These videos are great and help so much! I'm a 26 year old man and have always wanted to ride but growing up my dad said it was for girls and men shouldn't ride. Well 20 years later I'm married to a beautiful wife who fully supports me to follow my dream to learn, tomorrow I'm out on my first Hack 😁
I am so glad to hear you are following your dreams!!🐴 Horse are good for the soul 💕🐎 I hope you have fun growing and learning on this new journey! I wish you the best of luck 😀
Thanks a lot for such useful videos, I find it very difficult to find a proper balance, releasing the leg tension. But you explained it so well, I’m definitely gonna to exercise my muscles!
Hope you found this helpful! Here are the links to the other three videos: Part 1 Pelvis: ruclips.net/video/lZe9Ozdz7Us/видео.html Part 3 Shoulders & Neck: ruclips.net/video/gzK5icjFxoc/видео.html Part 4 Arms & Hands: ruclips.net/video/vzEsp0Nlhyg/видео.html
it really is! my horse has arthritis so we can’t do that much, which means i can really practise my position. this couldn’t have come at a better time!!!
Hi Joan , I really like the instructional content you are putting on youtube, as they are helping me in my riding classes. However I have a doubt. I am currently learning to stand while the horse walks and my trainer has given the same cues w.r.t. heel position as you did, but he asked me to grip the horse with the inner thigh muscles, unlike your recommendation. I am confused. Even if gripping the horse does raise me a little from my seat, isn't it necessary to maintain a stable position? What if the horse bucks and if I am not gripping the saddle, i am likely to fall. Could you please clarify what is the right thing to do?
Hi, Great question😊 I can see how this can be confusing! There are times you would close your thighs to support you when you ride. Examples would include when a horse bucks, spooks or when you are jumping. I do close my legs to support me in these instances, but I think about using my leg to stabilize me, rather than using my leg to grip the horse. Stabilizing with your leg is when you have the ability to give and take with the tension. Gripping is when your tension is consistently holding onto the horse with no fluctuation intention. It is natural to grip when starting as we are trying to hold on to the horse. However as you improve your awareness of your position you can start to feel when you need to apply more or less pressure to stabilize yourself. I hope this helps
Thank you for the video, kind lady. I do have a question though: does that mean we're not supposed to grip the horse with any part of our legs at all? My instructor keeps telling me I need to grip harder with the knee but a lot of youtube sources says it is a common mistake. I am now confused whether any gripping is required at all in riding a horse. Also how do you prevent your legs, especially the calves, from faliling around?
How can you keep calve contact without turning out your toes and “griping”? How do you affectivly use your calf on a less forward horse without grilling and loosing position?
Hi Alaina 😊 Great question! For me , finding that stable leg without gripping took some time. Changing your muscle memory can be challenging at the beginning. The first step to getting a more stable leg is relaxing. Once your leg is relaxed think about letting it drape around the horse. Use the muscles on the outside of your leg to bring your leg closer to the horse. When riding a slow or lazy horse, ride with a more relaxed leg. Doing this even though it’s extremely counterintuitive can help to increase your horses sensitivity and responsiveness so that overtime you won’t need as much leg influence. I know this is a tough thing to describe through writing, but I hope this gets you headed in the right direction💕🐴
Ive just started riding and my instructor didnt explained to me any of these and went straight for leg exercises - balancing, standing and sitting on saddle in rising trot. i was mainly clueless and have no idea which part of the muscle to use and end up straining it. I dont know how i can stop my muscles from quivering when in standing and two point position. Should i be doing constant leg exercises? Appreciate ur help!
Hi😀 Two point is a great exercise to strengthen your legs. Legs that are shaking or quivering can be from weakness and fatigue. Whenever working on strengthening I always think correct form is important over length of time. In addition to doing strengthening exercises on my horse. I typically do strengthening exercises three days a week off my horse. It takes time to build leg strength. Keep up the good work you’ll get there💕🐴
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These videos are great and help so much! I'm a 26 year old man and have always wanted to ride but growing up my dad said it was for girls and men shouldn't ride. Well 20 years later I'm married to a beautiful wife who fully supports me to follow my dream to learn, tomorrow I'm out on my first Hack 😁
I am so glad to hear you are following your dreams!!🐴 Horse are good for the soul 💕🐎
I hope you have fun growing and learning on this new journey! I wish you the best of luck 😀
Thanks a lot for such useful videos, I find it very difficult to find a proper balance, releasing the leg tension. But you explained it so well, I’m definitely gonna to exercise my muscles!
