There are trainers who tell you to sit back more. And when you are tipping forward they are probably right to say so. But not further then the
If you sit forward too much with your upper body, you can’t absorb the movement of the horse with your lower back which in turn will stiffen
A lot of riders are secretly scared. They don’t dare to admit to their friends of even their instructor that they are afraid. Fear is a natural
A couple of things are needed. Stamina, a supple back and loose hips. You need to be able to let go of tension in your body, without losing posture.
Riding horses started a few hundred years before Christ. Before that we just ate them. Since then man has developed the position in such a way
Think about it: how would you be if you have to go into a sand school every day, walking round after round, doing the same all the time.
It is very important
Saying that, I do believe instructors have a task explaining what and why. Gone are the days in which drill sergeants just told you what to do and shut
Loving your horse is very important. Even more then the ability to ride him. There are many examples of maybe not so good riders who did really well,
No, he’s not. Horses can be playful, excited, bored or tired. But they don’t make fun of people. They like to cooperate. If they only knew
The key word was patience. Losing it means all the work you’ve done before has been useless, he said. And you might be even further back, as the horse