Thank you for your terrific videos. Your explanations are so clear and concise. You are an excellent communicator and I look forward to watching many more of your lessons.
JS I use your videos to help me fully understand the different horse ridding drills.Thank you so much for your help & you helped me considerably even though you are so far away.Now I will practice your three drills.Bye all the way from Canada.
Hi JS horsemanship, I really love equestrianism and I never go to any class and also due to quarantine. I think you need to make a video from a-z about riding. I think i will suprise my family after the mco
I had my first horse riding lessons today and I learnt how to rise and trot! I was only doing it for about 10 minutes and my instructor was just making sure I was getting the feel of it and I watched back clips of me doing it and my rythem was very off... I’m sure she will teach me how to improve that next lesson but any tips that could be useful before I go?
Hi😊 it’s normal for the rhythm to be off in the beginning. It’s all part of learning. Getting better is just a matter of practice. Keep up the good work, you’ll get there ❤️🐴
hi ive been horse riding for 4 weeks now and I can not master the trot apparently land to heavy and then I move my legs to being straight out in front of me is there any tips on this
Hi Bethany😊 One thing you can check is your saddle fit for you. If the saddle is not a good fit it will put you behind the motion. This can cause your legs to be in front and cause you to land to heavy. If your saddle fit is good then you may need to just build up some leg strength.
hello! I would like some advice, whenever I trot and post I lose all of my balance and end up having my stirrups all the way through my foot. Any advice on how to not lose balance and how to not get your foot all the way in the stirrups. Thank you!
Hi😀 Great question. The first thing I would check is the length of your stirrups. Make sure you have a bend in your knees and they are not too long. You can also work on strengthening your legs. The two point is a wonderful exercise to improve strength and stability. Doing this for 5 to 10 minutes a few times a week can help to improve leg stability and prevent the foot from sliding. I’m doing an upcoming video on rider position, and this also may help!
I began my rising trot 3 weeks ago and I’ve been doing great but the past 2 sessions I’ve been really struggling and my feet keep kicking out or when I focus on keeping my feet in I lose my balance and fall forward
it might help to think about pushing your heels BACK and your toes UP instead of "heels down". if you're pushing too far into your heels your leg will slide forward and it'll throw you off balance. your heels should ofc be down but forcing them too hard can mess with your balance and your seat. i hope some of this was maybe helpful lol
Salutes! I've been riding 3 years on and off and I am struggling with finding diagonals without looking. I have good form and such, just cannot get the diagonals. Any tips for this? Or more practice? :)
In case it helps anyone, the horse's barrel swings left and right. Learn to feel which way the barrel is swinging when on each diagonal at the trot. Then you can connect that feeling to the diagonals and get on the correct one.
My instructor used to tape big gift ribbon/bows on the the shoulders. Different color for right n left. It's much easier to see the bow move than the shoulder/ hoof. She could then tell me up on red or up on blue... A quick glance down was all I needed to check. This was great till I got the feel for it
i started riding two days ago and i have started the trot. i can do it but i can’t seem to keep my feet in the proper position which causes them slide out sometimes and then when i try to sit after going up there’s a sound :( idk why these things happen and what i can do to stop them :(
Hi, I know it can be frustrating, but learning the trot takes some time and strength. Here is another video that might help if you have not already watched th-cam.com/video/D7MoDn6fucA/w-d-xo.html
My instructor doesnt let me have the reins. Im aloud to hold onto the saddle but it was my first lesson, i mean getting to trot is an improvement but anybodies thoughts on this?
I’ve been riding for years but never had in depth lessons so I struggle to notice when to rise on the leg. Can anyone give me advice as I’ve gotten back into riding recently?
I feel upset as I ride in a group of 3 right, all new people like me. And this our 8th lesson which was meant to be our tenth (we did theory) One day, and the others were canceled. All of them but me have got their trot great they can do a full circle. And I can not get mine. How do I get it?
