Jingleballs
Well-Known Member
I did some jumping with C today - first time I've jumped without the presence of my instructor in about 6 months and only about the 4th time I've jumped in that time.
I have accepted that I will never be very good at jumping - just doesn't come naturally and I don't think I have the bottle for it but I do want to be as good as I can for the sake of C - he does like jumping although he's done very little of it - my aspirations don't stretch further than being able to do a nursery novice class and a baby XC course.
My friend kindly took some pics and vids today which she's put together for me.
I think I need to firstly shorten my stirrups further, give more with my hands and work out what a bloody light seat is as I tend to stand up in my stirrups rather than go into a proper jumping position. I also need to ride more positively into the jump.
I'd really welcome and additional thoughts and critique - be as honest as you wish as I need to get better at this!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7PaYDo-L-qI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=63LKdERXsB0
I have accepted that I will never be very good at jumping - just doesn't come naturally and I don't think I have the bottle for it but I do want to be as good as I can for the sake of C - he does like jumping although he's done very little of it - my aspirations don't stretch further than being able to do a nursery novice class and a baby XC course.
My friend kindly took some pics and vids today which she's put together for me.
I think I need to firstly shorten my stirrups further, give more with my hands and work out what a bloody light seat is as I tend to stand up in my stirrups rather than go into a proper jumping position. I also need to ride more positively into the jump.
I'd really welcome and additional thoughts and critique - be as honest as you wish as I need to get better at this!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7PaYDo-L-qI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=63LKdERXsB0