Fabulous 2 videos so far, can't wait for the next 2, the exercises are really helpful to know thank you x
Just love your lessons & how you explain everything. X
This was the hardest thing in horse riding for me, but I'm watching tutorials and practicing to fix it
Hope you found this helpful! Here are the links to the other three videos:
Part 1 Pelvis: ruclips.net/video/lZe9Ozdz7Us/видео.html
Part 3 Shoulders & Neck: ruclips.net/video/gzK5icjFxoc/видео.html
Part 4 Arms & Hands: ruclips.net/video/vzEsp0Nlhyg/видео.html
it really is! my horse has arthritis so we can’t do that much, which means i can really practise my position. this couldn’t have come at a better time!!!
Such a lovely video
You are amazing. Such a pleasant and highly informative video
Thank you so much for making these videos, so super helpful!!
Very helpful tips... Thank you x
Hi Joan , I really like the instructional content you are putting on youtube, as they are helping me in my riding classes. However I have a doubt. I am currently learning to stand while the horse walks and my trainer has given the same cues w.r.t. heel position as you did, but he asked me to grip the horse with the inner thigh muscles, unlike your recommendation. I am confused. Even if gripping the horse does raise me a little from my seat, isn't it necessary to maintain a stable position? What if the horse bucks and if I am not gripping the saddle, i am likely to fall. Could you please clarify what is the right thing to do?
Hi,
Great question😊
I can see how this can be confusing!
There are times you would close your thighs to support you when you ride. Examples would include when a horse bucks, spooks or when you are jumping. I do close my legs to support
me in these instances, but I think about using my leg to stabilize me, rather than using my leg to grip the horse. Stabilizing with your leg is when you have the ability to give and take with the tension. Gripping is when your tension is consistently holding onto the horse with no fluctuation intention. It is natural to grip when starting as we are trying to hold on to the horse. However as you improve your awareness of your position you can start to feel when you need to apply more or less pressure to stabilize yourself.
I hope this helps
@@JSHorsemanship Aha ! Now i get it ! Thanks Joan :)
Thank you for the video, kind lady. I do have a question though: does that mean we're not supposed to grip the horse with any part of our legs at all? My instructor keeps telling me I need to grip harder with the knee but a lot of youtube sources says it is a common mistake. I am now confused whether any gripping is required at all in riding a horse. Also how do you prevent your legs, especially the calves, from faliling around?
How can you keep calve contact without turning out your toes and “griping”? How do you affectivly use your calf on a less forward horse without grilling and loosing position?
Hi Alaina 😊
Great question!
For me , finding that stable leg without gripping took some time. Changing your muscle memory can be challenging at the beginning.
The first step to getting a more stable leg is relaxing.
Once your leg is relaxed think about letting it drape around the horse. Use the muscles on the outside of your leg to bring your leg closer to the horse.
When riding a slow or lazy horse, ride with a more relaxed leg. Doing this even though it’s extremely counterintuitive can help to increase your horses sensitivity and responsiveness
so that overtime you won’t need as much leg influence.
I know this is a tough thing to describe through writing, but I hope this gets you headed in the right direction💕🐴
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🐴❤️💖😘horse means beauty😘🐴
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Ive just started riding and my instructor didnt explained to me any of these and went straight for leg exercises - balancing, standing and sitting on saddle in rising trot. i was mainly clueless and have no idea which part of the muscle to use and end up straining it. I dont know how i can stop my muscles from quivering when in standing and two point position. Should i be doing constant leg exercises? Appreciate ur help!
Hi😀
Two point is a great exercise to strengthen your legs. Legs that are shaking or quivering can be from weakness and fatigue. Whenever working on strengthening I always think correct form is important over length of time. In addition to doing strengthening exercises on my horse. I typically do strengthening exercises three days a week off my horse. It takes time to build leg strength. Keep up the good work you’ll get there💕🐴
@@JSHorsemanship Great. Thank you so much for the reply! ☺️
Just started too, I’m struggling with this run:,(
@@worldlara2569 totally understand! you'll get used to it eventually altho it will take awhile :)
@@applehead7942 thank you! Today I did a bit better, still a lot to do though 😭😂
Tx