Your position in the saddle is your greatest asset so take time to work on it. Your horse will love you for it. 🐴

@LadyAntwillSSO

7 ай бұрын

@PalestineWillBeFree2yess inshaalah

Total knee out girl here. I tried this the other night....pulling the back of my thigh out of the way, and turned my heels OUT to roll my leg in. Oh my goodness, my balance was better, my posting was better, everything was better. You are the first person to help me get my legs correct! I thought I was just doomed with bad conformation! I recently found your videos and I'm getting a ton out of them. Keep them coming!

@BasicHorseTraining

2 жыл бұрын

I'm so glad you like them Shannon. Thank you for taking the time to comment I truly appreciate it 🙏

Thank you so much for this video - you've broken down the mystery of a good seat into a really simple idea - it's very kind of you to share this with us! I'm definitely a "knees out" rider because I always learned gripping with the knees is bad. No-one ever told me the opposite would also be a problem even though it makes total sense after you have explained it so well! I'm excited to try the correct placement you described so I can be in better balance with my horse ☺️

@BasicHorseTraining

2 жыл бұрын

I hope you found that correct placement Louise 🙂

I’m a recovering knees out rider. Creating new muscle memory takes a lot of practice but yes it’s so worth it. Loved the pointers in here about leg placement too. I will be checking in on my leg placement per your pointers on my next ride

@BasicHorseTraining

Жыл бұрын

I hope they help. 🙂

I love your videos & watch them between my riding lessons to prepare, they are helping me so much and give me confidence both with the horse and also with asking my tutor questions so a HUGE THANK YOU!! You have a fantastic way of explaining in detail which helps me understand as I'm a total newbie to horse riding. By the way you are both absolutely "KZread superstars" 😂❤

Getting back into riding after about 20years! Taking riding lessons. Feel like I’m a beginner again, it’s awful! I found it so awkward to sit properly. Could hardly even stand up in the saddle. I hope I improve. I love horses…

After 20 years off riding I knew my trot was off but couldn’t work out why! Must remember to point my knees forward and not out, thanks for your tutorials they’re fantastic

@BasicHorseTraining

Жыл бұрын

I’m so glad you like them. 🙂

The clearest and most helpful explanation I have ever heard. Thank you!!

Great instruction on leg position. You are absolutely correct on all accounts. My instructor used to tell me, “drape my legs on the side of my horse like a hunk of meat slapped onto the side of my horse.” In other words, do not grip with your legs but let your legs drop naturally with continuous light contact throughout your thighs to lower calves. Your thighs are relaxed normally.

This is an area I'm struggling with! I'm being told to turn my toes out which pulls my knees away from the saddle & creates more of a bounce, throwing me more off balance. I'm struggling to get my heels down & back, but keep my calf pressure on...other's seem to get this so easily. I find if I ride without stirrups it's easier to get the correct leg position, which tells me I'm too reliant on the stirrups for balance

Thank you so much for this weeks video. Such easy to understand advice. I’m definitely a knees out rider. But you’ve helped me understand where I should be and how little pressure I need. Bless you Josie. Now I can’t wait to ride tomorrow .

@BasicHorseTraining

2 жыл бұрын

Veronica so nice to see you comment here. Thank you 🙏🏻. I hope this helps you and your beautiful horse 😊

I cant wait to get on a horse and be mindful of this now! I used to have an amazing seat and then i had a baby and its never been the same 😅 im definitely a knee open type now!

I’m a knee out girl and this has really helped. Going to work on this on Sunday😊Thanks

@BasicHorseTraining

2 жыл бұрын

You are welcome Natasha. I hope it helps 🙂

I find your explanations so helpful! Thankyou❤

Thanks for the video!

Thank you, very informative video!

thank you for this. the description that your seat goes from knee to knee was very helpful!

Thanks to you and Spider so much for this video .... very helpful ... my horse and I both appreciate it very much :)

Thanks for this video, Jodie. My challenge is keeping enough weight in my stirrups so my lower leg isn't floppy.

Thank you very much, this was very helpful indeed.

