This is something my trainer has drilled me on with the TROT! I hadn’t tried it at the canter though! Standing in your stirrups is so so good for your balance and leg strength 💪
@@calista1280 woah I just did that a couple of times (I do it normally but I was doing it like 3x a day since she always bucks / gets angry) and it worked, tysm!
WE DID IT! This excersize is truly a game changer ! 😁 Practiced my last two rides and had a few AHA moments. My horse loves it! My legs were so much better. This will be Incorporated into my daily riding until I am strong enough to do it well. I gotta tell you, I was very sore after the first day 😅
This is exactly what I needed for my students!! Such an easy way to explain 🤣 I am always that teacher yelling "Longer legs! Use the lower leg don't squeeze with the knees or thighs!" So this is what I needed to help them
Yes! 2 point work is where it's at. So many times I have people asking me to help them learn to sit the canter better and I immediately have them up in 2 point working g on their leg strength a few have gotten irritated with me saying they were not here to learn a jumping position but quite the opposite. I have to tell them they MUST work on their leg and core strength to be able to sit better. Doesn't matter if your riding in and english saddle, western saddle, endurance saddle or bareback! If you don't work on yourself your horse pays the price unfortunately. Thanks for the video!
What exercises would you suggest to strengthen legs and core muscles to prepare for when I do finally get to start taking lessons again? My horses are too young right now to ride, but I want to be as ready as I possibly can be once I can start riding again! I used to only ever trail ride, but I want to start training for more than just bomb proofing and trail riding so I know I'm going to need to better myself first! Any help and tips are appreciated! :D
Hi Jenn, have you watched our Pilates videos? There are some exercises in there for horse riders to get stronger ruclips.net/video/BR0qkZy0sbQ/видео.html ✨
This totally flipped “how to canter” on its head! Thank you Alicia for such amazing, easy to understand and implement principles and examples. My riding has changed dramatically in the last few weeks since I started putting into practice what I’m learning here. The best part? My horse is happier too!
Oh how I love this chick. When she screeches "stop gripping with your knees, put your legs on" (about 1.46 into the video) I can't help but chuckle. One because she sounds so Aussie (and love it) and also because it sounds familiar from my pony club days. And by using 2 point to help with getting the correct position for your knee and therefore not gripping is a lightbulb moment. Thank you. 😀👏🏻
Hello Alicia. I’m just a happy hacker on a cob, but I find your videos so helpful, easy to understand and even though I will never ride a dressage horse the techniques I’m learning are helping me and horse at our low level of riding. Just wanted to let you know how much your time and effort is appreciated Thank you.
I'm a disabled rider and have problems feeling my seat, and my back is rodded so I have very limited movement in my lower back bottom and core, but your tips have helped me smooth out my ride even with the lack of feeling in my legs. I have movement in my legs and can walk a bit, and need a ladder to mount my horse, but your tips have helped me ride better. Thank you.
A lot of people don't know that the gait of a horse mimics the gate of normal human walking. It not only is fun, but it is good for depression, PTSD, core strength, balance, and the rebuilding of muscles, and even helps with muscle memory. Because I do have the ability to walk a little bit which makes me extremely lucky, I should be able to use equine therapy to strengthen muscles, and regain balance. I topple over at least 2 times a month, and my last oops I fell into a display cabinet in my home ans it fell over on me and all my crystal that was on it got broken. 30 years of collecting gone from 1 fall. I am looking for a horse to lease so I can stop renting by the hour, and have more freedom on what I want to do rather it be trail riding or going to the ring to work on skills, I just hope I can afford it. Oy. Wish I had kept my horse when I moved back from Ohio, but boarding a draft horse is way expensive, and the mare we had wasn't mine, but I did also have a cute grey dapple mule who I got to break myself, that was fun.
I have been doing this without knowing how fantastic it is! My little quarter horse has an enormous canter so the only way I could ride it was in a two point position. Eventually, I started sitting and going back to two-point. I was doing the right thing and didn’t even know it! 🥳 I do not bounce in the canter because of it.
I practiced this today and it was really helpful! I've been struggling to understand the correct way to sit the canter and feel like I keep changing to try to correct it but not knowing how. We worked up to step 3 and am keen to work on rising canter next :) Thank you!
Never thought of using the rising canter like this😍 Can't wait to try this to see if fixes the last bit of my seat in the canter🤩 You are great at describing how you can inprove yourself through easy small steps. Thank you Alicia
These tips are nust so good and fun to do and my mare cantered freely instead of the choppy canter she used to do and when I did the two point position and sit for three etc was a real eyeopener. That tuck the pelvis freed my legs and opened my hips.Thank you so much. Going to have a go at step 4.
This is such a great video and has helped me learn how to not bounce in my canter!! My instructor was so impressed she now lets me ride the advanced horses!!! So thank you sooo much!!!
I've only watched 6 minutes of this video and you are fixing all of my problems! I was so happy when you said 'we know what we should be doing, but how do we actually get our body to DO it'? Exactly!
Today is my 2nd class of riding, my trainer asked my try cantering:) so exciting but I felt scared after the horse move faster :) I can do trotting without rein today, but cantering is totally different, very happy find solutions in my beginning:) will try to practice soon! thank you!
