 ™Rider and Rider Position Notes from the Schumacher YR Clinic 1998 by Trenna Atkins |
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Length of
reins: Some riders ride against the neck. Keep your hands wide and swing through the seat
in the trot. A long rein can be needed to get a good contact. It can be a disaster if the
reins are too short because the seat of the rider can not work. Concentrate on the seat and contact. The neck of the horse becomes shorter by riding more not by shortening the reins. Most horses get excited when the rider moves suddenly. Don’t move too much and just do everything in the right way. Look to the horse’s ears and concentrate. When riding a canter transition, the rider’s body must come forward to give room for the horse to canter. When you sit the trot, be sure your hips are in front and you can swing through. Swing with hips, not with stiff arms, hands in front and ride forward to them. Just play with the wrists, nothing but that, then give forward with both hands then back inch by inch (in stretching in the canter) Exercise for rider in the canter….lean forward a little and roll your shoulders in the jump of the canter. You should keep your legs at the horse but with no pressure. Dressage riders must have their legs in a position in front, to assist your seat and help you drive. Let your legs hang down, and then kick if needed. Keep your hands wide and let your shoulders fall down. Don’t move your legs, just use a difference in pressure for the sensitive horse. Don’t pull, half halt with just the wrists. When you ride the horse with your body and seat, you can do anything. Trenna |
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