Absolutely brilliant. I’ve been gripping with my knees and you just helped me so much. Thank you

Excellent video! Thank you ❤

@BasicHorseTraining

2 жыл бұрын

You are so welcome! 🙂

Thank you for this video. I think I’m a mix depending on the day! Now I can find some consistency and feel seated properly at last.

I grip with my knees. Love your videous! So clear and helpful for me to train my horse.

Hey Josie I enjoy your videos and break down and explains. I’ve been back to riding after many years off so starting over basically. My instructor is good but I think her experience is so far advanced she forgets what it’s like to be a beginner. I’ve also have found Sally Swifts book to be helpful. I’m gonna try putting some of these tips into practice today. Appreciate you sharing talents and time with us.

Precious information, thank you a lot for the video🌟

@BasicHorseTraining

2 жыл бұрын

You are welcome 🙂

Your channel has helped me so much with my horse. Thank you for taking the time to make all these videos!

@BasicHorseTraining

2 жыл бұрын

You are so welcome! 😊

Thank you very much for this video!! I’ve never heard it all explained like this and it now makes sense to me. I love all your video’s. Please keep them coming.

@BasicHorseTraining

2 жыл бұрын

You are so welcome!

This makes so much sense, I’m a knee out girl and am definitely going to have a go at this now, thank you

What an excellent explanation thank you, at the moment I'm a knee out but after watching this video it will be in the diction we are going in.

You've made it so much clearer. Thank you.

@BasicHorseTraining

2 жыл бұрын

You are welcome 😊

What an excellent video. I'll check this during my next riding... love it❤

@BasicHorseTraining

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you 🙏

Have just subscribed, as a 'mature' learner I am struggling with leg position and finding that I'm using the stirrups to do rising trot. The info on this video is very useful. Will keep watching other video, thanks.

Thank you, stunning horse❣

@BasicHorseTraining

Жыл бұрын

💕

Best explanation ever! You have a gift, thank you for sharing it!

@BasicHorseTraining

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much Suzanne. 🙏

Im a knee out girl. Your videos are great and easy to understand, I love them, keep them coming😊

Wonderful video - thank you! I will be using some of your explanations with my students next week :)

@BasicHorseTraining

2 жыл бұрын

I hope the find it useful Jackie 😊

Love the analogy of the wet towel! Can’t wait to try it out on my next ride. Thanks!

@BasicHorseTraining

Жыл бұрын

Let me know how you go 😊

I have been flopping around a bit and didn't know why until I saw this video. I just started seriously riding this year. Your videos have been very helpful.

THIS VIDEO CHANGED MY LIFE !!!!

Oh thank you for explaining so easily. I used to ride confidently until I started my BHS AI course, the instructor got me paranoid about my leg position as she was so into dressage that I felt and still feel that I have to ride long and deep, it takes over my enjoyment of riding as I cannot get out of my head the dressage position, to allow me to jump, I love schooling don't get me wrong, but I feel stuck in this long stirrup position and when I shorten the stirrups I feel a mess, your explanation has helped me no end, thank you so much xxx

Great video as always - loved the wet towel analogy!

@BasicHorseTraining

2 жыл бұрын

That's the analogy that helped me the most. 🙂

Fantastic video thanks! I think I do all of these things depending. This will help me be more aware.

@BasicHorseTraining

Жыл бұрын

Fabulous 🙂

Hi Josie, I am really enjoying your videos as in the past two months I have got back into horse ownership after many years raising my family. I am 55 so need to work on flexibility and riding my horse Arthur has been great. He has needed to transition from hunting and was very spooky and I realised that I am back to learning to ride again so your videos are so relevant to us both. Thankfully it has been going well but long way to go before a first dressage test!! Looking forward to your videos coming out and watching previous videos of yours.

@BasicHorseTraining

2 жыл бұрын

I’m so glad they are helping you 😊

Amazing analogy that shows perfectly the amount of pressure needed, keep it up please.

@BasicHorseTraining

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you 😊

Grip with my knees, been out of riding for about 10yrs so I need all the KZread videos I can get had 3 lessons and I am back to canter but going to work on my seat and balance ❤

Great video and thank you for sharing. LOVED the wet towel description. So very helpful!

@BasicHorseTraining

Ай бұрын

You are so welcome!

