POSTURE:
Normally I can tell how a person will sit on a horse by how they sit in a chair, sit at their desk in school, stand when they are visiting, or when they are walking. Sometimes I have a pretty good idea of how you’re going to sit in the saddle as I watch you [...]
By Barbara Ellin Fox
LONGING or LUNGING
Longing is often over looked in riding instruction programs. Good lunging horses take time to train and until recently the art of longing riders was not normally taught to American instructors. With USDF instructor prep classes, the teaching of longing the rider has been given more attention.
My favorite way for riders to develop their seats is as old as riding a horse -
Ride Bareback
Nothing comes close to riding bareback for developing muscles, feel and balance on a horse. I recommend it for the young and the adult rider but I do have a few guidelines for safety and correct riding.
Light Seat In light seat the rider sits on the crotch and upper thighs. The rider maintains more of a forward inclination of the upper body taking more weight on the thigh. This seat is used predominantly in riding that involves jumping such as forward seat, hunter seat and eventing and requires a shorter stirrup [...]
POSTURE:
Normally I can tell how a person will sit on a horse by how they sit in a chair, sit at their desk in school, stand when they are visiting, or when they are walking. Sometimes I have a pretty good idea of how you’re going to sit in the saddle as I watch you drive your car up my driveway.
Why? Because posture is a strongly developed physical behavior that translates into riding. … Continue Reading
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By Barbara Ellin Fox
LONGING or LUNGING
Longing is often over looked in riding instruction programs. Good lunging horses take time to train and until recently the art of longing riders was not normally taught to American instructors. With USDF instructor prep classes, the teaching of longing the rider has been given more attention. … Continue Reading
Popularity: 62% [?]
My favorite way for riders to develop their seats is as old as riding a horse -
Ride Bareback
Nothing comes close to riding bareback for developing muscles, feel and balance on a horse. I recommend it for the young and the adult rider but I do have a few guidelines for safety and correct riding. … Continue Reading
Popularity: 82% [?]
Light Seat In light seat the rider sits on the crotch and upper thighs. The rider maintains more of a forward inclination of the upper body taking more weight on the thigh. This seat is used predominantly in riding that involves jumping such as forward seat, hunter seat and eventing and requires a shorter stirrup leather length than does the full seat. Light seat should not be confused with jumping position. … Continue Reading
Popularity: 74% [?]
by Barbara Ellin Fox
“Seat” is used two distinctive ways in horseback riding. The first is the proper name for the type of riding you do. Saddle Seat, Hunt Seat, Stock Seat, Forward Seat, Balanced Seat, Dressage seat are all names of types of riding or types of seat. … Continue Reading
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by Barbara Ellin Fox
Aside from having great videos and pictures AND being a fun blog to read, The Riding Instructor blog is a good source for information for instructors, riders, students and their significant others. Significant others could be a spouse or Mom and Dad. The purpose of The Riding Instructor blog is to make [...]
by Barbara Ellin Fox
The Riding Instructor is for anyone who wants to learn more about horses. It includes areas that will be of interest to actual riding instructors or people hoping to become instructors but it also includes resources for people who would go to a riding instructor for help and education.
While I enjoy [...]
by Barbara Ellin Fox
What could be better for a horse lover than a social network that is totally for horse people! Barnmice says “To ride a horse is to ride the sky.” — Author Unknown- If you live by these words , then welcome home!
I first learned about Barnmice through a classified ad in [...]
by Barbara Ellin Fox
I love this French and Saunders clip about a girl who loves riding but has to do everything she can to put a positive spin on her accomplishments or lack there of. She doesn’t have a high rate of success but she has big dreams. She has more things going against her [...]
by Barbara Ellin Fox
Riding is different than most other sports. If a person is taught to ride correctly they can continue this sport for a lifetime. I’ve known many people who continue to ride in their 60s, 70s, and 80s and a few who have continued to ride in their 90s. That’s something that you’re [...]
