This is exactly th-cam.com/users/postUgkxUHHotQRjIQnfuxEeVotlkHVYWH0DXZoS what I needed to get some exercise while I'm stuck at my desk all day. It's just the right size. Only downsides are that the right oeddale unscrews itself while I use it and increasing the tension causes it to squeak while in use. Both are minor issues that aren't that important to me. So I give it 5 stars.
me too! over tiny stuff it's not as bad but when i jump over bigger stuff (to me that's only like 3'3 haha) my legs come off like a log and i do duck feet :/
Alyssa Marks what hoowww ? If it’s while jumping u probably don’t have a proper 2 point! Make sure you always put your heels to the fence and don’t stand up, lean forward! Idk how to explain it but there’s probably TH-cam videos on it !
Where do we find the exercises? I would love to see them, as i have a problem with posting trot atm and i'm looking for ways to get it back to normal, or preferably better than before it stopped working.
Persoanlly my torso is super short and my legs are very long. So for me in a western saddle i put it about an inch before my armpit and for jumping i put it where if my heels arent down my knee could overlap on the knee flap of the saddle. But if my heel is down at all (like at all) then my knee doesn't overlap even if its just hardly
I’m really short and I like my stirrups a little shorter than most would. I do the arm trick and take it up 1 or 2 holes. I suggest if you’re y’all to do the arm trick and take the stirrup leathers down 2-3 holes. You can always fix it when you’re on and remember how many holes for the next time you ride.💗
I learned how to quiet my leg by having to hand differnt parts of my leg (thigh and calf and sometimes ankle depending on how bad my leg was swinging and what horse I was on). If I held my leg on the horse I learned myself and figured out ways to use my seat to counter my leg being “stuck” on the horses side. I’ve always been one to have to figure things out. My outside leg still gets wiggley sometimes because I tend to lean, but I have pretty stable legs now.
You could be pinching with your knees. When you pinch, your heels can't stay down as well. Really try to focus stretching your heels down and relax your upper leg a bit
It’s most likely pinching with your knee. I do the exact same thing and I really focus on my heel. I feel my whole body down in my heel to make sure I don’t pinch
Thanks for the video. I definitely understood the main two reasons why the lower leg can be unstable and I definitely suffer from both but still not sure how to rectify this?
It's counterintuitive but makes sense! I started gripping more in an attempt to feel more connected but it ended up screwing up a lot of other things. My legs were not the problem after all, but I was convinced they were and I tried correcting it by gripping and creating so many other problems.
Awesome video! I clicked on the video where a lady said it’s OK to have natural movement, and then she started flopping around like a noodle 💀💀 natural movement and shock absorption does not equal noodle legs😂 but you did it almost perfectly!
As a total novice who started riding at 55 I was told I was getting it right for a few seconds going into trot however that was when I was in the most pain I have tried longer and shorter styrups and nothing seems to stop me getting severe cramp in my hips. I either bounce too much or get that uncomfortable that I have walk the horse to get rid of the cramps any suggestions welcome thanks
I’m going to try to really work on this at my next lesson.. I’ll come back and write how it went. I ride an extremely leg sensitive dressage horse and I have to put a lot of work into keeping my legs off of him.
Her advice is good for the canter as well. I’ve done both of the things she talks about at the canter. With this little information about your problem my advice would be to sit up and add leg (no matter how crazy that might sound, and for some situations it really does sound crazy to us lower-level riders).
Step 1: Don't have flat feet Step 2: Don't have anterior pelvic tilt changing the angle your legs go down the sides f the horse Step 3: Don't have an overly tight achilles tendon and pelvic floor making you subconsciously tense up and grip with your legs Step 4: Either chop off your legs of go bareback instead XD
Ok so the weight goes on your thighs but you cant grip with them... your weight goes to your stirrups but you mustn't push on them... uhh this sport is impossible 😭😭 i look a lot like the one when you put pressure in your stirrups... help!
It’s a balance between the whole leg and core. It takes time to develop and helps to have eyes of an expert to correct. Heels are down and thighs are snug and you are sitting up tall but without death gripping your butt. Think of all your top half stretching up through your helmet and bottom half distributing down evenly through your heels, knees and seat together. This should engage your core to connect the two. It will not just click overnight. It takes time.
my instructor always yells at me to keeps my feet from wobbling but I never knew how but I think it‘s because I clenched to keep it steady bc that would be logical but now I thankfully know. At my old stable they teached me to goad(?) wrongly so I always tap with my feet but idk how to do it right. Idk I guess press with my upper legs? Could you give me tips or do you have a video I could watch?
