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!
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.
@@wheeliemom3079all I can say about your display cabinet falling over you is that it's a good thing crystal got broken instead of bones. Having said that, it's still a huge loss. Sad 😒
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 😅
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. 😀👏🏻
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 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
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 ❤❤
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.
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!
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!
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.
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
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.
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!!!
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
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!
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 ❤
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!
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 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!
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.
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 💖🐎
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!
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 🤩
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'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!
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
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.
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
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!!
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!
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.
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 😆
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 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.
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
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!!
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
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.
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!!
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❤️
I am someone who is better at jumping than dressage and i want to change that in order to be able to give horses i ride (and me)maximum comfort as possible After searching for advice on internet,youtube and google i found your channel the most understandable and helpful, these tips can help every rider no matter the horse they ride or discipline they are usually doing. This channel very easy gained a new subscriber and fan! Do you have any other programs or sites other than this RUclips ?
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!!
This is a brilliant breakdown of exercises. Can I ask - would this work in the trot as well to help keep lower leg stiller? I do a lot of light seat work for jumping and don’t have a bounce in canter, but I find in rising trot I struggle to keep my lower legs very still. If there was the chance to do a similar video around the trot that could be amazing!!! 🙃
Hi Sophie! Yes absolutely! Watch in the video how Alicia shows you to stand up and sit down in the walk, do this while trotting, then try staying up for 4 beats or 6 and then control your "down" so you tuck bum on down phase. Can also do up for 2 and down for 2. Try this and let me know how you go x
thank you very much, I'm struggling with canter, and I'm still worried, but after watching this video I hope my worries will lessen, and I can enjoy canter without bouncing.... greetings from Indonesia👋🇮🇩🏇
Amazing! I wish I could go riding with you. I’ve watched so many videos that miss really important stuff. You don’t miss a thing. This video has got me passionate about horse riding again, after a break of 4 years. ❤❤
I’ve defo found myself oscillating between the ‘superman’ position and a foot forward during a canter. Good to know how to correct that and it isn’t that you shouldn’t give up riding. The idea of practicing balance and standing up during a walk or trot is brilliant. I can’t wait to saddle up again. Many thanks 🙏 ❤🎉y
Again, the comment that some horses will revert to a trot if you’re out of the seat during a canter is spot on. That happened to me so many times with different horses. It’s just great to know that I wasn’t a complete disaster 😊
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!
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!
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.
@@wheeliemom3079all I can say about your display cabinet falling over you is that it's a good thing crystal got broken instead of bones. Having said that, it's still a huge loss. Sad 😒
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!
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
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 ✨
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Thank you!! Guess I'm scrolling through all of your videos tonight! Your channel is so helpful!
Wow!!
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
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 ❤❤
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!!!!!
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!
You are absolutely delightful and easy to understand. Thankyou for taking the time to make this video.
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
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.
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
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 will tell you how if it works in 2 days bc then is my lesson and in 7 days is my first competition :)
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
Omg; my couch sounds EXACTLY like that when she screams at me! Kidding.
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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
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
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
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
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! :)
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
Every time you depart to the canter to demonstrate your sit, I am struck with the beauty of the transitions!
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!
Love the rising canter. So weird! 🐎🐎🐎 Looking forward to trying these techniques
Glad you like them!
My favorite video is this video regarding tge Posting Canter.
Good one!
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!
LIGHT BULB MOMENT! Thanks again Alicia.
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!
Wow! Awesome!
I had a lesson today and we were working on sitting in the saddle and shoulders, it hurts but was gold
This is great!! ❤️
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! :)
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
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.
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!
Love the rising canter I think it will be perfect for my young horse
Thank you! ❤️
Thank you it works so well because before hand I used to bounce everywhere
Perfect! Glad this technique worked for you so well x
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!
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 🤩
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!
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!
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
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
This is excellent teaching. I am a riding instructor. I will be saving these videos!! Well done. Thank you.
Thank you so much!
You are genius!!! It looks like you are pulling up an opening curtain of new equestrian coaching world.
Wow, thank you!
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
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!
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!
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!!
Excited to try these exercises on my next ride. Thanks for that.
Have fun!
Wow I tried these yesterday...not all of course but man did it help!!
Wow!! Glad it helped!
Superb amazing wonderful fascinating interesting beautiful and unbelievable video. Thank you Alicia for your valuable and beautiful video.
Glad you enjoyed it!