Thank you for the video .. I started to canter since a year and a half and still do it wrong 😅 I lean forward and I do GRAP so strong with my leg to feel that I'm controlling the situation .. I do bounce of course .. the instructor always ask me to lean backward which FREAKS me out because I don't feel that I'm balanced .. anyway this journey will continue 😗🐎 hopefully one day I will do it right .. but I feel embarrassed telling people that I ride since 2 years and still do it wrong 😮💨🤭
We LOVE it that you're so comfortable sharing this with us! This journey is not easy but we hope we have imparted something that you can use on your next ride and we're super excited to hear about your progress! x
Brilliant! I look forward to practicing this. Trying so hard to get back into riding shape after a few years off. Not as easy to do as it was when I was younger. Definitely putting this tool in my toolbox. Thank you so much ❤
Ok, so maybe I am a little late to the party but better late than never. I watched this video last night, rode today and I swear I could cry. My little mare was uber forward (put in 3 huge bucks when we tried rising canter left 😂) but that's great, she was forward, happy, soft and after doing the exercise in warm up the rest of the session was effortless. Am literally bursting here....thank you, thank you, thank you 🩵🩵🩵
I tried your 4-step formula yesterday and it totally worked! My coach never complained about me bouncing, but I felt like I was bouncing in the canter. So, I used your formula, pushed my legs super long into the stirrups, and tucked my hips under. The bouncing feeling stopped! Thank you!
I used this in my first dressage lesson and it helped me so much and I have just started my dressage journey switching from the jumpers and I am so excited!
Love how you explained and breaking things down into smaller and very detail steps we can easily follow ❤ thanks so much for all the videos u made that I’m going to watch ❤❤
This is so helpful! I have a horse that I’m working mostly on the canter, he tends to get quite strong and needs to learn to collect his canter, I have always had a problem with bouncing in the canter so this was so helpful!
Hi Alicia! It's Regi from DMA!! Thank you for making this. I will try to get the two point canter down at my next lesson. I have heard so many things about how to do two point and I'm trying to get it right. But I like how you explain it. Thank you again 💖🐎
So I just came on here to say THANK YOUUUUUUU. So much in the equation ring i see SOOOOO much instructors saying arch your back and seeing these kids Jam their heels so far down their lower leg is out in front of them or their upper body is so far forward their lower leg is wayyyy under them from where it should be. A friend of mind asked me for advice I said well do some leg relaxing techniques at the walk drop your stirrups and take your knees away from the saddle do bicycle legs rotate your legs your ankles both directions feel but of your seat bones when you pick your stirrups back up check in with yourself ask yourself am i relaxed is my thigh relaxed is my knee pinching can i feel my seat bones evenly And she sent me a video in her lesson and her instructor is yelling at her sayinf she has a hunched back to pull her shoulders back and arch her back and im like noooooooooooo dont do that your gonna turn into one of those weebles wabble but fall down itll throw you off balance. Instead of saying bring your shoulders back and arch your back say lift your chest up relax your shoulders and push your belly button into your spine and the best way to learn this is at the trot and have your instruct place their hand on your back to feel you basically lift with your core. I feel like this is a lost method in a lot of disaplines its not taught as commonly over in the states at all. And i rode with a rider who worked for mark Phillips so i was lucky enough to get several months of hands on experience from some of the best equestrians ive idolized since i was a kid and it workksssss i was such a tense rider and still can be but as long as i think relax I follow so much easily. I just shared this video with her to show her im not the only one who teaches this with i wish she wasnt 2 hours away because i wanna help her but her trainers methods are sooooo different.
Hii! I am a young rider. I have been trying my hardest, giving out all my strength on the horse to not bounce. The horse i am riding is a nervous one and speeds up with just a mere mistake of mine. He is uncomfortable to the sensations of the reins. As i have been trying my hardest, thinking about him more than myself, i always leaned forward on the horse to not bounce harshly on his back. This video has enabled me to look at all of my riding experiences from a different point. Thank you for that. I am now looking forward to learn and get inspired from you. Love you so much! Have a great day.
I love these videos so much! I’ve had a long time off from riding and I’m just starting back. I feel like I’ve completely lost my seat and these videos are so helpful in breaking things down and giving clear step-by-step instructions to help bring me back. Thanks so much Alicia!
I'm a beginner so i appreciate the clear explanations. It helps to have more than one instructor as each person explains it a little differently. Thank you for your time!
All my life I have always wondered what I was doing wrong with cantering as I would always bounce. I could never afford lessons when I was a child. This has made me want to get back into horse riding as a 40 year old. Thank you.
Horses are my passion. I have loved them ever since I was introduced to them (4months old), but it sucks because I only have enough money to go up to the Blue Mountains and ride once a year while I camp. I am so grateful that I even get that opportunity, but every time I think about it, it brings me to tears because horses are such pure, amazing, loving animals and I really want to explore that more, but that is not a possibility for me. I really love your videos by the way. Watching them makes me feel warm and close to horses
I can’t wait to try this out on my OTTB! She’s struggling with the canter and doesn’t like it when I attempt to really sit the canter. The rising canter might just be the answer to our troubles! Looking forward to our ride tomorrow 😊💪🐴 Thank you Alicia!!