Don’t squeeze with your upper legs, that’s pinching at the knee. It will take your lower leg off of the horse entirely and can bring your upper body farther forward than it needs to be. I used to pinch with my knees and all it did was make me unstable on the horse. Instead, squeeze with your lower leg, but make sure you don’t bring your heel up when you do that.
Yes, seems to be all too common: Mediocre teachers tell you what NOT to do, but have no idea how to articulate what TO do instead to get it going right. Callie is special that way IMHO.
I don't know much about horses and I would like to know the reason for moving up and down in the sadel when riding at a trot? The movement makes the rider look elegant during the ride but it looks like it would be tiring for he rider.
588158 when you are learning it it can be tiring but it's not as difficult as it looks it becomes the most natural thing and it gets hard to sit a trot😂 as for the reason I don't really know but now I want to jus t hoping to help a little
Thank you for you thoughtful and kind reply. you did help me understand that most of this is instinctive reaction in communication with the horse. Horses are such majestic animals.
Trot has slight jumping movement in it, so when a horse starts trotting, rider feels those jumps. If rider won't move with the horse, compensating for "jumps", rider'd be tossed in a saddle. Yes, it's somewhat tiring for rider at first, but a) you become stronger to ride a horse properly b) it's less demanding if you do it right, when you learn to spread the weight trough leg c) you don't exactly rise on your own, your horse "bucks" you up, so you just follow naturally.
The posting, or rising trot, is used to keep a steady balance in the rider, which helps the horse. It helps keep a tempo of the trot and gives you more control over the horse. It’s also easier and more gentle on the horses back :) the trot has a natural bounce to it, when you first start riding it’s tiring, but it becomes natural, just like throwing a football.
These are the links referenced. They only post them on their website. th-cam.com/video/XBX8s-UcRM0/w-d-xo.html th-cam.com/video/_dwhxxf4-DQ/w-d-xo.html
I Was Watching Your Riding Style Sister. When You Jerk Up And Down On horse Saddle, Horse Was Walking In A Perfect Pose. Horse Was Also Putting His Strength To His Neck, Wile Moving. Horse Neck Bend Was Looking, Awesome: I Have A Question: I Think, This Riding Style Help Horses For Perfect Walking Style✔ Am I Right❓ Sister I Hope You Will Reply My This Text‼
My leg position is everywhere, so this is just the video that I was looking for! 😭💕
Omg sameee lol
same haha
If my seat isn't exactly right; my horse will let me know. He bucks.
I think if your seat is not right it will slip one-side creating discomfort
ankit kumar lmao take a jokeeeee
Instablaster
your horse is like living autocorrect 😂
This is exactly th-cam.com/users/postUgkxUHHotQRjIQnfuxEeVotlkHVYWH0DXZoS what I needed to get some exercise while I'm stuck at my desk all day. It's just the right size. Only downsides are that the right oeddale unscrews itself while I use it and increasing the tension causes it to squeak while in use. Both are minor issues that aren't that important to me. So I give it 5 stars.
You didn't really say exactly what it is that makes it the stable trot all I know is not to grip but I still don't know where to squeeze?
This is the most helpful TH-cam channel I have ever seen ❤️
My lower leg always comes off the horses sides whenever I start cantering or jumping 🙄
me too! over tiny stuff it's not as bad but when i jump over bigger stuff (to me that's only like 3'3 haha) my legs come off like a log and i do duck feet :/
Same but my legs come forward and become in front of the girth. Any advice?
Alyssa Marks what hoowww ? If it’s while jumping u probably don’t have a proper 2 point! Make sure you always put your heels to the fence and don’t stand up, lean forward! Idk how to explain it but there’s probably TH-cam videos on it !
I really needed this. Thank you!
My leg position has always been okay but this video has still helped so much!
the videos and the advice are really excellent! thank you!
Just what I needed! Can't wait to work on it tomorrow!
Where do we find the exercises? I would love to see them, as i have a problem with posting trot atm and i'm looking for ways to get it back to normal, or preferably better than before it stopped working.
Could you do a video on correct stirrup length?
Mel the correct stirrup should be at your ankle or if you put your fingers up by the strip buckle the stirrup should reach perfectly under your armpit
A easy tip I've always heard and used is put it up to your arm and it should be to your armpit, soooo late lol but for others
Persoanlly my torso is super short and my legs are very long. So for me in a western saddle i put it about an inch before my armpit and for jumping i put it where if my heels arent down my knee could overlap on the knee flap of the saddle. But if my heel is down at all (like at all) then my knee doesn't overlap even if its just hardly
I’m really short and I like my stirrups a little shorter than most would. I do the arm trick and take it up 1 or 2 holes. I suggest if you’re y’all to do the arm trick and take the stirrup leathers down 2-3 holes. You can always fix it when you’re on and remember how many holes for the next time you ride.💗
@@saridaolson6241 I need help!