Your instructor is correct. You don’t want to grip with your knees. You want to use your hamstrings, quadriceps and medial glutes to support you. I know this can be a tough thing to understand without a visual reference. I’m going to cover this in more detail on a upcoming video 😊
Hello. Can u help me. About knee, when a siting trot, our knee is no need to grip rite, just free it. And when rising trot, we need to soft grip with knee to get a power to rising, is it right? Thanks.
Hi😀 Great question. Your correct. We don’t want to grip with our knees. When you rising to the trot you are rotating your hips forward and back over your knees. However when doing this focus on your support being more in your hamstrings and quadriceps. One way of doing this is to Imagine you had a tennis ball behind your knee. Imagining this helps to keep you supporting more in the back of your leg. Think of your leg as stabilizing and anchoring you down rather than holding on to the horse. I hope this helps 😊
@@JSHorsemanship oh really? When I'm posting(rising) trot, my coach teach me to grip with knee. I'm also confusing now, when watch your video, your knee is look like free without grip it. And I try before, without grip with knee while posting trot, like no strength to rise, myb because my stirrup not in a good level. Ok I try not to grip after this. Thanks for your video and answer, keep doing video! 😊
How do I keep a constant trot... i keep trying to put my horse in trot but it keeps going back to walk.. what do i do? Also i am too scared to let go of the saddle pls tell me wht to do
Hi Ruhma😊 Thanks for reaching out. There are a few reasons why your horse could be slowing back down to the walk after asking for the trot. One thing you can check is that you’re asking in a way that’s clear and consistent. This is a video that may help 😊th-cam.com/video/LUG-gzWbD7c/w-d-xo.html When it comes to building confidence it’s all about taking one step at a time in the right direction . The first step you can try is riding with a neck rope to hold onto instead of holding your saddle. Start at the walk with both hands on the neck rope, then try taking one hand off at a time bringing your awareness more to your core and seat bones. Your balance will improve the more you can start to let your Core stabilize you. Once you feel comfortable doing this at the walk try it at the trot. Do short distances in the trot at the beginning and build to longer distances as your balance improves. Eventually as your balance will improve and you won’t need the neck rope 😀🐴
I unknowingly gripped/ shortened my rains in the trot when rising, giving the horse a whoa in it's mouth while saying go with my legs.... one my hands got quiet it got better. Lots of practice on the long line without rains just focussing on legs n body then incorporated rains back in
Here is the link to the video I mentioned on the rising/posting trot :) th-cam.com/video/D7MoDn6fucA/w-d-xo.html
I'm not even a beginner but I love these videos
my sister did horse riding lessons and she wanted tips on posting, so I found this video. Best thing that ever happend to her, or so she said.
Thanks so much , I have taking lessons for about 6 weeks and by far the rising trot is the most difficult so far at this point !
Thank you for your terrific videos. Your explanations are so clear and concise. You are an excellent communicator and I look forward to watching many more of your lessons.
JS I use your videos to help me fully understand the different horse ridding drills.Thank you so much for your help & you helped me considerably even though you are so far away.Now I will practice your three drills.Bye all the way from Canada.
Hi😀
Thank you for sharing. I’m so glad you have found the videos helpful🐴
The one dislike was definitely an accident! There’s nothing not to like!!!
Thanks for the positivity😄❤️
Again avery nice video👍 You's generally are among the most informative ones with very good tips. Thank you 🤓
Hi JS horsemanship, I really love equestrianism and I never go to any class and also due to quarantine. I think you need to make a video from a-z about riding. I think i will suprise my family after the mco
That helped like A LOT
Thank you for all of these lovely and helpful videos !!🥰
Thank you so much this improved my riding a lot.❤️
I had my first horse riding lessons today and I learnt how to rise and trot! I was only doing it for about 10 minutes and my instructor was just making sure I was getting the feel of it and I watched back clips of me doing it and my rythem was very off... I’m sure she will teach me how to improve that next lesson but any tips that could be useful before I go?
