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On a circle I see to struggle to get my weight on my inside seat bone, I always feel all my weight to the outside seat bone and stirrup , ESP in trot and canter.

In my lesson my instructor said she can see my now sitting squint to the outside.

I'm very aware of it but can't seem to fix it.

Anyone got any magic tips to help me stop doing it.

It's giving me issues getting my youngster to bend to the inside. - my fault not his.
 
I'm wonky too.

My instructor used to make me put my left arm up (on the left rein, or right arm when on the right rein) - reins held in the outside hand - and stretch from my hip to the top of my fingers that were reaching up to the ceiling/sky hand. This really does bring the hip down and you learn the feeling, so you know what to aim for without sticking your arm up in the air in a schoolchild 'hey Miss I know the answer' way. ;)
 
I know Cortez I want my weight on the inside..??? So not sure what your talking about.

I shall try that faracat thanks
 
Is your outside leg slightly further back than your inside leg ?this should advance your inside seatbone and help put weight into it. Are you using your inside leg as a support with your weight more into your stirrup pushing down slightly to give support rather than inwards, if you push in, it can cause your seatbone to lift, making your seat less stable and can put more weight to the outside seatbone
 
You could try putting inside stirrup down a hole, but will involve a bit of faffing.. just an idea! I think Faracat is right, you need to get used to the feeling and the rest should follow :-)
 
Marydoll I'm not really sure what I'm doing, I just seem to feel like I'm almost leaning to the outside and from the ground she can see I'm sat to the outside of my saddle.

Mandwhy my boy is a bit temperamental , to try and adjust stirrups is still a bit of a no no you can't trust him at moment, he needs to be held to do stuff like that - has been known to tank of bucking otherwise. I'm often in school alone so that would not work. Thanks though.

When I rise in my trot I feel like I have more weight in outside stirrup , I can feel it. Can't seem to adjust it though ;-(
 
Are you holding him out by using your weight to the outside, possibly subconciously , he may not be listening enough to your inside leg, try some spirals to get him moving away from the inside making sure you do not allow yourself to use your weight to get him out, he must move from the leg.
Turns on the forehand are another way to get him moving from the leg and to make you sit square, ride on an inside track, again hard to do if you are not sitting evenly and a good test to make sure you are.
 
Nope not saddle as I do it in both my jumping and dressage saddle , I do think it is to do with me trying to keep him out , be positive, he falls in and does not give me a good inside bend but I feel it's my fault. I think I'm squint somehow but I do it on both reins.

Guess I will just have to keep trying , I will try the tip about hand up in air though.
 
If he falls in, which is I think, why you fall out I would forget inside bend for now, work on forward and straight until he is truly straight you will not get a genuine bend anyway. Once he is carrying you forward you should find it easier to sit on the inside seatbone, gain inside bend and have him moving away from your leg.
 
to be brutally honest, I would question your choice of instructor....!!

if she can see it, but can't fix it, then that begs major questions :confused:

she has the advantage of seeing both you and the horse, so has a huge lead over the rest of us who are guessing from a quick written description on the internet...

to continue the guessing game........
I suspect you're collapsing at your waist
try lifting your bottom inside rib, softly, until the rib/hip gap is the same on both sides

when you move your weight to the inside, ensure that you are adjusting your seat, NOT your upper body
 
This happens to me and the only thing (for me) that keeps it in check, is regular schooling sometimes stirrupless and sometimes bareback as then you are forced to keep your core (I liken it to my rib bones) up and sit evenly on both seat bones. It's hard work but I've found in my 25+ years of riding, this is the only thing that straightens up. Faffing about with odd length stirrup lengths (like what my friend's instructor makes her do as she collapses at the waist too), doesn't work and just makes you even more crooked.
 
Ludoctro said:
I know Cortez I want my weight on the inside..??? So not sure what your talking about.

I shall try that faracat thanks
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I'm so sorry; SHOULD have typed "doesn't need to be on your INSIDE seatbone...", duh! If you read Phillipe Karl he espouses the opposite, in that your weight should be more to the outside, and trying to follow the usual theory of weight on inside is A. impossible, and B. counterproductive.
 
You may well find that there are a few bits of you that are causing the wonkiness! Echo the bit about collapsing at the waist and a good instructor would hopefully pick up what's happening AND how to fix it.

For me, I need to think about 'filling up' my rib cage on one side to stop me collapsing at the waist. Was also advised to feel like I am about to dismount to get my weight down into left side and straighten myself out. Someone with a bio mechanical approach might be useful for you ie Mary wanless type instructor. I find a lot of teachers focus too much on the horse and not enough on how the rider influences the horse and vice versa.
 
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