My trainer always tells me to "leg back"
I dont know how to keep it there???
Thanks a lot! Can't wait to dee other videos. This makes so much sense
Thank you! This video was so helpful and my instructor was impressed with the progress I've made. (btw Gemini is such a nice name for a horse!)
Excellent video. Thank you very much for your valuable video.
Thank you this has been so helpful!
Tried this and it works miracles!! Thank you!!
This is so helpful thankyou
I really need this when i end up trotting
THANKYOU SO MUCH!!!!! They way you explained it made so much sense, this has finally made me understand why i feel so unbalanced!
My biggest problem!
Great video thank you so much
Thank you!
So helpful!
I love how Geminis head bobs when he breaths, so cute!
I learned how to quiet my leg by having to hand differnt parts of my leg (thigh and calf and sometimes ankle depending on how bad my leg was swinging and what horse I was on). If I held my leg on the horse I learned myself and figured out ways to use my seat to counter my leg being “stuck” on the horses side. I’ve always been one to have to figure things out. My outside leg still gets wiggley sometimes because I tend to lean, but I have pretty stable legs now.
How to resolve that issue
Good demo....would recommend that you use a dark/black pad, with light colored breeches so it can be clearly seen.
Sally, Chester County is a great place to ride!
Good cours
Nice one :) But where are the exercises videos?
I think I need to remember to keep a bend in my knee because my leg swings on the gurth and not stable on the horse
Really great video but I cannot find the exercises, can you please let me know where to locate those?
Great thankyou
Would like to see your recommended exercises.
I was always wondering why I was losing my stirrups at a trot. Thanks.
You could be pinching with your knees. When you pinch, your heels can't stay down as well. Really try to focus stretching your heels down and relax your upper leg a bit
It’s most likely pinching with your knee. I do the exact same thing and I really focus on my heel. I feel my whole body down in my heel to make sure I don’t pinch
Same for me
my leg position is so unstable during the half seat and i’m joining hunters so I have to work on this lol
Thanks for the video. I definitely understood the main two reasons why the lower leg can be unstable and I definitely suffer from both but still not sure how to rectify this?
I am still practising... thanks for the guide... is big belly one of the probkem when riding?
Where are the links please.
It's counterintuitive but makes sense! I started gripping more in an attempt to feel more connected but it ended up screwing up a lot of other things. My legs were not the problem after all, but I was convinced they were and I tried correcting it by gripping and creating so many other problems.
Awesome video! I clicked on the video where a lady said it’s OK to have natural movement, and then she started flopping around like a noodle 💀💀 natural movement and shock absorption does not equal noodle legs😂 but you did it almost perfectly!
Callie, where can I find these exercises you are talking about?
One question how to do it coreyely when troting
I really need help!!
My trainer always tell me to "leg back"
But i struggle alot to actually back??
What do i do?
i cannot find the links with the exercises she is talking about. Where is that link?
I tense up can you do a video on that
As a total novice who started riding at 55 I was told I was getting it right for a few seconds going into trot however that was when I was in the most pain I have tried longer and shorter styrups and nothing seems to stop me getting severe cramp in my hips. I either bounce too much or get that uncomfortable that I have walk the horse to get rid of the cramps any suggestions welcome thanks
Could you advise where the other two videos are for the exercises?
I’m going to try to really work on this at my next lesson.. I’ll come back and write how it went. I ride an extremely leg sensitive dressage horse and I have to put a lot of work into keeping my legs off of him.
Very late, but do you happen to remember how it went lol?
@@avaa22_81 It worked amazing!!!!
I lean forward when I post and when I don’t my leg swings
Where are the exercises to try? Thank you, love your videos.
Is it correct to have your heels down whilst rising trot but my legs swing forward if my heels are down
I cant find the excersises 😢
Yay!
My left leg is very unstable thanks for this video
sometimes i accidentally slide my lower leg back, any tips? i am riding tomorrow and i hope this helps :D
I struggle with the swinging legs so much I hope I will stop swinging my legs one day
If my leg and hand position isn’t right my horse with let me know by dropping his head super fast then my coach will tell me what to correct
I didn’t see the videos either. I sure can use them my legs/heals are terrible
Jean Lariviere same it’s my biggest struggle especially when I’m getting into canter or frustrated
Do you have flat feet?
Ok But what happens if my legs start rubbing against my horse at the canter? I’m good walk trot (besides my leg position is usually too far forward)
Her advice is good for the canter as well. I’ve done both of the things she talks about at the canter. With this little information about your problem my advice would be to sit up and add leg (no matter how crazy that might sound, and for some situations it really does sound crazy to us lower-level riders).
