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Jumping Postion
I've been riding for 6 years, and recently I've been riding a horse who takes big spots and has a big, round jump. Everytime he launches, my jumping position is awful. My legs swing back, elbows are close together and not released enough, and my upper body gets thrown forward. What can I do to fix this? What should I tell myself to do while I'm riding? Thanks!
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It's almost impossible to diagnose without seeing you, but if I had to make a guess I would say you are collapsing your shoulders, and that is where your problems are starting. When your shoulders aren't square it's only natural to tuck your arms in and hold tight to try and maintain control. Of course, that doesn't work at all on a horse, but that is human nature for you.
What you really need however, is a skilled trainer who can help you really diagnose the problem. Your position could like use some work. The most basic advice applies: Think about keeping your shoulders nailed to a board and forcing your heels down into the dirt… but it's also possible that your horse needs some re-schooling. For a horse whose spots are simply too large, a series of trotting polls before a low jump can teach him to contain his stride and launch closer to the actual jump. That will likely help him to learn to jump more diagonally rather then right up in the air… which I imagine from your description he is doing in order to clear the jump. He also might simply not be going quite fast enough on your approach.
Please, don’t just take my rambling suggestions. I haven’t seen you or him, so I could be completely wrong. Get someone skilled to watch you ride and help you experiment and find out what works.
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best of luck and remember, you can only improve if you try. :)
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