canter

IGNORE... unless you have advice about how to secure my swinging lower leg, then by all means, SHARE.
Lots of love,
~A

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[Erindusty]

try just badly touching the saddle when you trot and canter and keep your heels down. my trainer had me do that and it works really well.

[EleanorIsAw3som3]

just try a whole range of things and see what is most conforable for you and your horse. For example try doing some bareback rides, do lots of walking with your heals right down to strengthen the muscles in your legs, do some more exercises like teaching the horse to be more soft. heaps of 2 point. im sure also your instructor can come up with some more exercises that can strengthen those muscles :) hope this helps :)

[KamelotsBigFan]

STAND in your stirrups to begin with. Not just half seat, but put every thing into your heels. Start out at the walk to really stretch your leg down, then move up to trot and canter. Time yourself and do longer each day. Every person with a leg that doesn't move I asked them how they do it, and that's what they tell me. It works like nothing else. Half seat tips you too much; stand.

[Xxsivy0320xX]

Lengthen your stirrups will help!! Push your heels rly down, or no stirrups will work

[Maegshorsejump]

as said below, try riding with no stirrups-walk, trot, canter, sitting, posting, two pointing..it isnt easy, but it works :) try thinking about a deeper heel (yours isnt bad, just saying) and tightening your calf...not a 'go faster' tighten or pressure...but you will figure that out with plenty of no stirrup work.

[TheEventer4]

Everyone's saying "no stirrups" but I don't necessarily think that's it. It looks more to me like you're trying to sit the canter without driving him or making him go faster, so you're letting your leg be loose so it doesn't speed him up. Have you tried half seating sometimes on him? Just test out different things and see what works best. That's what I always do!

[eventer4life17]

NO STIRRUPS NO STIRRUPS NO STIRRUPS! <3 :D

[AnEnglishRider]

My coach always tells me to think of my leg as reaching down long and wrapping around my horse and anchoring myself in position. I don't know if it works or not to visualize like that, I think some days she might just give up.

[AnEnglishRider]

Mine does that too... I'm going to try to fix it when I get back to school (have to leave my horse at school on breaks from college) by doing lots of no stirrups... We'll see if it works.

[Hangtime425]

look good! mine does that too, so what i did is i did 10 minutes of no stirrups every day and then once a week took them completely off the saddle. it helped a lot!!! also try half seat, i do that mostly and it is a loot easier.