Thank you thank you thank you! Can’t wait to try this weekend 🙌 As a para equestrian my legs are obviously a bit weaker so I use elastics to keep my feet in the stirrups. Lately I’ve been noticing when I’m cantering I’ve become lazy and have started lifting my feet up as if I’m riding stirrupless.. I think I do this because I can’t lose my stirrups so it just feels natural. I feel like the 2 point is really going to help me get my legs long and in the stirrups again!!
IT REALY WORKED!!😍 I have been trying this several times now and suddenly today I wasn’t bouncing as much as before!! (Still a little but better) I LOVE the way you explain all the small details Alicia❤️
OMG - That makes sooo much sense! Amazing video instruction on canter work. In steps 3 and 4 I have 3 questions: 1. How do you prevent the lazy horse or the one that ‘struggles a bit’ from falling back into trot when in 2-point - whip? Spur? Body? 2. How do you prevent same horse from falling back into trot when you sit back down in the saddle? 3. At about the 15:00 minute mark you mentioned that you have a good connection with Gee (you look amazing by the way!!) How ARE you connected - with reins? Legs? Body? Or all of the above? Thank you so very much for this video Alicia - I always wondered how you increase the canter energy from working/medium to collected if you are already driving with your seat in the working paces.
Hey Mimi! AMAZING questions, go you! Okay so overall while reading your questions I get the sense that your horse may not be travelling on its own in the canter, so first step is to work on that, when you ask the horse to canter try to either go direct to 2 point or sit still and don't drive the horse with your seat or hold your leg on, then the horse will either keep travelling, or drop back. When the horse drops back immediately send the horse forward and use a quick aid that sends the horse more forward than what you need, then go back to being passive with your forward aid. Repeat if the horse drops again. The goal is to teach the horse to travel without your help! It takes self discipline from you as the rider to not nag and training with the horse. When in 2 point you can use your leg like usual (light aid then quicker follow up if no response). When Alicia mentions good connection she is talking about connected into the bridle, think of the training scale! Let me know if this helps 🤩
Hi Alicia!! It's Regi. I literally just started cantering!!! I am so excited to tell you. I am learning on Candy, the grey mare. She has a rocking horse motion. I am on the lunge line just figuring out how to sit it properly. It feels amazing when i get it right. I am so excited to try the progression in this video. Thank you for this. I miss you❤
@@YourRidingSuccess I miss you all so much. For some reason, messenger doesn't work anymore when I try to reach you there. Hopefully it will work again soon. 💖
I am terrified to canter. After 7 years I still struggle with this canter movement. I am going to try it and let you know how it goes. You have been super helpful with all your advice so far, I have no doubts this will be the perfect thing to work on.
ok wow this is something i never realized! Usually I ride 5 gaited horses that i more or less canter exclusively in a 2 point position with maybe a few strides seated if they are really stable in the 3-beat. I got back on a 3 gaited horse some days ago after quite a long while and my seat was so much better in canter! Good to know how I managed to achieve that as I was pretty baffled. I expected to be really bad at sitting trot and canter as I hadn‘t done it in a while… Love all the insight you give into biomechanics and focused exercises for certain parts of riding!
Thank you for the all of that I've never ridden on a English style saddle before tomorrow first ride with that style little bit nervous watching you help a lot wish me luck on this ride in the morning normally I ride Western style saddle but I've always been interested in sitting in English saddle and watching you helped me feel a lot more confident and thank you so much wish me luck
I use your videos as background noise alot or to show my mom to help her riding(not that I never use these to improve myself!) and today Im making a list of muscle builder brands, biotin brands, and coolers for my horse. Im doing this to see price differences, shipping times, and effectiveness across the board! My gelding and I have improved together so much with alot of help from you and Natasha! We can't thank you enough, really, I would hug you both if I wasn't across the planet from you
Hello, and I’m so happy that I found your content. I have just started learning to ride, I’ve had about five lessons so far and I’m loving it. The main challenge I have is the rising trot and canter. We are doing cantering tomorrow on the beach and I will watch this video again before I leave for my lesson and incorporate the techniques that you are teaching. Thank you so much.
Amazing video, can't wait to try this on my Frisian girl. You teach me so much and take away my insecurities. Thank you so much, keep it going on like this!!
We are in lockdown and so pretty much restricted to riding at home. Fortunately I have an arena and so always looking at ways to make it interesting for me & my horse. Gave the rising canter a go today and wow it was so relaxing cantering around in that position. Better than 2 point as I found my horse was not thinking it was time to go! Thanks so much.
I'm a beginner well I can get into a trot n canter but always bouncing on the seat I haven't got much balance when standing but your videos are so helping n you give step by step instructions I can't wait to start riding again thank you
I.NEED.THIS my horse is really hard in canter and the seat is often really hard to sit on so i bounce around a lot 😅 thank you so much for these awesome videos! My favourite video was definitely the how not to bounce in sitting trot as I want to start doing more complicated trot work in sitting trot!