Hi😊
it’s normal for the rhythm to be off in the beginning. It’s all part of learning. Getting better is just a matter of practice. Keep up the good work, you’ll get there ❤️🐴
JSHorsemanship thanks for replying1 :)
it’s been 9 months !! how are you now ?
hi ive been horse riding for 4 weeks now and I can not master the trot apparently land to heavy and then I move my legs to being straight out in front of me is there any tips on this
Hi Bethany😊
One thing you can check is your saddle fit for you. If the saddle is not a good fit it will put you behind the motion. This can cause your legs to be in front and cause you to land to heavy.
If your saddle fit is good then you may need to just build up some leg strength.
How are you doing now? 7 months later :)
that was insanely helpful for a beginner like me
You are such a good teacher. I wonder if you give private lessons. Your students are lucky!
Thank you😊 I do give private lessons 🐴
hello! I would like some advice, whenever I trot and post I lose all of my balance and end up having my stirrups all the way through my foot. Any advice on how to not lose balance and how to not get your foot all the way in the stirrups. Thank you!
Hi😀
Great question.
The first thing I would check is the length of your stirrups. Make sure you have a bend in your knees and they are not too long.
You can also work on strengthening your legs.
The two point is a wonderful exercise to improve strength and stability. Doing this for 5 to 10 minutes a few times a week can help to improve leg stability and prevent the foot from sliding.
I’m doing an upcoming video on rider position, and this also may help!
I began my rising trot 3 weeks ago and I’ve been doing great but the past 2 sessions I’ve been really struggling and my feet keep kicking out or when I focus on keeping my feet in I lose my balance and fall forward
it might help to think about pushing your heels BACK and your toes UP instead of "heels down". if you're pushing too far into your heels your leg will slide forward and it'll throw you off balance. your heels should ofc be down but forcing them too hard can mess with your balance and your seat. i hope some of this was maybe helpful lol
@@rinamitchell8152 thank you, I will try and think about this next time I’m up
Just starting out and it take a little bit of time to learn ,not there just started working on the rising trot 😊 thanks for your tips 🐴
Thank you so much! I will try this next time I go.
Salutes! I've been riding 3 years on and off and I am struggling with finding diagonals without looking. I have good form and such, just cannot get the diagonals. Any tips for this? Or more practice? :)
Hi😊 You got it👍 Getting your diagonals is all about putting the hours in.
JSHorsemanship I thought so! Definitely putting more hours in. :)
In case it helps anyone, the horse's barrel swings left and right. Learn to feel which way the barrel is swinging when on each diagonal at the trot. Then you can connect that feeling to the diagonals and get on the correct one.
@@jewelweed6880 That’s an awesome tip Jewels! Thank you!! 😊
My instructor used to tape big gift ribbon/bows on the the shoulders. Different color for right n left. It's much easier to see the bow move than the shoulder/ hoof. She could then tell me up on red or up on blue...
A quick glance down was all I needed to check. This was great till I got the feel for it
What a wonderful and creative idea! Thanks for sharing💕🐴
That is brilliant. Love this!👍
Thank you! You helped me so much
good information thanks
Hi could you please help? While trotting do I have to watch and follow the horse leg?
This is homework for me
Thank you
i started riding two days ago and i have started the trot. i can do it but i can’t seem to keep my feet in the proper position which causes them slide out sometimes and then when i try to sit after going up there’s a sound :( idk why these things happen and what i can do to stop them :(
Hi, I know it can be frustrating, but learning the trot takes some time and strength. Here is another video that might help if you have not already watched th-cam.com/video/D7MoDn6fucA/w-d-xo.html
@@JSHorsemanship thank you 🥺💓
My instructor doesnt let me have the reins. Im aloud to hold onto the saddle but it was my first lesson, i mean getting to trot is an improvement but anybodies thoughts on this?
thanks i need it i’m trying to trot and i cried i was scared
count me wrong but is the horse an Andalusian?
