Wonderful. As an instructor at lower levels, I actually ask my students to keep their shoulders behind their hips at first in order to learn to connect their seat and move their core. When a greener rider tries to it too upright, they loose balance over their seat and bounce and grip. I also love how loose your knees are, which is vital for allowing your seat to remain deep and follow. I share a lot of your videos with the local pony clubs I work with. Visual learning is great!
That makes me so happy to hear that you share it with your local pony clubs! I really want dressage to be accessible to all, which is why I started this channel. Thank you for sharing!
Hey, please keep doing what you’re doing. You’re the one teaching the next generation, and that’s far more important that what it is considered in this industry ❤ love good pony clubs
I love Jacques! I am riding a lesson horse who has a very hard time being round. I have to keep my legs off him or he speeds up and his going faster equals rougher. I have smoothed me out by trying to move side to side with his trot. His canter pulls me so deeply into the saddle that it is like floating. I don’t do anything (that I’m aware of) but my trainer says I’m definitely moving right with him. It allows me to think about relaxing my elbows, keeping my hands where they belong, turning my head and opening my inside hand while closing the outside as we turn. He leaps into the canter from a walk. We both love to canter. It is our reward at the end of our lesson!
I just got a video of my canter and was reasonably happy with my seat and back. But my elbows were opening and closing in front of my body!! So this was helpful to watch for that too. I was pumping rather than just a soft open and close.
I love this video and Jacques (and Leo). I understood proper sitting in canter not long ago and it felt so amazing. I felt I was floating but also relaxed. And relaxing made my legs stretched and able to push my heels down. I am riding a horse where I had to massage the bit so she rounds. Is there already a video on massaging the bit?
Excellent, short, succinct & sensible approach Amelia. The only difficulty is getting an "untrained" horse, round. A horse struggling to accept the bridle is a real challenge. I've gone back to the ground, I understand the principles & keep on with all the exercises I can find. She's veey hot & rushy & any contact - trying to be so light, causes her bracing & opposition. I've gone baxk to bitless for her emotional comfort & because she has a facial sarcoma, coming into contact with the bridle. Her side-pull puts less pressure on the cheek of her face (they're apparently painless - & seems that way, but any contact potentially causes irritation.) Is it possible to get a horse to engage their hind end, to work correctly over the back without being 'on the bit', ie being bitless?? I can't find anything on this subject. I started out my journey or retraining my horse, geared toward dressage. But bitless & dressage just dont co-incide. I admire you a great deal!! Any advice would be welcome. Best wishes, Benita 🐎❤🙏
Hey there, yes-roundness is a challenge! (You should be on the lookout for my 30 day to round course in september!), but I have some free videos to help you with that too. As far as side pulls etc. Bitless options can be just as harsh as bits if they aren't fitting/sitting on the face correctly or if used in rough hands, but that doesn't mean they are bad options! And if it's working for you, keep doing it. It is definitely possible to get them round and working over their back being bitless, it's all the same principles! Check out this video for roundness to help you: ruclips.net/video/5GVY6sZ2264/видео.html
Kind of off topic but where did you get your dressage mirrors? We don't have any and I think it would be so incredibly helpful to be able to see what we look like while we are working!
You want to think about allowing the movement. Try isolating your hips on the ground first. Like your a belly dancer or doing the hula hoop, that will help you start to feel how to move them separately and you can try applying movement to your riding.
This is a good video, as sitting the trot is something I struggle with as I learned to post first. Do you have any tips for not bumping your heels and arms?
Not bouncing those parts required you to absorb the motion of your horses back with an independent seat. It takes so much work! Don't tense or it will make it all worse
I need to practise sitting trot but my instuctor usually just does some figures in trot and then makes us canter. Because i cant sit the trot, i cant give the aid for canter myself and i get so frustrated!
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Wonderful. As an instructor at lower levels, I actually ask my students to keep their shoulders behind their hips at first in order to learn to connect their seat and move their core. When a greener rider tries to it too upright, they loose balance over their seat and bounce and grip. I also love how loose your knees are, which is vital for allowing your seat to remain deep and follow. I share a lot of your videos with the local pony clubs I work with. Visual learning is great!