What a lovely and excellent video as if I am feeling I am in your training school. Superb amazing wonderful fascinating interesting beautiful and unbelievable video. It is helpful for beginners and horse riding lovers. So beautiful your commentry also deserves five star.
thank you! 😩 I was struggling to keep balance in canter and this changed everything 🤯 those exercises are great too, so far I can keep standing only while walking tho 😆
Tried this tonight having been po-going about on a very bouncy boy. Such a difference ! Really helpful with engaging my pelvis and feeling the movement. Thanks so much xx
That was amazing!! As a someone who rode jumpers my whole like then switched to dressage, I always applied standing in my stirrups in both disciplines, especially at the beginning of the ride to stretch all the leg muscles and put all my weight down in my heels and make my leg longer. It's brilliant and very logical! But I've NEVER heard a dressage trainer...EVER tell someone to do this but I think it's a super effective way to build up a full long legged contact correctly. One thing I thought you may say is remove the stirrups and even go on the lunge to really work on the seat seat seat SEAT and leg. I know they leg can creep on their own but that's why the trainer is there!! To SCREAM! LOL I did A LOT of no stirrup work when I first got my FEI boy because he had HUGE gaits and I found this helped me so much, especially at the Canter, as I was transitioning to a deeper seat from a more forward, a bit a head of the vertical or even 2 point at times in the jumper ring. And posting with no stirrups or even 2 point is not only muscle building but character building because at the beginning you want to cry the whole time!!! lol AMAZING VIDEO!!! You're awesome and your horse is stunning!!
👋 Hi There, Karen from Canada🐴 the clothes peg is exactly what happens Lolol I love the way you simplify and explain things. Hopefully, I will be back riding, then, I will review all this information from past videos, and try it all out on my horse. I can't wait. 🙂 Thank you Alicia for all your advice!!!!
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This is something my trainer has drilled me on with the TROT! I hadn’t tried it at the canter though! Standing in your stirrups is so so good for your balance and leg strength 💪
Fantastic!
Love the vido but have a fuer problres lilly bucking when out hew do i stolp?
@@karenleeming3648 Do you lunge your horse before riding? It helps warm them up, loosen & prepare the muscles for work & get the bucks out! 👍🏻
@@calista1280 woah I just did that a couple of times (I do it normally but I was doing it like 3x a day since she always bucks / gets angry) and it worked, tysm!
WE DID IT! This excersize is truly a game changer ! 😁 Practiced my last two rides and had a few AHA moments. My horse loves it! My legs were so much better. This will be Incorporated into my daily riding until I am strong enough to do it well. I gotta tell you, I was very sore after the first day 😅
Thanks for sharing!! Amazing!
This is exactly what I needed for my students!! Such an easy way to explain 🤣 I am always that teacher yelling "Longer legs! Use the lower leg don't squeeze with the knees or thighs!" So this is what I needed to help them
Thanks, Lynx!! Glad it was helpful xx
Yes! 2 point work is where it's at. So many times I have people asking me to help them learn to sit the canter better and I immediately have them up in 2 point working g on their leg strength a few have gotten irritated with me saying they were not here to learn a jumping position but quite the opposite. I have to tell them they MUST work on their leg and core strength to be able to sit better. Doesn't matter if your riding in and english saddle, western saddle, endurance saddle or bareback! If you don't work on yourself your horse pays the price unfortunately.
Thanks for the video!
What exercises would you suggest to strengthen legs and core muscles to prepare for when I do finally get to start taking lessons again? My horses are too young right now to ride, but I want to be as ready as I possibly can be once I can start riding again!
I used to only ever trail ride, but I want to start training for more than just bomb proofing and trail riding so I know I'm going to need to better myself first! Any help and tips are appreciated! :D
Yes!!!!! Good work you!! 💕
Hi Jenn, have you watched our Pilates videos? There are some exercises in there for horse riders to get stronger ruclips.net/video/BR0qkZy0sbQ/видео.html ✨
@@YourRidingSuccess
Thank you!! Guess I'm scrolling through all of your videos tonight! Your channel is so helpful!
Wow!!
This totally flipped “how to canter” on its head! Thank you Alicia for such amazing, easy to understand and implement principles and examples. My riding has changed dramatically in the last few weeks since I started putting into practice what I’m learning here. The best part? My horse is happier too!
Glad it was helpful!
Oh how I love this chick. When she screeches "stop gripping with your knees, put your legs on" (about 1.46 into the video) I can't help but chuckle. One because she sounds so Aussie (and love it) and also because it sounds familiar from my pony club days. And by using 2 point to help with getting the correct position for your knee and therefore not gripping is a lightbulb moment. Thank you. 😀👏🏻
Hahahaha I will show Alicia this - she will get a kick out of it! x
Hello Alicia. I’m just a happy hacker on a cob, but I find your videos so helpful, easy to understand and even though I will never ride a dressage horse the techniques I’m learning are helping me and horse at our low level of riding. Just wanted to let you know how much your time and effort is appreciated Thank you.
Love this!!!
Ditto for me. Love your videos. I just try to enjoy riding again after 30 years. Very helpful tips from you
I'm exactly the same as you but am loving learning and growing as a happy rider!! Love my clever little Cob!!!!!
I'm a disabled rider and have problems feeling my seat, and my back is rodded so I have very limited movement in my lower back bottom and core, but your tips have helped me smooth out my ride even with the lack of feeling in my legs. I have movement in my legs and can walk a bit, and need a ladder to mount my horse, but your tips have helped me ride better. Thank you.