Step 1: Don't have flat feet
Step 2: Don't have anterior pelvic tilt changing the angle your legs go down the sides f the horse
Step 3: Don't have an overly tight achilles tendon and pelvic floor making you subconsciously tense up and grip with your legs
Step 4: Either chop off your legs of go bareback instead XD
@Little Wolf Taima so true! lol
Ok so the weight goes on your thighs but you cant grip with them... your weight goes to your stirrups but you mustn't push on them... uhh this sport is impossible 😭😭 i look a lot like the one when you put pressure in your stirrups... help!
Do some exercises, like jump rope and squats. That should build muscle on your lower leg and then you shouldn't have a problem
Try riding without saddle , you will have a wonderful natural grip on saddle
It’s a balance between the whole leg and core. It takes time to develop and helps to have eyes of an expert to correct. Heels are down and thighs are snug and you are sitting up tall but without death gripping your butt. Think of all your top half stretching up through your helmet and bottom half distributing down evenly through your heels, knees and seat together. This should engage your core to connect the two. It will not just click overnight. It takes time.
Is it ok to just ride the horse slow for the first few months of learning to ride, no trot stuff?
Ofcourse
Lol ofc
Well i learned to trot anyways, its a great feeling.
my instructor always yells at me to keeps my feet from wobbling but I never knew how but I think it‘s because I clenched to keep it steady bc that would be logical but now I thankfully know. At my old stable they teached me to goad(?) wrongly so I always tap with my feet but idk how to do it right. Idk I guess press with my upper legs? Could you give me tips or do you have a video I could watch?
Don’t squeeze with your upper legs, that’s pinching at the knee. It will take your lower leg off of the horse entirely and can bring your upper body farther forward than it needs to be. I used to pinch with my knees and all it did was make me unstable on the horse. Instead, squeeze with your lower leg, but make sure you don’t bring your heel up when you do that.
Yes, seems to be all too common: Mediocre teachers tell you what NOT to do, but have no idea how to articulate what TO do instead to get it going right. Callie is special that way IMHO.
I don't know much about horses and I would like to know the reason for moving up and down in the sadel when riding at a trot? The movement makes the rider look elegant during the ride but it looks like it would be tiring for he rider.
588158 when you are learning it it can be tiring but it's not as difficult as it looks it becomes the most natural thing and it gets hard to sit a trot😂 as for the reason I don't really know but now I want to jus t hoping to help a little
Thank you for you thoughtful and kind reply. you did help me understand that most of this is instinctive reaction in communication with the horse. Horses are such majestic animals.
Trot has slight jumping movement in it, so when a horse starts trotting, rider feels those jumps. If rider won't move with the horse, compensating for "jumps", rider'd be tossed in a saddle. Yes, it's somewhat tiring for rider at first, but a) you become stronger to ride a horse properly b) it's less demanding if you do it right, when you learn to spread the weight trough leg c) you don't exactly rise on your own, your horse "bucks" you up, so you just follow naturally.
The posting, or rising trot, is used to keep a steady balance in the rider, which helps the horse. It helps keep a tempo of the trot and gives you more control over the horse. It’s also easier and more gentle on the horses back :) the trot has a natural bounce to it, when you first start riding it’s tiring, but it becomes natural, just like throwing a football.
My legs are slipping forward, how can I stay correctly if they slip? Please tell me..
push down a bit but not too much your heels are really down
Where are the links? Definitely want to try these exercises you’re talking about
These are the links referenced. They only post them on their website. th-cam.com/video/XBX8s-UcRM0/w-d-xo.html th-cam.com/video/_dwhxxf4-DQ/w-d-xo.html
Krista&BlakeLDR l
U need to push ur heels down tho ?
Yea my leg swings like a literal pendulum so thanks lol
Please put up the exercises!
my sister just got really mad at me because i was riding and my lead was swinging...most help youtube cideo
This really helps, thanks, but isn't Gem's mouth foaming from the bit?🤔😕
Tylar Donohue this happens when the horse is concentrating :)
@@faithlove4372 Thankyou so much, i never knew that, you are the best!😊
I Was Watching Your Riding Style Sister. When You Jerk Up And Down On horse Saddle, Horse Was Walking In A Perfect Pose. Horse Was Also Putting His Strength To His Neck, Wile Moving. Horse Neck Bend Was Looking, Awesome:
I Have A Question: I Think, This Riding Style Help Horses For Perfect Walking Style✔ Am I Right❓
Sister I Hope You Will Reply My This Text‼
I am more confused after watching that
So don't pull leg up or brace down. Not easy to do for some of us
You ride worse than me and I came here for pointers lol
Damn if you think she rides bad then I must be absolute dogshit lmao