That makes me so happy to hear that you share it with your local pony clubs! I really want dressage to be accessible to all, which is why I started this channel. Thank you for sharing!
Hey, please keep doing what you’re doing. You’re the one teaching the next generation, and that’s far more important that what it is considered in this industry ❤ love good pony clubs
I love Jacques! I am riding a lesson horse who has a very hard time being round. I have to keep my legs off him or he speeds up and his going faster equals rougher. I have smoothed me out by trying to move side to side with his trot. His canter pulls me so deeply into the saddle that it is like floating. I don’t do anything (that I’m aware of) but my trainer says I’m definitely moving right with him. It allows me to think about relaxing my elbows, keeping my hands where they belong, turning my head and opening my inside hand while closing the outside as we turn. He leaps into the canter from a walk. We both love to canter. It is our reward at the end of our lesson!
Thanks for all the reminders! Hope you’re feeling better. ❤
I just got a video of my canter and was reasonably happy with my seat and back. But my elbows were opening and closing in front of my body!! So this was helpful to watch for that too. I was pumping rather than just a soft open and close.
I love this video and Jacques (and Leo). I understood proper sitting in canter not long ago and it felt so amazing. I felt I was floating but also relaxed. And relaxing made my legs stretched and able to push my heels down. I am riding a horse where I had to massage the bit so she rounds. Is there already a video on massaging the bit?
Have a look at this video on getting your horse round amelianewcombdressage.com/dressage-training/3-steps-to-round/?RUclips&General
Excellent, short, succinct & sensible approach Amelia. The only difficulty is getting an "untrained" horse, round. A horse struggling to accept the bridle is a real challenge. I've gone back to the ground, I understand the principles & keep on with all the exercises I can find. She's veey hot & rushy & any contact - trying to be so light, causes her bracing & opposition. I've gone baxk to bitless for her emotional comfort & because she has a facial sarcoma, coming into contact with the bridle. Her side-pull puts less pressure on the cheek of her face (they're apparently painless - & seems that way, but any contact potentially causes irritation.)
Is it possible to get a horse to engage their hind end, to work correctly over the back without being 'on the bit', ie being bitless?? I can't find anything on this subject. I started out my journey or retraining my horse, geared toward dressage. But bitless & dressage just dont co-incide.
I admire you a great deal!!
Any advice would be welcome.
Best wishes, Benita 🐎❤🙏
Hey there, yes-roundness is a challenge! (You should be on the lookout for my 30 day to round course in september!), but I have some free videos to help you with that too. As far as side pulls etc. Bitless options can be just as harsh as bits if they aren't fitting/sitting on the face correctly or if used in rough hands, but that doesn't mean they are bad options! And if it's working for you, keep doing it. It is definitely possible to get them round and working over their back being bitless, it's all the same principles! Check out this video for roundness to help you: ruclips.net/video/5GVY6sZ2264/видео.html
Your such a beautiful rider. 😍
you're too kind!
Bravo 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
Kind of off topic but where did you get your dressage mirrors? We don't have any and I think it would be so incredibly helpful to be able to see what we look like while we are working!
Hi Mary, I'm not sure where the barn owners got the mirrors, so sorry!
You make it look so easy I don’t really understand how to loosen my hips
You want to think about allowing the movement. Try isolating your hips on the ground first. Like your a belly dancer or doing the hula hoop, that will help you start to feel how to move them separately and you can try applying movement to your riding.
This is a good video, as sitting the trot is something I struggle with as I learned to post first. Do you have any tips for not bumping your heels and arms?
Not bouncing those parts required you to absorb the motion of your horses back with an independent seat. It takes so much work! Don't tense or it will make it all worse
I need to practise sitting trot but my instuctor usually just does some figures in trot and then makes us canter. Because i cant sit the trot, i cant give the aid for canter myself and i get so frustrated!
Practice sitting for a few strides and then post again. Don't try to over do it - it will come with time!