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Heather Moffett, teaching sitting and rising trot on the Equisimulator horse movement simulators,

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• Heather Moffett
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• Equisimulator
• horse movement simulator
• Learning to Ride
• The Classical Seat
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[shadowminx86]

I have watched the video and tried to put it into practise but my boss says I'm still rising to high! I have tried everything I can think of to stop myself but I have no idea why I'm doing it and she still says I need to rise half as high as I am now. I trying to pass my NVQ and at the moment my riding is holding me back. Please help

[enlighteneduk]

@shadowminx86

Yet again as with so many other replies to my videos, I can almost guarantee it is the saddle causing you to rise too high. Do you have any video of you riding as I am happy to have a look for you! Is it a GP and do you have to have your stirrups short to stay in balance?

[piethefish]

Thank you so so much for this video. This will definitely help me when I go to my next lesson. If only I had one of these! It's so hard to be able to ride only once a week and expected to be perfect each time I go, without having any practice. I doubt these things would ever be in my budget range, but if they were, I would never hesitate to buy one!

[enlighteneduk]

@piethefish

Glad to help! Believe me, a correctly designed saddle with the stirrup bars in the right place, ie further back would be the biggest help other than a simulator!

[littleguise]

hey, i am usually a light rider, however i have the problem at moment of my legs swinging forward and making me lean back. so i force my upper body to mov forward slightly to try and move my legs back but it has had no effect, i just look like im doubling over - the horse i ride is very difficult to ride as he does this 'turtle trot' where he stick his head in the air, and starts moving really up/slow/ and bouncy on his feet! do you think you might be able to suggest an exercise i could do?

[enlighteneduk]

@littleguise

I can almost guarantee yet again that it is the stirrup bars being too far forwards on the saddle. This will make you land on the back of the saddle as you sit which is the very sensitive part of the horses back. If the rider lands heavily the horse will indeed stick his head in the air and hollow. It drives me nuts to see the very tool that should be assisting the rider, actually causing their problems, and is why I design my own saddles help the rider sit easily!

[enlighteneduk]

@MuseJulie

Hi Julie, do you have any video of this happening? I am almost certain it is because the saddle is putting you behind the movement and that you are rising to the trot with your body upright, which makes it even worse.If you have any video I am happy to look at it for you.

[MuseJulie]

I'm having trouble doing rising trot. I keep bouncing back twice in the saddle. How do I prevent this?

[enlighteneduk]

@o0Affinity0o @o0Affinity0o

If you look like you are humping the horse, then you are not absorbing the movement correctly. Watch the video of me on tthe Shire x TB mare in sitting trot,

and you will see that absorbing the movement the way I describe in the simulator clip, produces a very quiet, apparently still seat, no 'humping', no flapping legs!!

[o0Affinity0o]

I have always had trouble with the sitting trot and just a few weeks ago, I tried something different. I intentionally moved my hips forward and back, not necessarily trying to relax, but just focusing on intentional pelvic movement. My sitting trot improved SO much I can't even explain it. To me, it's not really about relaxing, it's all about inducing the pelvic movement until it comes naturally. Granted, I kinda look like I'm humping the horse, but at least I'm not bouncing anymore!