:) Advise on position?

Hmm, where to begin. Your pony is very on the forehand which doesn't help and also very round.

When you get on pull your thigh muscles at the back of your legs behind and out, with your hands.

Keep your knees to the front, the legs will follow as will your feet.

Think knocked kneed. Don't grip with your knees and allow your legs to hang down.

As for the jumping, and I am no expert, far from it, you appear to be jumping for him. At that height you need to do nothing and seem to be driving him to the bottom of the fence.

Hope this helps and I am sure people with more knowledge than me will reply.
 
You need to go right back to basics, as I have had to lately, so I'm not being critical. Get on the lunge with a decent instructor, give your reins up for now and go from there. Sweet pony.
 
All of the special effects make it hard to see what's going on!! The thing that stuck out for me was that you might benefit from sitting up before your fences. On your approach your already out of the saddle and leaning on your hands 4 or 5 strides out which could be why your pony is going into every jump very much on his forehand. A few lessons to get you into the habit of sitting up and encouraging your pony to come back a bit might help him to make it over the jumps a bit easier.

Also kept noticing your stirrups sliding backwards under your foot which would hint to me that you're gripping with your knees when you ride hence the trouble keeping your lower leg steady.... A few lunge lessons with no stirrups would usually do the trick :-)

Your pony is lovely, well done xxx
 
Well I think it would help your jumping position massively if you put your stirrups up about 3 holes - currently you seem to have very little control over your lower leg and are struggling to keep your heels down and the stirrup on the ball of your foot in the approach to the fence. The fact that your lower leg is not very controlled means that you are probably struggling to get your leg on him properly, which makes it hard to stop him refusing, keep him in a nice rhythm and get him off the forehand. I would also shorten your reins a little bit.

So I suppose you could try hitching your stirrups up a bit and practicing your jumping position on the flat to make sure you are really secure and in control of that lower leg. A jumping instructor would be a massive help if you don't have one already. Good luck with your lovely pony :)
 
Thank-you all for the advise, I am actually giving up riding soon to go away for uni so I won't be getting lessons but I just thought that it wouldn't hurt to get some suggestions for the time now :) thanks for all the help, I see exactly what you mean, I get quite anxious and have always tensed up in the saddle sometimes , I went out for a hack and let my legs relaxed and for once in a long time I felt the contact in my calf and not knee or heel
 
Aw you can carry on riding at uni! Don't give up :) I've made good friends through uni riding club.
I get anxious and tense up too and I find lessons on the lunge without stirrups (and reins sometimes) realy help as you can focus so much on yourself and feel exactly which body parts are tending.

I also agree you might feel a bit more secure if your stirrups were up a bit. You could always put them down again. :)
 
Your saddle is a bit of a problem. It gives you no stability for your lower legs. I have knee and thigh blocks and a made to measure with shorter flaps so i can get more leg on him as im a short person riding a big huge heavy so my lower leg doesn't move about at all. Shorten your stirrups too. :)
 
I got the saddle only 3 years ago, when I got Blue, and its a good GP saddle, I obviously was shorter then as I am only 17 now but I am happy with the saddle, it does its job and when I leave for uni Blue will only be hacked x
 
Lovely pony :-)

You tend to lean to jump before he takes off which adds extra weight on the forehand which in turn will make it harder for him to lift his front end. Also if he's going for it then way hay decides nope you could do a little flight over the handle bars if you get my drift :-) but don't give up!
 
Thanks :) I choose the wrong time to get advice because I can't be jumping at the mo, but this is great advice, can't wait to get it into practice :)
 
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