I’ve been riding for years but never had in depth lessons so I struggle to notice when to rise on the leg. Can anyone give me advice as I’ve gotten back into riding recently?
I’m not new to raising to trot I’m just really bad at it I’ve been riding for a while I just can find the right technique
For me it’s all about using the right muscle groups😊 I have a video coming out on rider position that may help💕
JSHorsemanship thank you I’ll be sure to watch it
I feel upset as I ride in a group of 3 right, all new people like me. And this our 8th lesson which was meant to be our tenth (we did theory) One day, and the others were canceled. All of them but me have got their trot great they can do a full circle. And I can not get mine. How do I get it?
Are there any exercises that you can do when you aren't on your horse because unfortunately I dont have my own horse
When i'm trotting my horse tends to kick and buck for a few seconds then he's fine. Any tips to stop him from doing this?
How should I be pushing myself up? With my calves or heels? My instructor said I should relax my knee but use my calves and I'm confused.
Your instructor is correct. You don’t want to grip with your knees. You want to use your hamstrings, quadriceps and medial glutes to support you. I know this can be a tough thing to understand without a visual reference. I’m going to cover this in more detail on a upcoming video 😊
I do up for 2 down for 2 or up for 2 down for 1😅
Hello. Can u help me. About knee, when a siting trot, our knee is no need to grip rite, just free it. And when rising trot, we need to soft grip with knee to get a power to rising, is it right? Thanks.
Hi😀
Great question. Your correct. We don’t want to grip with our knees. When you rising to the trot you are rotating your hips forward and back over your knees. However when doing this focus on your support being more in your hamstrings and quadriceps.
One way of doing this is to Imagine you had a tennis ball behind your knee. Imagining this helps to keep you supporting more in the back of your leg.
Think of your leg as stabilizing and anchoring you down rather than holding on to the horse.
I hope this helps 😊
@@JSHorsemanship oh really? When I'm posting(rising) trot, my coach teach me to grip with knee. I'm also confusing now, when watch your video, your knee is look like free without grip it. And I try before, without grip with knee while posting trot, like no strength to rise, myb because my stirrup not in a good level. Ok I try not to grip after this. Thanks for your video and answer, keep doing video! 😊
Do you have a video on the sitting trot?
Hi, Not yet, but stay tuned I plan to do this in the future 👍
When I trot my groin area hurts too much
How do I keep a constant trot... i keep trying to put my horse in trot but it keeps going back to walk.. what do i do? Also i am too scared to let go of the saddle pls tell me wht to do
Hi Ruhma😊
Thanks for reaching out. There are a few reasons why your horse could be slowing back down to the walk after asking for the trot. One thing you can check is that you’re asking in a way that’s clear and consistent. This is a video that may help 😊th-cam.com/video/LUG-gzWbD7c/w-d-xo.html
When it comes to building confidence it’s all about taking one step at a time in the right direction . The first step you can try is riding with a neck rope to hold onto instead of holding your saddle. Start at the walk with both hands on the neck rope, then try taking one hand off at a time bringing your awareness more to your core and seat bones. Your balance will improve the more you can start to let your Core stabilize you. Once you feel comfortable doing this at the walk try it at the trot. Do short distances in the trot at the beginning and build to longer distances as your balance improves. Eventually as your balance will improve and you won’t need the neck rope 😀🐴
I unknowingly gripped/ shortened my rains in the trot when rising, giving the horse a whoa in it's mouth while saying go with my legs.... one my hands got quiet it got better. Lots of practice on the long line without rains just focussing on legs n body then incorporated rains back in
My biggest problem is keeping my lower leg back with heels down while posting.
kisses moouah
u r the best
yesterday i fall down from the horse bcoz of my balance and legs cant control
None of this looks natural to me..i start lessons in January and it’s all very overwhelming