Weezy
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PARALYSIS BY ANALYSIS too - when in the school. Proved it to myself out hunting yesterday as my girl had total self carriage and was gliding...now to transfer that into the arena!
If you were to sum up your riding style....
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Bossanova
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PARALYSIS BY ANALYSIS too - when in the school. Proved it to myself out hunting yesterday as my girl had total self carriage and was gliding...now to transfer that into the arena!
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Love it!!
I'd descirbe my style as too easy-going. I tend to get a nice feel and stick with that. I dont like pushing boundaries!! But I'm working on it
PARALYSIS BY ANALYSIS too - when in the school. Proved it to myself out hunting yesterday as my girl had total self carriage and was gliding...now to transfer that into the arena!
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Love it!!
I'd descirbe my style as too easy-going. I tend to get a nice feel and stick with that. I dont like pushing boundaries!! But I'm working on it
sfward
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Um uncoordinated and a bit clueless on the flat - I know what I'm trying to achieve but can't seem to overcome my bad habits which include twisting, sitting left, overactive left hand and right leg which curls up! Fortunately jumping most of these faults seem to be less apparent - show jumping can be a bit hit and miss as I'm too nice and need to be a bit more assertive, but cross country has always come naturally to me so for this reason I persevere with the dreaded dressage!!
SpottedCat
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Definite paralysis by analysis for me too! I think i am terrible, I know all my faults and then some, but I am working very hard to correct them and can see an improvement in his way of going since I made a conscious effort to nag less and tell more!
So I am between consciously incompetant and consciously competant.
Incidentally, I heard a programme on Radio 4 which said that to be at the top of your game you need to do 10,000 hours of something. Does not matter what it is, to reach unconscious competance you need the 10,000 hours. Of course, doing 10,000 hours will not make you a top class pro level rider, but you can't be a top class pro level without it apparently according to the research they have done (in a variety of sports, music, chess etc). So for us one-horse full time worker types, the phrase 'give yourself a break' is important! (Not that I can, but i try to remember to!)
So I am between consciously incompetant and consciously competant.
Incidentally, I heard a programme on Radio 4 which said that to be at the top of your game you need to do 10,000 hours of something. Does not matter what it is, to reach unconscious competance you need the 10,000 hours. Of course, doing 10,000 hours will not make you a top class pro level rider, but you can't be a top class pro level without it apparently according to the research they have done (in a variety of sports, music, chess etc). So for us one-horse full time worker types, the phrase 'give yourself a break' is important! (Not that I can, but i try to remember to!)
HBII
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Captain Cautious
Driven by perfection and get peed of if I dont achieve it. Flappy lower leg which does fek all, tip forward too much and have a dominate right hip
[damn you hip]. Want everything perfect, IMO I should be competing SJ'ing, Dressaging you name it ......
Driven by perfection and get peed of if I dont achieve it. Flappy lower leg which does fek all, tip forward too much and have a dominate right hip
Spot_the_Risk
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Who cares! So long as me and my horse are happy, that's all that matters. Yes, I'd love to look fab in the saddle, but I'm not going to have loads and loads of lessons for all my life! At some point you have to accept yourself, I'm okay on my horse, and I don't think I'd ruin anybodys elses. And at the grand old age of 39, having been horse mad all my life, and owned a horse for 10 years, I'd better not be 'cr@p' as so many people here seem to think they are! I prefer to think of myself as a permanent novice!
You're meant to enjoy riding, not agonise over it!
You're meant to enjoy riding, not agonise over it!
Bounty
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Yup, completely empathise with that.... Rage has the most stunning trot and it feels gorgeous, which leads to me spending every session trotting around with a grin on my face, but not achieving anything!
Bounty
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Surely it needs to be 10,000 hours of correct riding though? I must have spent nearly that much in the saddle over 14 years (
- yes, I am STILL this pants!) That means I must be really good at being really crap!
sunflower
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Incidentally, I heard a programme on Radio 4 which said that to be at the top of your game you need to do 10,000 hours of something. Does not matter what it is, to reach unconscious competance you need the 10,000 hours.
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So for the one riding lesson a week person like me it will take 192 years.....
Incidentally, I heard a programme on Radio 4 which said that to be at the top of your game you need to do 10,000 hours of something. Does not matter what it is, to reach unconscious competance you need the 10,000 hours.
