Strange question but does anyone else....

[picolenicole]

...... sit perfect when their horse legs it!!!

I had a lesson on sunday, and after having damage to both knees (ligaments, tendons and cartlage

) I have probs keeping my stirrups which then makes me tip forward.

But when my little lad legged it across the school with me my insturctor said (After us stopping and me getting in control again) that my leg was perfect and I was sat up brill!!!!!

Arrrgggghhhh how irritating, why cann't I do this all the time?????

 

[charlie55]

I dont think ive seen someone sit perfect while their horse takes off. If anything they near enough fly off. Your leg position looks brill in your signature though.

 

[Booboos]

Well done for sitting up!!!

It's quite tough to get it right! My instinct was always to hunch up, which is a bad idea!

Then I got a horse that was flighty so I had a lot of opportunity to practice and ended up leaning back, overcompensating. Once he gave me whiplash because he shot forwards so suddenly!

 

[Mike007]

An interesting point. Possibly the single most overlooked factor regarding seat and leg position is in fact the position of the stirrup bar on the saddle.It tends to become obvious in the more extreme cases eg my own.Heavy rider on large horse with large saddle, but rider with relatively short legs.On conventional saddles, the stirrup bar to seat ,distance increases with the size of the saddle. This caters for taller heavier riders,WITH BIGGER FEET. Yes really!! A short rider with small feet on a big saddle will constantly be loosing their stirrups or have to put extra preasure downward, and will find it very difficult to keep a good leg position. I had a saddle made with adjustable stirrup bars (Wellep bars) It made all the difference.

 

[Barneykins]

mike007 - can you have this done to any saddle?? Is there anywhere I can look at adjustable stirrup bars? Would be v interested

 

[bex1984]

I probably sit up much better when my pony tanks off with me, but that's because I normally have to use my leg so much because he's lazy that it is not a pretty sight