Spin-sitting tips??

i cant work out why someone would throw buckets around, not something i would do. i know we shouldnt pusseyfoot round our horses but i fully understand why both you and your horse jumped, its not something you would normally expect...
 
Jinx94 said:
Throwing various items, generally clattering and messing about to the point that it's been upsetting multiple horses.
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Where I ride, there are often small children who turn up with older siblings or parents, and there is a general guideline of "don't run around and don't shout: it surprises the horses and then they do unpredictable things"...

Which is what prompted my response earlier in this thread, that throwing buckets around is just a stupid thing to do... An empty bucket falling on a concrete floor or path is like banging the bottom of an aluminium saucepan with a wooden spoon.
 
pistolpete said:
Air jacket?
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Not sure about Air jacket but I find back protectors do slightly affect my stickability. If I'm lucky enough to stay on spins , it's partly by absorbing some of the movement through my back/waist as well as hips. So can't win - more likely to come off if I wear one but less likely to be injured when I do.
 
This ^
If the horse is rotating around its hind legs you’ll need your weight as far back as possible - the further forward you are the faster the movement will be.
Can someone with a better physics vocabulary explain this please. :oops:
 
If you imagine spinning a rope round your head, or the minute hand of a clock circling, the end of the rope travels further than the centre, so it travels faster. The tip of the minute hand travels further and thus faster than the centre. So if your seat is close to the centre of the horse's movment you wont be whisked round so fast.

I was taught to sit back when riding - for my own safety - and I never fell off my share when she spun and made for home which was a habit of hers, whereas staff riders did. But I thought this was chance. If a horse jumps sideways I usually fall off.
This is a very useful thread. Thank you for all the advice.
 
D66 said:
This ^
If the horse is rotating around its hind legs you’ll need your weight as far back as possible - the further forward you are the faster the movement will be.
Can someone with a better physics vocabulary explain this please. :oops:
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No physics vocabulary but keeping your weight back, having a string core will make a difference, I drill all of my clients to LOOK UP, having your head up at all times especially when anything is or may be about to go wrong, such as spooking or when jumping, keeps a lot of your weight in the correct place because your head is relatively heavy, once your head goes forward your shoulders follow and you end up in front of the movement, it is an easy thing to focus on and train into yourself without any major alterations to your position and looking down something we all tend to do when we are schooling.
 
be positive said:
No physics vocabulary but keeping your weight back, having a string core will make a difference, I drill all of my clients to LOOK UP, having your head up at all times especially when anything is or may be about to go wrong, such as spooking or when jumping, keeps a lot of your weight in the correct place because your head is relatively heavy, once your head goes forward your shoulders follow and you end up in front of the movement, it is an easy thing to focus on and train into yourself without any major alterations to your position and looking down something we all tend to do when we are schooling.
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I think this is what went wrong, as I was looking down at the bucket going "what the hell was that?!"
 
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