A lot of people don't know that the gait of a horse mimics the gate of normal human walking. It not only is fun, but it is good for depression, PTSD, core strength, balance, and the rebuilding of muscles, and even helps with muscle memory. Because I do have the ability to walk a little bit which makes me extremely lucky, I should be able to use equine therapy to strengthen muscles, and regain balance. I topple over at least 2 times a month, and my last oops I fell into a display cabinet in my home ans it fell over on me and all my crystal that was on it got broken. 30 years of collecting gone from 1 fall.
I am looking for a horse to lease so I can stop renting by the hour, and have more freedom on what I want to do rather it be trail riding or going to the ring to work on skills, I just hope I can afford it. Oy. Wish I had kept my horse when I moved back from Ohio, but boarding a draft horse is way expensive, and the mare we had wasn't mine, but I did also have a cute grey dapple mule who I got to break myself, that was fun.
I have been doing this without knowing how fantastic it is! My little quarter horse has an enormous canter so the only way I could ride it was in a two point position. Eventually, I started sitting and going back to two-point. I was doing the right thing and didn’t even know it! 🥳 I do not bounce in the canter because of it.
Great job!
I practiced this today and it was really helpful! I've been struggling to understand the correct way to sit the canter and feel like I keep changing to try to correct it but not knowing how. We worked up to step 3 and am keen to work on rising canter next :) Thank you!
Great job!
#Harlow
Never thought of using the rising canter like this😍 Can't wait to try this to see if fixes the last bit of my seat in the canter🤩 You are great at describing how you can inprove yourself through easy small steps. Thank you Alicia
Super!! Can't wait for you to try this out xx
Every time you depart to the canter to demonstrate your sit, I am struck with the beauty of the transitions!
These tips are nust so good and fun to do and my mare cantered freely instead of the choppy canter she used to do and when I did the two point position and sit for three etc was a real eyeopener. That tuck the pelvis freed my legs and opened my hips.Thank you so much. Going to have a go at step 4.
This is such a great video and has helped me learn how to not bounce in my canter!! My instructor was so impressed she now lets me ride the advanced horses!!! So thank you sooo much!!!
YAY!! Love it!! We can't wait to hear more about your progress! Go YOU!! x
I've only watched 6 minutes of this video and you are fixing all of my problems! I was so happy when you said 'we know what we should be doing, but how do we actually get our body to DO it'? Exactly!
Sounds super! So Glad to Help! :)
This was such an 'Aha!' moment for me! I'm so excited to try this out with my pony! I love it! Thank you so, so much!
Nice!! Love this xx
Omg; my couch sounds EXACTLY like that when she screams at me! Kidding.
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This vid helped me a lot. I finally able to canter, not good, not perfect, but I did it. Thank you so much 💝
YAY!! So happy to hear this x
Today is my 2nd class of riding, my trainer asked my try cantering:) so exciting but I felt scared after the horse move faster :) I can do trotting without rein today, but cantering is totally different, very happy find solutions in my beginning:) will try to practice soon! thank you!
Can't wait to hear how it goes for you when you try this technique on your next ride!! x
Thank you for the video .. I started to canter since a year and a half and still do it wrong 😅 I lean forward and I do GRAP so strong with my leg to feel that I'm controlling the situation .. I do bounce of course .. the instructor always ask me to lean backward which FREAKS me out because I don't feel that I'm balanced .. anyway this journey will continue 😗🐎 hopefully one day I will do it right .. but I feel embarrassed telling people that I ride since 2 years and still do it wrong 😮💨🤭
We LOVE it that you're so comfortable sharing this with us! This journey is not easy but we hope we have imparted something that you can use on your next ride and we're super excited to hear about your progress! x
You are absolutely delightful and easy to understand. Thankyou for taking the time to make this video.
I love how I just keep watching these videos even though I can sit the canter. I only watch these to fix my equitation and get a deeper seat lil
LOVE that you are still checking out our old videos and that they're still super helpful for you. Thanks so much for watching x
Brilliant! I look forward to practicing this. Trying so hard to get back into riding shape after a few years off. Not as easy to do as it was when I was younger. Definitely putting this tool in my toolbox. Thank you so much ❤
You can do it!
Ok, so maybe I am a little late to the party but better late than never. I watched this video last night, rode today and I swear I could cry. My little mare was uber forward (put in 3 huge bucks when we tried rising canter left 😂) but that's great, she was forward, happy, soft and after doing the exercise in warm up the rest of the session was effortless. Am literally bursting here....thank you, thank you, thank you 🩵🩵🩵
You got this! Thank you so much for sharing this with us!! Well done!
I tried your 4-step formula yesterday and it totally worked! My coach never complained about me bouncing, but I felt like I was bouncing in the canter. So, I used your formula, pushed my legs super long into the stirrups, and tucked my hips under. The bouncing feeling stopped! Thank you!
Wow! Awesome!
Love the rising canter. So weird! 🐎🐎🐎 Looking forward to trying these techniques
Glad you like them!
I used this in my first dressage lesson and it helped me so much and I have just started my dressage journey switching from the jumpers and I am so excited!
Wonderful! Soo glad it helped!
Love how you explained and breaking things down into smaller and very detail steps we can easily follow ❤ thanks so much for all the videos u made that I’m going to watch ❤❤
This is so helpful! I have a horse that I’m working mostly on the canter, he tends to get quite strong and needs to learn to collect his canter, I have always had a problem with bouncing in the canter so this was so helpful!
Yay!! Glad you liked it xx
Me too!! Xx
Yay!
