Try to conduct your training sessions when you can be undisturbed and when distractions will be at a minimal. I always like to begin the initial sessions by lounging the horse for a few minutes to get the freshness out of him and to get him keyed to taking commands. If your horse has be trained to hobble, reviewing hobbling with the horse for a few moments and then place the horse in the center of your enclosure with the hobbles on and the lounge line attached. If your horse has not been trained to hobble, it would be easier to train to ground tie if you accomplish this first, but it is not impossible to train a horse with out hobbling. First you must establish what ground tying means in your own mind, before you can establish it in the mind of your horse.
Ground tying means to stand without moving a single foot, with their head up.
To help the horse to be less inclined to take a step, try to place the horse in a fairly square stance, so that he isn t going to have to take a step or two to balance himself. Attach the chain under the jaw. Tell the horse WHOA and take a step away from the horse. If the horse takes a step, or drops his head, say WHOA and send a wave through the rope, which pops him under the jaw and causes him to bring his head back up and to stop forward movement. You must not let the horse get away with movement of any kind.