Ponymad21
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What jumping exercises would you recommend for a rider who is nervous jumping?
I'm secure in the saddle but I've had a lot of bad experiences jumping and not many good due to riding excitable horses who massively over jump or run off bucking after a jumpLots of light seat work til you can canter around quite happily in balance, even if just trotting over jumps. Jumping is scary if you're not secure so working on the stability of your lower leg will help long term. Then cantering over poles several times a week until that's easy and normal. Then fences. Do a little, often.