This video is very helpful thank you I have always pinched with my knees I’m trying to fix it but my balance isn’t very good either but thank you so much for the video it really helped I just pinch on with my knees to try to be more secure and stuck to my seat btw I’m a very , much beginner

Thank you so much! LOVE all your videos. I am knew at riding (1 year with 2 different skilled horses) and the Basics for me is so important. For me it’s not the knees, it’s keeping my balance and NOT bend forward…I need to sit in the saddle. I appreciate you mentioning using the upper leg thighs bum…and not the stirrups to do post trot. What helped me understand is that the horse’s hind leg will assist me with my post trot wow that in itself is an eye opener. Again thanks happy I found your videos much appreciated 😍

@BasicHorseTraining

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for your lovely comment 😊. Just remember that there is weight in the stirrup but we don't "stand up" in the irons to get out of the saddle.

Totally a knees out girl! I’m attributing that to riding western most of my life but have made the switch to English, as I want to get into jumping! My trainer has been kicking my butt about my lower leg!

amazing videos thank you

@BasicHorseTraining

2 жыл бұрын

You are welcome ☺️

I’m struggling with the knee out and foot turning out when going into trot and canter I need to work on this more thank you for the tips

Knee out, grip in, and more! Thanks for these useful tips , will work on them.

@BasicHorseTraining

2 жыл бұрын

I hope they help you 😊

I love your videos very interesting thank you. Xx

@BasicHorseTraining

Жыл бұрын

Glad you like them!

thank you. now understand more how i should position my hip. close the hip. hope it will help to do posting trot . look fwd to try tmrw in my lesson.

@BasicHorseTraining

7 ай бұрын

How did you go?

I love you!! Always something I can actually use! Spider is a rockstar ❤️

@BasicHorseTraining

2 жыл бұрын

I’m so glad the videos are useful 😊

Thanks you so much for sharing this. I used to grip so tightly with my knees to stay on. I am working on an independent seat. This video has given me so much to think about....

@BasicHorseTraining

2 жыл бұрын

I'm glad you like it 🙂

I am definitely a knee grip girl. That wet towel analogy is so great! Thank you!!

@BasicHorseTraining

2 жыл бұрын

So glad you liked it.

Love your videos,

@BasicHorseTraining

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you 😊

Thank you! Very usefull information for beginners , like I am. Would like to learn more on trotting and loping pisitions for the rider. Thanks.

@BasicHorseTraining

2 жыл бұрын

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Thank you , thats exactly what i needed to hear ! At first i kind of hugged the hourse with my lower legs ...and then someone told me to grip with the knees ...and actually that person told me that his trainer used to put a papper at the knee spot and they had to make shure they dont drop it ...so i was holding with my knees lately :(

@BasicHorseTraining

2 жыл бұрын

I was also taught to hang on with my knee.

Very clear and concise explanation. I judt want too add something I discovered was not to put too much pressure and weight into the stirrup!

@BasicHorseTraining

2 жыл бұрын

🙌 Thats a hard one too for the beginner rider as they think they need to "stand" in their stirrups to rise.

Thanks for this video! I’m definitely a knee pincher, and as I try to correct the “hinge” post from pinched knees, I’ve ended up standing in the stirrups instead. Now I’m trying to shift into doing the “thigh roll.” Your advice has always been super helpful!

@BasicHorseTraining

2 жыл бұрын

I’m glad it helps Shannon 😊

Love your videos. I'm 57 this year and my pony is 19 year old Dales Pony and we need all the advice we can get 🙏😂 🍀🇮🇪💚 Thanks Liz Cavan, I Ireland 💚

@BasicHorseTraining

Жыл бұрын

Thank you Liz 💚 🍀 💚

Great video.

@BasicHorseTraining

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you 😊

Thank you for this! I struggle with leg position.I have to say I used to pinch and put all the weight in my knees. To break that habit I pointed my knees out! Crazy solution but I think I now can feel when I use my leg as you described.

@BasicHorseTraining

2 жыл бұрын

Sometimes we need to do the polar opposite to break a habit Michele. Now you can just aim for the middle ground 😆

❤thanks Josie I'm also a knee out girl haven't ridden a long time now so want to improve my seat thanks so much for this

@BasicHorseTraining

9 ай бұрын

You're so welcome!