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!!
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!
So incredibly helpful...thanks a million
You're very welcome!
Have seen rising canter used by a show jumper.
Planning to use a jumping saddle and a light seat on my behemoth while working on his back strength.
Good luck!!
I can hardly wait to try this. Thanks!
Go for it!!
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!!
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 😆
OMG, this is game-changing!
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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
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
No stirrup work has helped me the most. Great video and ty for sharing ❤️
You're welcome! x
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 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!
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
Wonderful back to basic explanation! Thank you!
Glad it was helpful!
Holy crap! 😮I cannot wait to try this!
Yay!! Let us know how you go!
Thanks Alicia! Cannot wait to try this!
You are so welcome! Let me know how you go!
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!
This is a great exercise!!!!!!!!!!! So great for everyone not just for dressage riders.
Absolutely!!
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
Inspiring! Thanks for breaking it down to smaller steps to build with!! Excited to try.
Yes!! So exciting!!
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
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
Never thought rising in the canter was a thing but know that I've seen it, it makes sense.
Yay!! xx
Yeah!! It is really helpful for me, thank you!!!
You're welcome!
Thank you for sharing your experience. Your boy is very talented.🐴
You're welcome! He is amazing!
I keep saying the same thing over and over in the comments but it’s true: these videos are phenomenal!
Woohoo!
I can’t wait to incorporate those beginning drills at my next lesson! Thank you so much!
You're so welcome! Have fun!
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
I will try this to get my seat better. Stop that wee bounce of mine thanks you. Next for me how no to bounce in sitiing working trot
Go for it!
I am someone who is better at jumping than dressage and i want to change that in order to be able to give horses i ride (and me)maximum comfort as possible After searching for advice on internet,youtube and google i found your channel the most understandable and helpful, these tips can help every rider no matter the horse they ride or discipline they are usually doing. This channel very easy gained a new subscriber and fan!
Do you have any other programs or sites other than this RUclips ?
Love this! You can follow us on socials also, Your Riding Success x
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 😘
Looking forward to doing this. Will get back to you. Thank you.
I love this! I found u on harlows channel love the horse your using they are so well behaved and look stunning! ❤
Thanks so much!! :)
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!
Oh my goodness what an absolute gem of a video you clever girl.👍👌👍👌
Thanks so much! 😊
Amazing! I love your style of teaching, a lesson with you is my absolute dream! 🤩
Wow, thank you!
👀 Wow! Are those red snakeskin boots? Gorgeous!!!
Thank you!! :)
This is a brilliant breakdown of exercises. Can I ask - would this work in the trot as well to help keep lower leg stiller? I do a lot of light seat work for jumping and don’t have a bounce in canter, but I find in rising trot I struggle to keep my lower legs very still. If there was the chance to do a similar video around the trot that could be amazing!!! 🙃
Hi Sophie! Yes absolutely! Watch in the video how Alicia shows you to stand up and sit down in the walk, do this while trotting, then try staying up for 4 beats or 6 and then control your "down" so you tuck bum on down phase. Can also do up for 2 and down for 2. Try this and let me know how you go x
thank you very much, I'm struggling with canter, and I'm still worried, but after watching this video I hope my worries will lessen, and I can enjoy canter without bouncing.... greetings from Indonesia👋🇮🇩🏇
You're welcome xx
Amazing! I wish I could go riding with you.
I’ve watched so many videos that miss really important stuff. You don’t miss a thing. This video has got me passionate about horse riding again, after a break of 4 years. ❤❤
I’ve defo found myself oscillating between the ‘superman’ position and a foot forward during a canter. Good to know how to correct that and it isn’t that you shouldn’t give up riding.
The idea of practicing balance and standing up during a walk or trot is brilliant.
I can’t wait to saddle up again. Many thanks 🙏 ❤🎉y
Again, the comment that some horses will revert to a trot if you’re out of the seat during a canter is spot on. That happened to me so many times with different horses. It’s just great to know that I wasn’t a complete disaster 😊
Thank you so much for the feedback! So glad you enjoyed the video so much :]
Love your explanation. Hope to implement in my own riding and eventually pass off to other people. Many thanks.
Thank you for this class.
You're very welcome!
Wow very dmgreat teaching amazing dear .
New subscriber because I absolutely love your videos! Makes my riding so much better.
Welcome to our channel! So glad the videos have made your riding so much better! YAY!! x
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!!!!