Right
Okay
Can you see that one? Randi? I've got my magnifying glass out. Yes. Yeah, it's kind of small
Well, I think this is the thumbnail and when I love the angle of this photograph starting at the front end of the horse
so melissa says
This is a recent photo after being off four months due to an injury
So again, you can see the first thing that that strikes me
is that the
rider's leg has slipped back and when the rider slips leg slips back what usually
Means to me is that they are pinching with their knees
So yes, I agree with you. But again, it's like the other riders. It's nice because everybody's doing basically the same thing
She's anchored in her. She starts twisting on her knee there a little bit because she's not
Anchored into her lower leg at the level we would have expected of a rider like this
So what she's right you can see. Yes exactly standing in her stirrups. She's got spring and no insults intended
This is like nine out of ten riders do this until they figure it out
Your spring system isn't in place when you're in this position
So what's happening is you've jumped yourself out of the saddle coming up to the coming up to the jump?
You probably start getting just a little tense getting ready for it
Same as the last rider right here
Similar to the yeah, that's right. They're pushing themselves out of the saddle instead of punching deeper into the saddle
Which is so we like this
sorry, randy like to see your seat over the
Middle of the saddle more she's got her seat like the other rider over the pommel of the saddle
Right, like just who's not in her lower leg. That's why
Exactly her. She's pinching with her knee and her lower leg is slipped back. So again thinking of
Sorry, and she lost the spring as a result. No spring can't stay above the horse's back, right?
Rule of thumb front part of your leg should be in near the back of the girth
Right if we took the horse away what would happen to this rider?
She would follow her face. Yep, so she's ahead of her horse's motion
And that's kind of important when you're jumping or doing anything, you know
If the horses if you're jump if you're jumping ahead of your horse
That's where you start tipping over love the way. She's looking forward looking to the next fence. Yes
and uh
the other thing that we'll do by her sitting back is it'll lengthen her neck because you'll notice that she's jumping at this point of
Time in this photo. She's actually cramming her neck down into her shoulders. Oh, yes, okay
And that's a result of that position. She's in now as she sits back a little bit more and comes deeper into her legs
What will happen is it'll lengthen the whole front and the back of her body?
She will appear taller and her neck will be longer instead of starting to come back into her shoulders again
I mean she's not interfering
She's trying to stay with the horse best. She can
and
She just she just needs to fix that lower leg. So randy again
Yeah, so the exercises that you would do I would go back to that. Uh
Trotting over trot rails in your two point the up up up
Up up up up up down up up down. I
Call it the up up down exercise stand in your stirrups for two do it all one for one everything
over poles
What's another exercise that we learned uh from and fall was the sally swift?
stretching
Right stretching one hand up above your head or even put it on your hip, uh, that will help
Establish your weight down into your heels all those kinds of things
I mean you don't even have to go over jumps
You can do them on the flat on a circle over poles, uh walk at halt at walk at trot all those things
so we'll be live again here next week and also um
If you're interested in having your position reviewed send us a photo from the side
to thistleridge
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Hashtag are my heels down
And we'll get we'll get thank you so much. Randy, really appreciate it. I'm laura laura kell in may so thank you so much
We'll see you again next week. Really appreciate it. Oh now we get a comment
Another great show. Thank you emily
Thank you so much. Really appreciate your comments
Thank you, and bye
Now go use the stuff
Go hug your horse
Go use this stuff and what do you like to say? Randy? We'll see you on the other side of the fence
Bye now. Thanks