twinkle
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well had my 3rd EE lesson and yet agian fantastic.
well to start of we worked on getting her to really work from behind
we had to pretty much stayed on a 20m circle the whole time as menage was quiet bad (flooded as you will see in vid)
well we was trying to sharpen her up o lisen to me and the aids i give.
we was on a circle and telling her to stop and stand then rein back then go of into trot, which is an amazing excercise as it really got her to use back end and she felt brilliant to ride as soon as she started to go back to letting her legs go out the back door we would do it agian it really made her listen to me and by the end she was so responsive to my aids which was the best feeling ever,how long have i been longing for this moment.
jill asked how i stopped her or made her slow down a gait and i embarrasingly explained i kind of give a little wggle on the rein and use my voice (at least im honest i suppose)
jill then explained that i should try and put weight in my storrups and that will automaticly tense my muscles in my body and she will ither go down a gait or stop depending how much i do it and what im asking for.
we went off in a walk and i gently put weight in my stirrups and WOW she stopped it was great did this in trot and canter and its amazing how much your body really does make a big enfluence on them.
also asked me how im asking for rein back. i agian answered embarrasingly that i kind of gently wiggle on reins and say back(how bad am i)
she explained to me to gently swish both my legs back and then gently squeeze on reins and helping by saying back or what ever compand you want to be back.
i did this and took a few times to get it but once she did as soon as i moved my leg back without no voice or squeeze on the reins she would go back, aint it just great when you no how to do things properly quiet embarresed about myself though.
also did a little bit of sitting trot i done it and she then said how did that feel i explained i have always felt like im going backwards and forwards.she explained that i should feel like im going side to side with her belly at frst but eventally i wont feel like that t kind up sit right on my bum and just let go and move with her.which to be honest i didnt find that hard kind of easy but still got to let go of a bit of tension in my hips but jill thinks thats because im having to really streached around amber where she is so big and im so small it just opens my legs that little bit more causing a bit of tension.also to not force the side to side movement.
we did a little bit of canter to end with on a circle which amber dont really like normally.
we asked for canter in the way jill explained last week (lifting inside hip up and leg forward a bit) which she responsed to really really well, she picked it up really well but jill straight away picked up on how fast she has been taught to go around. so we worked on slowing it down will me flexing to the inside and having my shoulders back and back arced and front in a lift up position thinking that instaed of the horse moving down wars to kind of move upwards movement (really bad at explaining things as you can tell)amber instantly slowed he caner down it was such an amazing feeling felt like riding a complete diffrent horse.
jill was explaing that i really have to kind of really try and hold her all togeather at the moment and really tell her where to put her legs and head and eventatly will get it just lots of work to begin with.
jill also bought to saddles down for me one to try on twinkle which was a 16" but was to big for her which was a same so still on a saddle hunt for her!
and one to try amber as she thinks the flaps are shorter on heathers saddle than mine and may be a lot easier for me as i struggle with my saddle as my legs on just come past the flaps so aids cant be that clear to amber just nedd longer legs really so going to try the saddle tomorrow really looking forward to finally riding in one cant wait.
it may not look to diffrent to anyoe watching but the diffrence in amber in 3 lessons is incredible just to have her ears on me at all times and listening is absoulty amazing!
mum took a few videos here they are enjoy.(sorry still trying to load secnd one)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1zsAIs5Dhvc
well to start of we worked on getting her to really work from behind
we had to pretty much stayed on a 20m circle the whole time as menage was quiet bad (flooded as you will see in vid)
well we was trying to sharpen her up o lisen to me and the aids i give.
we was on a circle and telling her to stop and stand then rein back then go of into trot, which is an amazing excercise as it really got her to use back end and she felt brilliant to ride as soon as she started to go back to letting her legs go out the back door we would do it agian it really made her listen to me and by the end she was so responsive to my aids which was the best feeling ever,how long have i been longing for this moment.
jill asked how i stopped her or made her slow down a gait and i embarrasingly explained i kind of give a little wggle on the rein and use my voice (at least im honest i suppose)
jill then explained that i should try and put weight in my storrups and that will automaticly tense my muscles in my body and she will ither go down a gait or stop depending how much i do it and what im asking for.
we went off in a walk and i gently put weight in my stirrups and WOW she stopped it was great did this in trot and canter and its amazing how much your body really does make a big enfluence on them.
also asked me how im asking for rein back. i agian answered embarrasingly that i kind of gently wiggle on reins and say back(how bad am i)
she explained to me to gently swish both my legs back and then gently squeeze on reins and helping by saying back or what ever compand you want to be back.
i did this and took a few times to get it but once she did as soon as i moved my leg back without no voice or squeeze on the reins she would go back, aint it just great when you no how to do things properly quiet embarresed about myself though.
also did a little bit of sitting trot i done it and she then said how did that feel i explained i have always felt like im going backwards and forwards.she explained that i should feel like im going side to side with her belly at frst but eventally i wont feel like that t kind up sit right on my bum and just let go and move with her.which to be honest i didnt find that hard kind of easy but still got to let go of a bit of tension in my hips but jill thinks thats because im having to really streached around amber where she is so big and im so small it just opens my legs that little bit more causing a bit of tension.also to not force the side to side movement.
we did a little bit of canter to end with on a circle which amber dont really like normally.
we asked for canter in the way jill explained last week (lifting inside hip up and leg forward a bit) which she responsed to really really well, she picked it up really well but jill straight away picked up on how fast she has been taught to go around. so we worked on slowing it down will me flexing to the inside and having my shoulders back and back arced and front in a lift up position thinking that instaed of the horse moving down wars to kind of move upwards movement (really bad at explaining things as you can tell)amber instantly slowed he caner down it was such an amazing feeling felt like riding a complete diffrent horse.
jill was explaing that i really have to kind of really try and hold her all togeather at the moment and really tell her where to put her legs and head and eventatly will get it just lots of work to begin with.
jill also bought to saddles down for me one to try on twinkle which was a 16" but was to big for her which was a same so still on a saddle hunt for her!
and one to try amber as she thinks the flaps are shorter on heathers saddle than mine and may be a lot easier for me as i struggle with my saddle as my legs on just come past the flaps so aids cant be that clear to amber just nedd longer legs really so going to try the saddle tomorrow really looking forward to finally riding in one cant wait.
it may not look to diffrent to anyoe watching but the diffrence in amber in 3 lessons is incredible just to have her ears on me at all times and listening is absoulty amazing!
mum took a few videos here they are enjoy.(sorry still trying to load secnd one)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1zsAIs5Dhvc