Looking forward to doing this. Will get back to you. Thank you.
Hi Alicia! It's Regi from DMA!! Thank you for making this. I will try to get the two point canter down at my next lesson. I have heard so many things about how to do two point and I'm trying to get it right. But I like how you explain it. Thank you again 💖🐎
Great job! Thanks Regi!
Wow... I'm a self taught casual rider and this was a wonderful tip. I can easily sit the canter but see now there is another way to do it.
This is lovely - thank you xx
You have such a lovely voice and way of speaking 😍
Thank you!!
I was bouncing around like a Bobble
Head the other day so this should help when in canter 😅
Let us know how you go trying this out x
Wow I tried these yesterday...not all of course but man did it help!!
Wow!! Glad it helped!
You are genius!!! It looks like you are pulling up an opening curtain of new equestrian coaching world.
Wow, thank you!
So I just came on here to say THANK YOUUUUUUU. So much in the equation ring i see SOOOOO much instructors saying arch your back and seeing these kids Jam their heels so far down their lower leg is out in front of them or their upper body is so far forward their lower leg is wayyyy under them from where it should be.
A friend of mind asked me for advice I said well do some leg relaxing techniques at the walk drop your stirrups and take your knees away from the saddle do bicycle legs rotate your legs your ankles both directions feel but of your seat bones when you pick your stirrups back up check in with yourself ask yourself am i relaxed is my thigh relaxed is my knee pinching can i feel my seat bones evenly
And she sent me a video in her lesson and her instructor is yelling at her sayinf she has a hunched back to pull her shoulders back and arch her back and im like noooooooooooo dont do that your gonna turn into one of those weebles wabble but fall down itll throw you off balance. Instead of saying bring your shoulders back and arch your back say lift your chest up relax your shoulders and push your belly button into your spine and the best way to learn this is at the trot and have your instruct place their hand on your back to feel you basically lift with your core. I feel like this is a lost method in a lot of disaplines its not taught as commonly over in the states at all. And i rode with a rider who worked for mark Phillips so i was lucky enough to get several months of hands on experience from some of the best equestrians ive idolized since i was a kid and it workksssss i was such a tense rider and still can be but as long as i think relax I follow so much easily.
I just shared this video with her to show her im not the only one who teaches this with i wish she wasnt 2 hours away because i wanna help her but her trainers methods are sooooo different.
Thank you so much for sharing this with us. You are welcome and we want you to know we are so grateful for your support.
Hii! I am a young rider. I have been trying my hardest, giving out all my strength on the horse to not bounce. The horse i am riding is a nervous one and speeds up with just a mere mistake of mine. He is uncomfortable to the sensations of the reins. As i have been trying my hardest, thinking about him more than myself, i always leaned forward on the horse to not bounce harshly on his back. This video has enabled me to look at all of my riding experiences from a different point. Thank you for that. I am now looking forward to learn and get inspired from you. Love you so much! Have a great day.
I love these videos so much! I’ve had a long time off from riding and I’m just starting back. I feel like I’ve completely lost my seat and these videos are so helpful in breaking things down and giving clear step-by-step instructions to help bring me back. Thanks so much Alicia!
You're welcome! :)
I had a lesson today and we were working on sitting in the saddle and shoulders, it hurts but was gold
This is great!! ❤️
Love your explanation. Hope to implement in my own riding and eventually pass off to other people. Many thanks.
LIGHT BULB MOMENT! Thanks again Alicia.
Thank you :)
I'm a beginner so i appreciate the clear explanations. It helps to have more than one instructor as each person explains it a little differently. Thank you for your time!
You are so welcome! We love helping people xx
This is excellent teaching. I am a riding instructor. I will be saving these videos!! Well done. Thank you.
Thank you so much!
Must try the 2 point canter on my next ride. Thank you
Give it a go and let us know how you go x
So. So. Good. Thank you for always giving us the breakdown and such practical solutions!!!
Happy to help!
All my life I have always wondered what I was doing wrong with cantering as I would always bounce. I could never afford lessons when I was a child. This has made me want to get back into horse riding as a 40 year old. Thank you.
Love it, LJ!!
This is so helpful since I am a young rider and I get a little nervous when I pick up the canter
Thanks for this video it will help me❤️
We're so excited to see how it goes for you, Zadie!
Horses are my passion. I have loved them ever since I was introduced to them (4months old), but it sucks because I only have enough money to go up to the Blue Mountains and ride once a year while I camp. I am so grateful that I even get that opportunity, but every time I think about it, it brings me to tears because horses are such pure, amazing, loving animals and I really want to explore that more, but that is not a possibility for me.
I really love your videos by the way. Watching them makes me feel warm and close to horses
This is so great to hear! Thank you!
I keep saying the same thing over and over in the comments but it’s true: these videos are phenomenal!
Woohoo!
I'll have to think of this next time I have canter on a lesson, thanks for the tips! Glad to see you praise the horse during the video, by the way =)
Thank you! So glad you are loving the videos x
I can’t wait to incorporate those beginning drills at my next lesson! Thank you so much!
You're so welcome! Have fun!
