hi it's josie and today i'm going to give you my number one tip that will improve your canter
this can sometimes have a magical effect on the rider it is amazing it was for
me and i've had feedback from other students that it works for them as well
so the part of me that you are going to be focusing on is my bottom in the saddle
not somewhere i really want you to focus but it's going to tell a tale for you so if you ride your
horse in canter and you feel that you don't sit the canter or people are telling you open your
hips move with the horse all these words and you can't work it out i've got the answer for you you
can if you're comfortable doing this exercise you may just find it's the little miracle you need
let's get on with it so why do i want you to focus on my bottom i don't really but i do
because it will give you a clue as to what you're doing wrong in the saddle
so the main symptom that i see of people that haven't quite got the canter right is
that their bottom bangs in the saddle you can feel it although if you've been doing it for
so long maybe you don't even feel it anymore so go watch video of yourself and see if it slaps
i'll see if i can show you what it looks like i am going to be honest here rebel may
just stop going forward because he's sensitive and he's got a sensitive back and he does not
like me banging on him so rebel can we just for the viewers can we just do this mate
so bang bang see my bum banging now i'm not making it it's banging
can you guess why it's banging i'm going to tell you why sorry mate
the main reason it's banging is because i've closed my hips people will say open your hips
allow it to go with the horse what does that mean if you come in here and have a look at me here
my hip angle is my upright body good boy and my thigh bone that is my hip angle part of the
human psyche when we get nervous particularly or anxious which a lot of people are with cantering
is to close up and do this we are protecting our core that is like a it's like a reflex that you
do it's a bit like putting your hand out when you fall down you have to overcome that so to
open your hip um joint up how do you do it well if my hip joints like that and i want to open it up
i have to do that that's closing it that's opening it so here that's closing that angle
that's opening that angle so you need to sit back in the canter now i'm not asking you to
lay back on your horse the people who need this are the people who are leaning too far forward
and therefore they'll bring themselves up to vertical and when you sit up here this joint
is open and then everything releases and you'll feel your pelvis move with your horse let's see if
i can show you that sorry rebel we'll do a bit of bumping again chewie would you like to move please
yep you were right mate good boy okay so now i'm leaning forward and i'm banging
trying not to bang too much now come to the vertical
and all of a sudden can you see that my seat does not come my bum does not come out of the saddle
what i'm going to ask you to do is play with that lean forward as long as you're safe on your horse
and lean back rebel doesn't like me leaning too far back because i dig my seat bones in
but i can lean right back and then as i go forward see how i bang in the saddle pretty easy
so that is my number one tip the thing that made the most difference to my canter seat when i was
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