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So for the one riding lesson a week person like me it will take 192 years.....
Bounty
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Perfection is my problem too
All was fine until I decided I wanted to get back into 'proper' riding after 6 years of hooning around playing polocrosse... my first step towards this was to get some Mary Wanless books (mistake numero uno!) and then scoot off to a MW demo (VERY big mistake!). I completely 'get' what she says, but the constant analysis needed to acheive it all has ruined me, and now it's a habit I can't get out of
Have you watched vids of yourself riding? My only comfort is that having watched the vids, my riding is NOTHING like how it feels
You'll probably be pleasantly surprised too
All was fine until I decided I wanted to get back into 'proper' riding after 6 years of hooning around playing polocrosse... my first step towards this was to get some Mary Wanless books (mistake numero uno!) and then scoot off to a MW demo (VERY big mistake!). I completely 'get' what she says, but the constant analysis needed to acheive it all has ruined me, and now it's a habit I can't get out of
Have you watched vids of yourself riding? My only comfort is that having watched the vids, my riding is NOTHING like how it feels
SpottedCat
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I presume it is - in that I am Novice eventing - to become really good at novice I'd need 10,000hrs at novice or above presumably. They did not go into that much depth, but I would assume it is 10,000 hours for the level you are at - after all, you can walk, trot, canter and not fall off and do movements well at a certain level now, therefore you have your 10,000 hours for that level perhaps? Unlike a beginner, who has done a year at an hour a day every day and only has 2555 hours?
I honestly do not know, but I do remember the figure from the show! (It was some kind of science programme IIRC).
I honestly do not know, but I do remember the figure from the show! (It was some kind of science programme IIRC).
Bounty
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I think we all need to adopt your attitude
I love riding, and live for my memories of hunting (me? Sad?!
), but my competitive/perfectionist streak won't leave me in peace once I get inside the school. Bizarre, as I've never actually been competitive as such, only with myself it seems!
I love riding, and live for my memories of hunting (me? Sad?!
Bounty
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Just another 14 years to move onto the next level then
I know it takes 3 months to 'train' your body into a habit, or 30,000 repetitions, that applies for horse and human as far as I am aware.
I know it takes 3 months to 'train' your body into a habit, or 30,000 repetitions, that applies for horse and human as far as I am aware.
Ravenwood
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I haven't got a single picture of me looking good on a horse! My lower leg is too far forward, my reins are too long and I am always looking down! Of course in my mind I am the perfect rider!!
isabella
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erm to some it up i would say..... crap however it gets the job done lol
RachelB
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I think there are a few words to describe my style. Nervous being the first one! The second two being mish-mash - I have two instructors, one who teaches more the German style of riding, and one who teaches more the Spanish RS style. Although it shouldn't work as it should confuse me, well it does at times, but it actually helps me as I have two different perspectives and can choose a style all of my own that works best for me.
I like the sound of Yogi Breisner's scale of riding (whoever posted it?), I am number 2 - consciously incompetent!
I like the sound of Yogi Breisner's scale of riding (whoever posted it?), I am number 2 - consciously incompetent!
Nailed
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generally evil// O cant ride in a good position.. but horses respect me ... sorta! lol
But i am doing well on me bosses eventer
lou x
But i am doing well on me bosses eventer
lou x
Lucy_Ally
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Well, I am normally pretty hard on myself. I have a pretty useless left leg that flops about like a bit of string and I always look down and lift my heel. Recently I seem to have developed penguin feet as well!
But I have worked really hard on my seat and position and with the help of a very good (and patient trainer!) I think I have improved such a lot recently. Spring is more responsive and we have acheived a lovely sitting trot where I actually sit quite still and ride effectively. I have been told I have nice hands too! So I am trying to focus on the positive aspects of my riding and work on the not so positive!
But I have worked really hard on my seat and position and with the help of a very good (and patient trainer!) I think I have improved such a lot recently. Spring is more responsive and we have acheived a lovely sitting trot where I actually sit quite still and ride effectively. I have been told I have nice hands too! So I am trying to focus on the positive aspects of my riding and work on the not so positive!
harrihjc
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bloody useless and completely ineffective at the moment, Flash is quite lazy and I think I 'over ride' to try to get him going, but really its still me doing all the work! From pics today I need to keep my hands up and heels down....actually I'm still in shock from the horror of it!