Could you point out to me where she is “balancing on her hands”? I know she fell forward a little in one stop, but really who doesn’t, everyone at one point even experienced riders have done it. But please point out to me where she is balancing on her hands.
Could you point out to me where she is “balancing on her hands”? I know she fell forward a little in one stop, but really who doesn’t, everyone at one point even experienced riders have done it. But please point out to me where she is balancing on her hands.
What I see, is the rider moving her hands with her own body movements, rather than moving her hands in tune with the horse. (while loping) Therefore, it’s causing constant uneven confusing rein cues to the horse.
If you are going to ride with contact, you’ll need to keep the contact consistent. So at the walk, your hands should be moving (subtle) to move along with the horse’s normal head movement at the walk. At the trot, the horse’s head moves very little, so you hands are relatively still. At the lope, the horse’s head is “rocking” along with their body so your hands should follow suit. You don’t want the rein pressure to increase or decrease, unless you are specifically cueing the horse for something.
At least that is what I see anyway. It seems easiest to see from about 8 seconds to 26 seconds.
beau159 said it very well. :yes:
As for the “falling forward a little,” the video shows only two sliding stops and I saw it in both, so that is all I have to go on. “Everyone” does not routinely lose their center of gravity when schooling routine movements, or even in competition. That is why I recommended watching reining videos. I would also work on balance and core strength, and schooling lope, and halt, before attempting sliding stops.