Loving your style,so helpful for me,answering all my questions ,I've ever had..So helpful..great teaching Babe
Yay!! So glad this helped a lot! x
I can’t wait to try this out on my OTTB! She’s struggling with the canter and doesn’t like it when I attempt to really sit the canter. The rising canter might just be the answer to our troubles! Looking forward to our ride tomorrow 😊💪🐴 Thank you Alicia!!
Super! Tell us how you go x
Inspiring! Thanks for breaking it down to smaller steps to build with!! Excited to try.
Yes!! So exciting!!
Thank you thank you thank you! Can’t wait to try this weekend 🙌
As a para equestrian my legs are obviously a bit weaker so I use elastics to keep my feet in the stirrups. Lately I’ve been noticing when I’m cantering I’ve become lazy and have started lifting my feet up as if I’m riding stirrupless.. I think I do this because I can’t lose my stirrups so it just feels natural.
I feel like the 2 point is really going to help me get my legs long and in the stirrups again!!
You're welcome!! Can't wait for you to try this out!!
IT REALY WORKED!!😍 I have been trying this several times now and suddenly today I wasn’t bouncing as much as before!! (Still a little but better)
I LOVE the way you explain all the small details Alicia❤️
Wow!!! Super job!!! x
OMG - That makes sooo much sense! Amazing video instruction on canter work. In steps 3 and 4 I have 3 questions: 1. How do you prevent the lazy horse or the one that ‘struggles a bit’ from falling back into trot when in 2-point - whip? Spur? Body? 2. How do you prevent same horse from falling back into trot when you sit back down in the saddle? 3. At about the 15:00 minute mark you mentioned that you have a good connection with Gee (you look amazing by the way!!) How ARE you connected - with reins? Legs? Body? Or all of the above? Thank you so very much for this video Alicia - I always wondered how you increase the canter energy from working/medium to collected if you are already driving with your seat in the working paces.
Hey Mimi! AMAZING questions, go you! Okay so overall while reading your questions I get the sense that your horse may not be travelling on its own in the canter, so first step is to work on that, when you ask the horse to canter try to either go direct to 2 point or sit still and don't drive the horse with your seat or hold your leg on, then the horse will either keep travelling, or drop back. When the horse drops back immediately send the horse forward and use a quick aid that sends the horse more forward than what you need, then go back to being passive with your forward aid. Repeat if the horse drops again. The goal is to teach the horse to travel without your help! It takes self discipline from you as the rider to not nag and training with the horse. When in 2 point you can use your leg like usual (light aid then quicker follow up if no response).
When Alicia mentions good connection she is talking about connected into the bridle, think of the training scale! Let me know if this helps 🤩
Thank you it works so well because before hand I used to bounce everywhere
Perfect! Glad this technique worked for you so well x
Never thought rising in the canter was a thing but know that I've seen it, it makes sense.
Yay!! xx
What a beautiful horse.
Thank you!!
Hi Alicia!! It's Regi. I literally just started cantering!!! I am so excited to tell you. I am learning on Candy, the grey mare. She has a rocking horse motion. I am on the lunge line just figuring out how to sit it properly. It feels amazing when i get it right. I am so excited to try the progression in this video. Thank you for this. I miss you❤
You are doing really great Regi! Thank you for keeping us in the loop of your progress!!
@@YourRidingSuccess I miss you all so much. For some reason, messenger doesn't work anymore when I try to reach you there. Hopefully it will work again soon. 💖
I am terrified to canter. After 7 years I still struggle with this canter movement. I am going to try it and let you know how it goes. You have been super helpful with all your advice so far, I have no doubts this will be the perfect thing to work on.
You should try it!! Can't wait to hear how it goes for you xx
ok wow this is something i never realized! Usually I ride 5 gaited horses that i more or less canter exclusively in a 2 point position with maybe a few strides seated if they are really stable in the 3-beat. I got back on a 3 gaited horse some days ago after quite a long while and my seat was so much better in canter! Good to know how I managed to achieve that as I was pretty baffled. I expected to be really bad at sitting trot and canter as I hadn‘t done it in a while… Love all the insight you give into biomechanics and focused exercises for certain parts of riding!
Wow - soo amazing to know this went well for you!! Can't wait to hear more about your progress!!
Thank you for the all of that I've never ridden on a English style saddle before tomorrow first ride with that style little bit nervous watching you help a lot wish me luck on this ride in the morning normally I ride Western style saddle but I've always been interested in sitting in English saddle and watching you helped me feel a lot more confident and thank you so much wish me luck
Thanks so much for watching the videos here xx
First time I’m hearing about rise the canter! Yay! How fun to try all this and help my horse with his canter!
Have fun! Tell us how you go xx
I use your videos as background noise alot or to show my mom to help her riding(not that I never use these to improve myself!) and today Im making a list of muscle builder brands, biotin brands, and coolers for my horse. Im doing this to see price differences, shipping times, and effectiveness across the board! My gelding and I have improved together so much with alot of help from you and Natasha! We can't thank you enough, really, I would hug you both if I wasn't across the planet from you
Wow! This is lovely! Thanks for sharing!
Hello, and I’m so happy that I found your content. I have just started learning to ride, I’ve had about five lessons so far and I’m loving it. The main challenge I have is the rising trot and canter. We are doing cantering tomorrow on the beach and I will watch this video again before I leave for my lesson and incorporate the techniques that you are teaching. Thank you so much.
