Critique my Jumping please

I'm no good with critique but I would say sit up more but continue with a light seat and lift your hands more?

Sit up more when asking for canter without dropping the contact

Hope this helps :D
 
MrVelvet said:
have you got a closer up, more clear picture? its hard to tell anything from this :)
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:D:D:D....oh dear.

lol at MrVelvet, sorry but I've been pretty fed up today and that just made me smile and chukkle!


OP - sorry no crit. from me, I'm pants myself.
 
ohh haha sorry!!!! what ground are you jumping on? you just need to bring your shoulders back and sit on your bottom more :) and lifting your hands and bringing them back so theres a bend in ur elbow! he looks fun though :) x
 
MrVelvet said:
ohh haha sorry!!!! what ground are you jumping on? you just need to bring your shoulders back and sit on your bottom more :) and lifting your hands and bringing them back so theres a bend in ur elbow! he looks fun though :) x
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He is very fun :)
Its just mud basically, its a yard i am moving from on Friday to a proper place with the facilities we need :)
I have another video of us but its uploading slowly.
 
Sit up more before and even more after the fence - you look like you are collapsing slightly on landing. Also, please do not jump very much more on that hard ground - your pony will go lame and you won't be able to ride let alone jump.

Nice pony though.
 
BonneMaman said:
Sit up more before and even more after the fence - you look like you are collapsing slightly on landing. Also, please do not jump very much more on that hard ground - your pony will go lame and you won't be able to ride let alone jump.

Nice pony though.
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It was actually two days after quite some rain, but im aware of the dangers- thanks :)
 
You need to sit up alot more and bring your shoulders back, you look very slumped. This is also contributing to your lower leg sliding forward.
I would have a few lessons when you move and work on your position :)

Very hard ground as well, you can see the dust!! :rolleyes:
 
The vid is a bit jerky so I can't see much, but from what I can see, you need to shorten your stirrups a hole or two, and bend your arms and lift your hands. Looks fine apart from that. You are certainly not jabbing the horse in the mouth or anything. One comment though - I think the ground looks too hard to be jumping. Could be asking for soundness problems if you are not careful. :)
 
What a good pony! Just popped through like an angel you lucky thing!

To me your stirrups seem too long and so you are bobbing up and down with no particular impact on his way of going which wont serve you well when the jumps get higher (If you are aiming for higher that is!)
If you can get your stirrups up a few holes and learn to ride in a 2 point position controlling the tempo between the leg and hand the whole picture and control will improve. For me I would only sit into the canter a few strides before a fence to choose a stride and it would be a sit down deep enough to shorten or lengthen the stride as needed depending what jump was in front of you or what distance you need for a double or related after. If you feel a good stride to an easy fence then I would sit for a light seat for the last 2-3 strides only but I wouldnt stay out of the saddle all the way in - makes it very easy to go out the front door on a refusal and more difficult for take off.
Hope that helps x
 
Ok so basically:

-I need to start sitting up more after the fence
-Stirrups need to be shortened
-Bend my elbows more
-Ideally not sit back so far from the fence only about 2/3 strides before it.

This gives me something to work on, im also booked in for one jump lesson a week when we move and one flatwork over summer plus camps. Ive not been out jumping for about 10 months due to uni and have just hacked etc.

As for the hard ground etc- ive owned this horse since he was 3yo, believe me when i say i am careful with him.
Although i did not ask for critique on the ground, it isnt ideal which is why we are moving- the jumps are 2'3 and 2'6 so not large and having owned this horse for 5 years and done everything with him, please be assured i am aware of hard ground issues and in actual fact consulted his physio who stated never to jump any higher than 2'6 on the ground as it was just incase.
(I wish his sharer had taken this onboard but thats another story)
 
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Your technique tbh needs a bit of an overhaul, I would get some GOOD lessons from a good instructor, you aren't really doing anything to help the jump, bouncing around a lot, and you need to give with your hands. I think you may be a little tall to jump him regularly over anythign decent heightwise as you look to be crouching and even then quite tall..
is my honest opinion (and get that wood on the right out of the way, if he ducks out he'll run straight into it!)
 
MrVelvet said:
Kenzo said:
:D:D:D....oh dear.

lol at MrVelvet, sorry but I've been pretty fed up today and that just made me smile and chukkle!

haha :( it didnt say video.. usually thers a big triangle play button to press! ah well.. glad to be of service :)
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I didn't realise it was a video either, I was staring at the pic wondering if the op was taking the mickey... :o

I would second the shorter stirrups and sitting up more - and indeed sitting lightly rather than bobbing up and down like you're rising to his canter. Very nice pony though :)
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I dont jump him often, and when i do they are 2'3 generally- 2'6 if im brave :)

I tried to upload a video from a year ago where we were competing @ 2'3 and won

Here are some pics though if that helps?

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You have the same issues I do, we should just smash lessons this year and crack it :)

As for being too tall, I don't think so. I'm sure people might have said that to WFP at some point but with the aid of balance and effective riding he has done ok ;) :D
 
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Firstly I feel that your saddle is too small which may be why your stirrups are too long.

From watching the videos your basic position is OK - the fences are small and arriving and leaving in jumping position is quite acceptable.

What I would like to see you do is to
1 Shorten your stirrups by 2 holes at least
2 Flatten your back by folding at the hips rather than at your waist
3 Look up and ahead
4 Keep your fingers closed - as you approach the fence you are opening your fingers and resting them on the pony's neck
5 Follow more forward with your hands so that you give a little more to the pony who needs to be able to stretch more over the fence. His head carriage is rather fixed over the fence.
6 Over one fence you have stood in your stirrups. Make sure that yoou fold at the hips, so that you have a straight line 'Shoulder, Knee, Toe'

I know everyone has mentioned the hard ground - maybe you can help by moving the fences over onto the grass.
 
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Gonna say up your stirrups a few holes, shoulders back, hands up.

Work on your two point position in canter, keeping ^^^ position as above- then over poles, then over raised poles, then jumps, to make rhythm more fluent and position more consistent.
 
lift your hands going into the fence and sit up more so he can lift his shoulders and personally i like them to stretch more over the fence so put your hands a liotle further up his neck
 
HorseGirl18 said:
lift your hands going into the fence and sit up more so he can lift his shoulders and personally i like them to stretch more over the fence so put your hands a liotle further up his neck
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Why would you want her to lift her hands going into the fence? - She has a lovely corerct straight line 'Elbow, Hand, Horses mouth'
 
Sit up more when approaching the jump, this will help balance yourself and your horse when jumping and landing. Also hold your hands higher, this will enable you to give your horse it's head more when it's jumping a fence. Hope this helps.
 
To all the people who are advising this rider to raise her hands go back and review the videos and then come back and tell me where she has her hands too low.

I can see no where in the video and the two phots that shows her hands to be too low. She has maintained a lovely , straight line between her elbow, hand and the horses mouth throughout the video - she opens her fingers at the point of take off and could follow through more to encourage the horse to use it's head and neck better.

Use the pause button!
 
What a nice little pony :-)

All I would add is to do plenty of canter transitions on the flat, to get his canter more bouncy so he's not as flat. But definitely sit into him more to get his canter more active and springy.

Good luck with your lessons x
 
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