Are you an ok rider that you always know when your horse's rear legs are grounded? This is a capability that you just cannot do without. It's crucial that you give leg aids just when your horse's rear leg is grounded? Really at the precise moment it is prepared to take off. This is the one exact moment when you can impact the hind leg.
I know where my horse's rear legs are by sensing the position of his hips. When a given rear foot is aground, his hip goes higher. I get the sensation of my seatbone being driven forward.
Here are some tips to help identify when your horse's rear leg is aground:
1. When waking, keep your eyes shut. Get your focus on the inside seatbone. I have known folks describe this as a feeling that their seatbone is 'higher' others say it is like the seatbone being 'pushed forward'. Attempt to fine tune your sense of timing by saying 'now, now, now' each time you sense your seatbone has been pushed forward. This way, you will be able to get yourself sensitized to the moment the hind leg is on ground.
2. Get a pal to keep track of one hind foot and scream 'now' every time it is aground. Ensure you are aware of the feel underneath your seat everytime. That way, you'll soon become adept at it.
3. If you have got no one to assist you watch the horse's shadow, or use a mirror. Ensure you are getting it right by calling off footfalls and checking now and then with the shadow or the mirror to confirm if you are doing fine.
4. Closely watch other riders and horses and with regard to one particular rear leg, keep watching the position of the hips of both the rider and the horse when that leg is grounded.
5. At the canter, learn how to sense when the inner hind leg is grounded by watching the horse's mane. The mane flops up at the canter's 2nd beat, when the inside hind leg is grounded. Repeat the word 'now' to yourself each time you see the mane flop up. This way, you are able to synchronize whatever you are observing with the word 'now' and whatever you're feeling beneath the seat.
I know where my horse's rear legs are by sensing the position of his hips. When a given rear foot is aground, his hip goes higher. I get the sensation of my seatbone being driven forward.
Here are some tips to help identify when your horse's rear leg is aground:
1. When waking, keep your eyes shut. Get your focus on the inside seatbone. I have known folks describe this as a feeling that their seatbone is 'higher' others say it is like the seatbone being 'pushed forward'. Attempt to fine tune your sense of timing by saying 'now, now, now' each time you sense your seatbone has been pushed forward. This way, you will be able to get yourself sensitized to the moment the hind leg is on ground.
2. Get a pal to keep track of one hind foot and scream 'now' every time it is aground. Ensure you are aware of the feel underneath your seat everytime. That way, you'll soon become adept at it.
3. If you have got no one to assist you watch the horse's shadow, or use a mirror. Ensure you are getting it right by calling off footfalls and checking now and then with the shadow or the mirror to confirm if you are doing fine.
4. Closely watch other riders and horses and with regard to one particular rear leg, keep watching the position of the hips of both the rider and the horse when that leg is grounded.
5. At the canter, learn how to sense when the inner hind leg is grounded by watching the horse's mane. The mane flops up at the canter's 2nd beat, when the inside hind leg is grounded. Repeat the word 'now' to yourself each time you see the mane flop up. This way, you are able to synchronize whatever you are observing with the word 'now' and whatever you're feeling beneath the seat.
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