Is your horse inconsistent in the contact? Are your hands moving ALL OVER THE PLACE? Is your coach is always yelling “Keep your hands still!!”, but you just can’t seem to find a steady, soft contact?
Today’s video is all about how to stop moving your hands all over the place! I remember watching myself ride and being so embarrassed about how much my hands moved that I set a reminder on my phone to remind myself to keep my hands still before every ride. Busy hands are really common. So, how do you keep your hands from moving all over?
Here are my three tips to keep your hands quiet:
- Think About Your Seat – If you find that your hands are moving all over, focus on riding from your seat and your center. The main purpose of your seat is to follow and absorb the motion of your horse. Often if you improve your seat, you will improve your hands because you will be more in sync with your horse’s movement.
- Following Elbows – Just like our seat needs to move with the motion of our horse’s back, our elbows/hands need to move with the nod of our horse’s head. Your elbows need to bend and straighten in order to follow your horse as you are riding. If your elbows are stiff, you will pull on your horse and it will be very uncomfortable for both of you! In order for it to look like your hands are still, they actually need to follow the motion of your horse’s neck.
- Use Your Fingers & Wrists – If you need to influence your horse and supple them, don’t pull! Instead, focus on using your fingers and wrist to supple your horse.
Hopefully, these three tips help you! Let me know in the comments below if you have trouble keeping your hands from moving all over the place.
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Happy Riding!
Amelia
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