You got this! I hope this technique works for you! Tell us about it! x
I will
Amazing! I love your style of teaching, a lesson with you is my absolute dream! 🤩
Wow, thank you!
No stirrup work has helped me the most. Great video and ty for sharing ❤️
You're welcome! x
your horse is so good, my pony would ask all the time so I wont be able to fcuse on my seat. thanks for explaining helps a lot!
Happy to help!
Amazing video, can't wait to try this on my Frisian girl. You teach me so much and take away my insecurities. Thank you so much, keep it going on like this!!
Love this!! Tell us how you go 😘
I can hardly wait to try this. Thanks!
Go for it!!
Excited to try these exercises on my next ride. Thanks for that.
Have fun!
We are in lockdown and so pretty much restricted to riding at home. Fortunately I have an arena and so always looking at ways to make it interesting for me & my horse. Gave the rising canter a go today and wow it was so relaxing cantering around in that position. Better than 2 point as I found my horse was not thinking it was time to go! Thanks so much.
Super!! Glad it went well for you xx
My favorite video is this video regarding tge Posting Canter.
Good one!
I'm a beginner well I can get into a trot n canter but always bouncing on the seat I haven't got much balance when standing but your videos are so helping n you give step by step instructions I can't wait to start riding again thank you
Hi Sammy! Thanks so much for sharing! So glad the videos are helping you!
I.NEED.THIS my horse is really hard in canter and the seat is often really hard to sit on so i bounce around a lot 😅 thank you so much for these awesome videos! My favourite video was definitely the how not to bounce in sitting trot as I want to start doing more complicated trot work in sitting trot!
So glad you loved it!!!!
Holy cow, mind friggin blown!!! Wow, wow, wow. Thank you for that amazing video!
Thank you :)
Superb amazing wonderful fascinating interesting beautiful and unbelievable video. Thank you Alicia for your valuable and beautiful video.
Glad you enjoyed it!
wowa so excited to try this tomorrow - everything I have tried has worked!!! making my life and my horses lives really fun - thank you!
Have fun! xx
Loved this Thank you...love from Ireland xxx❤👏🐎🐎
So glad you enjoyed the video!
Awesome video. Can't wait to get home tonight to try this out. Thank you.
Woohoo! Tell us how you go! xx
What a lovely and excellent video as if I am feeling I am in your training school. Superb amazing wonderful fascinating interesting beautiful and unbelievable video. It is helpful for beginners and horse riding lovers. So beautiful your commentry also deserves five star.
Glad you enjoyed it! Thank you!
thank you! 😩 I was struggling to keep balance in canter and this changed everything 🤯 those exercises are great too, so far I can keep standing only while walking tho 😆
defo trying this
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So sweet that you share your knowledge! Love that you help so many riders. 👍🏻😁♥️
Our pleasure xx
Tried this tonight having been po-going about on a very bouncy boy. Such a difference ! Really helpful with engaging my pelvis and feeling the movement. Thanks so much xx
Wow!! This is amazing!! x
That was amazing!! As a someone who rode jumpers my whole like then switched to dressage, I always applied standing in my stirrups in both disciplines, especially at the beginning of the ride to stretch all the leg muscles and put all my weight down in my heels and make my leg longer. It's brilliant and very logical! But I've NEVER heard a dressage trainer...EVER tell someone to do this but I think it's a super effective way to build up a full long legged contact correctly. One thing I thought you may say is remove the stirrups and even go on the lunge to really work on the seat seat seat SEAT and leg. I know they leg can creep on their own but that's why the trainer is there!! To SCREAM! LOL I did A LOT of no stirrup work when I first got my FEI boy because he had HUGE gaits and I found this helped me so much, especially at the Canter, as I was transitioning to a deeper seat from a more forward, a bit a head of the vertical or even 2 point at times in the jumper ring. And posting with no stirrups or even 2 point is not only muscle building but character building because at the beginning you want to cry the whole time!!! lol
AMAZING VIDEO!!! You're awesome and your horse is stunning!!
So glad you love the videos so much!!! And thank you for your lovely comment x
Rising canter....mind officially blown
Awesome! 😍
Thanks Alicia! Cannot wait to try this!
You are so welcome! Let me know how you go!
Love the rising canter I think it will be perfect for my young horse
Thank you! ❤️
tysm for this tip, i would've never thought of using the rising canter and the 2 point like this. I cant wait to try it on my horse!!
You are so welcome!
I love this!!!!!! I don’t bounce but I want to do all of this and now my daughter will be doing this as well. Thank you 💜
So glad you found the video so helpful!! Would love to hear how you and your daughter go trying out the tips!
OMG heading to the barn to try🤯
Love this! Have fun x
I will tell you how if it works in 2 days bc then is my lesson and in 7 days is my first competition :)
Great teacher ma’am thanks a lot
👋 Hi There, Karen from Canada🐴 the clothes peg is exactly what happens Lolol I love the way you simplify and explain things. Hopefully, I will be back riding, then, I will review all this information from past videos, and try it all out on my horse. I can't wait. 🙂 Thank you Alicia for all your advice!!!!
Super!! Tell us how you go once you get to ride again xx
Great again. I have done the rising canter. I quite enjoy it. It takes a bit of practice but makes your legs work.
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This is a great exercise!!!!!!!!!!! So great for everyone not just for dressage riders.
Absolutely!!