Serafina
Ski Diva Extraordinaire
Yay! I'm so happy I didn't leave my lesson in the meat wagon! (And I can't believe how low my standards are at the moment...)
So I got back up today - not on Huey, who I rode (mostly) last time. He is lame at the moment (nothing to do with my fall though). This time I rode a horse that was perfectly ready to slow down any time I took the Trot Squeeze off. And for a lot of it, we were on a longe line.
It went really well. I would like to say that I had no qualms at all getting back up, but that would be a lie. I did, however, have very few qualms, and the ones I had were pretty tiny. I think the longe line helped with that...
Now I have a question for you guys! I am still learning to post. My present understanding is that I don't have to get myself up out of the saddle, because the trot is going to bounce me up there. What I do need to do is to direct that - instructor said my pelvis should be going through my elbows (directionally). It helped that someone else who was a really good rider (a stable employee, I think) was exercising another horse at the time and providing a good visual for what it ought to look like. So I understand the "through the elbows" thing.
I also understand that a big part of the challenge is making a soft landing. This is the part I am having trouble with now. When I landed, I made a couple of little bobbly-bounces in the saddle. It was like UP down-down UP down-down. Instructor said to make it only one touch-down in the saddle, but I am not sure how to do this.
Any ideas?
So I got back up today - not on Huey, who I rode (mostly) last time. He is lame at the moment (nothing to do with my fall though). This time I rode a horse that was perfectly ready to slow down any time I took the Trot Squeeze off. And for a lot of it, we were on a longe line.
It went really well. I would like to say that I had no qualms at all getting back up, but that would be a lie. I did, however, have very few qualms, and the ones I had were pretty tiny. I think the longe line helped with that...
Now I have a question for you guys! I am still learning to post. My present understanding is that I don't have to get myself up out of the saddle, because the trot is going to bounce me up there. What I do need to do is to direct that - instructor said my pelvis should be going through my elbows (directionally). It helped that someone else who was a really good rider (a stable employee, I think) was exercising another horse at the time and providing a good visual for what it ought to look like. So I understand the "through the elbows" thing.
I also understand that a big part of the challenge is making a soft landing. This is the part I am having trouble with now. When I landed, I made a couple of little bobbly-bounces in the saddle. It was like UP down-down UP down-down. Instructor said to make it only one touch-down in the saddle, but I am not sure how to do this.
Any ideas?