Dont Bite your tongue! CC Please

This ^^^! You have accepted all that's been said and in good humour, I like your attitude! I'd find a decent instructor and go from there. Well done for being so brave and putting pics up - I wouldn't!! :)
 
It looks like you do what I have a tendency to do, which is get fixed at the wrist and end up turning the hands to have an effect down the rein. To try and stop it I think of keeping a nice straight line from my elbow down, through my wrists to the reins. If I want to take a pull I think off moving my elbow back as if it was being pulled by a piece of string. That way my hands/wrists do not need to move at all (head up and shoulders back also helps to maintain the position to do this easily too).

I have also found, even with my very forward and sensitive tb that I get the best response from hardly moving my hands at all, apart from allowing for his movement obviously, but really using the leg strongly and consistently to push up in to the contact. When I was first trying to 'get' what this felt like we would do it trotting up a hill as I found my horse would naturally lighten up in front and start to tuck his bum under anyway.

All this aside I don't think you look too shabby anyway and well done for asking for CC.
 
Sprig said:
It looks like you do what I have a tendency to do, which is get fixed at the wrist and end up turning the hands to have an effect down the rein. To try and stop it I think of keeping a nice straight line from my elbow down, through my wrists to the reins. If I want to take a pull I think off moving my elbow back as if it was being pulled by a piece of string. That way my hands/wrists do not need to move at all (head up and shoulders back also helps to maintain the position to do this easily too).

I have also found, even with my very forward and sensitive tb that I get the best response from hardly moving my hands at all, apart from allowing for his movement obviously, but really using the leg strongly and consistently to push up in to the contact. When I was first trying to 'get' what this felt like we would do it trotting up a hill as I found my horse would naturally lighten up in front and start to tuck his bum under anyway.

All this aside I don't think you look too shabby anyway and well done for asking for CC.
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TY- I get what you mean about hill work, my horse seems to carry himself properly and i fall into place a bit more!
 
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