan for participants for the agreed course period, including the obstacle materials editor, the Masterplan with course setup tables and offline work: the documentation a course designer prepares before a show.
- Support with introducing the application to lessons, within an agreed scope.
- A conversation about continued use after the course ends.
What we ask of your school
- A teacher who leads the lessons and is our point of contact.
- Brief feedback after the course. Honest opinions, including criticism, help us more than praise.
- Nothing more: no exclusivity and no obligation to buy after the course. We publish your name, logo or a quotation only with your separate consent.
Let’s talk about lessons at your school
Tell us about your school, the course, the number of participants and teachers, and the planned dates. Please do not include student email lists or other participant data.
Prefer to talk first? Pick a time in our calendar and we will show you the application and answer your questions.
Book a 20-minute demoYour questions, answered
Which schools and courses can apply?
We welcome inquiries from equestrian federations and training centers running course designer courses, vocational and agricultural schools with equine programs, instructor training centers and relevant university programs. Tell us how you intend to use course or exercise planning in your teaching; participation is agreed individually with the institution.
Is access free, and for how long?
Approved groups receive the full Masters plan without individual subscription purchases by students. We agree the course dates with the coordinator; educational access expires automatically on the agreed end date. Six months is not a fixed program limit.
Are teachers included?
Please include the number of teachers in your inquiry. Their access and the scope of onboarding support need to be agreed before the course starts; we do not yet publish standard terms for teacher accounts.
Do teachers need experience with course-design software?
No previous experience with the application is needed. The guides walk through each feature, from building a training exercise to validation and printing, and we agree the scope of onboarding support before the course starts. Distances, difficulty and the brief remain the teacher's professional decision.
Which rules does validation check?
Validation checks a design against the selected rules, including FEI and national federations such as PZJ, FN (LPO), FFE, KNHS and USEF, as well as the configured distances and stride lengths. It supports analysis and discussion: it does not grade participants or replace a professional assessment of the course built in the arena.
What accounts and equipment do lessons need?
Each participant registers their own parkour.design account. The application runs in a browser, so participants can also continue at home. Check the planned devices, school network and required features before the first lesson. For 3D, we recommend a desktop or laptop: performance and available controls depend on the device, and older tablets may not have enough memory. Designs can use meters or feet. With a weak or intermittent connection, participants can keep designing offline in a browser where they signed in earlier; changes sync once the connection returns, but share links need the Internet.
Is there a classroom dashboard or automatic grading?
No. There is no classroom dashboard for assignments, submissions or grades, and several people cannot edit one design at the same time. Teachers distribute the starting layout and collect work through share links, as described in the lesson workflow; assessment stays with the teacher.
How is participant data handled?
Do not send student email lists with the first inquiry. After agreeing participation, we arrange a secure channel and the minimum data needed to activate access. Before transferring data, the school must inform participants and obtain any permissions required by applicable rules, including for minors. Retention and deletion arrangements must be confirmed before transfer. Access administration is separate from optional marketing communications.
What happens when the course ends?
Educational Masters access ends on the agreed date. Participants’ designs remain stored in their accounts and become available again if they subscribe later. Share links stop working when access ends, so before that date participants can save their designs to PDF, including the Masterplan and setup tables, as a portfolio of their work. We can also discuss a continuation offer for the group.
Where can I get help?
Use the built-in chat or contact us by email. Describe what you were trying to do and include your browser, device and a screenshot if relevant.