Hey Josie, I’ve discovered your videos recently and I am hooked. You and Spider are awesome! I’m a knee out girl, btw 😎🐴

@BasicHorseTraining

10 ай бұрын

Thank you 🙂

I love this horse☺️

@BasicHorseTraining

2 жыл бұрын

I know he would love you too 😊

I sure love when you have Spider in the videos 😁. He is a gorgeous boy. So I am the correct leg, knee pointed forward and I also describe to my students how to post by saying that they need to rely on the grip of their thighs and the power of the horses haunches pushing them up to help them rise out of the saddle. For me it's about being one and well connected with the horse 😁. I even teach them to post without irons to help with it so they don't end up getting lazy and relying on pushing from the irons.

@BasicHorseTraining

2 жыл бұрын

Posting without irons is a fabulous exercise isn't it Roxanne. I still do it to this day and am always amazed at how quickly I get fatigued but when you take your irons back...wow you notice how much you were using them and how little you actually need to!

@bcrhorsemanshipllc

2 жыл бұрын

@@BasicHorseTraining same for me and so then I'll jump on a horse bareback and even post bareback. That's a killer 😆

@BasicHorseTraining

2 жыл бұрын

Oh I will have to try that. It’s been years since I’ve ridden bareback! I used to love it 😊

@bcrhorsemanshipllc

2 жыл бұрын

@@BasicHorseTraining 😁 always an amazing workout.

I'm getting so much out of your videos , love tnem

@BasicHorseTraining

2 жыл бұрын

I’m glad they are helping Janet 😊

I like your videos it is going to help me win I ride my horse Nannette

I just started riding, and now I get when my teachter sad to look at my riding pants! I am a leg off woman. Great video!

Thank you for all the tips and insides. My horse is oversensitive of any pressure on her body when I'm riding. We are now 5 months riding under the saddle. When I give her leg pressure, she kind of panics and wants to run of. With your tips I hope she will understand in time that I am not so bad.

@BasicHorseTraining

2 жыл бұрын

I don't know what is actually happening with your horse as I cant see but sometimes when horses go faster we can "grab/Squeeze" a little more with our legs or even lean a little forward as an instinctual self-preservation reflex. This can cause the horse to go even faster and then it becomes a bit of a self-fulfilling loop. Just check that you don't increase your leg pressure by accident. When you give a leg aid start at a scale of 1 (in pressure) and move up to as far as you need to get her to give you a response then take the pressure away. She may only require a 1 but you are always giving her a 4?? Also, remember that hot horses do need to accept the leg and lazy horses need to be ridden with limited leg pressure. 🙂

My lower leg and heel trends to swing a bit

Knee pincher here and my knees were hurting after riding. Thank you for this video

@BasicHorseTraining

2 жыл бұрын

Your welcome 🙂

I’m a knee out guy, not girl! lol! Love how you explain things in everyday terms, i.e. wet towel Thank-you!

@BasicHorseTraining

8 ай бұрын

You are so welcome!

@Remyrem888

6 ай бұрын

​@@BasicHorseTrainingпожалуйста, напишите всё, что вы сказали на видео, чтобы я могла воспользоваться переводчиком и понять ваши объяснения.

Excellent video... Thank you! What breed of horse is Spider? He's so handsome!

Thank you for this video, I am wondering if there are any horse riding places that are able to aid for Above Knee Amputee? I really want to ride horses again, and would love info on somewhere that has knowledge on this.

Are there exercises that can help develop the inner leg muscles to help make this seem more natural?

Hey Josie! I love your videos. I was wondering if you had any advice/exercises for maintaining and improving balance on ponies. I ride a 13.3 pony and she’s super green and wobbley at times. Love your work!

@BasicHorseTraining

2 жыл бұрын

Hi Lexie, It shouldn't make too much difference whether it is a horse or a pony that you are riding the balance exercises would be the same. What is different is the fact that when we are on a smaller horse/pony our weight and height have a much greater impact on their balance. If you have a sack of potatoes on top of a tall stick and carry it on your shoulders it will cause you more issues if it moves around than a sack of potatoes moving around close to your shoulders. So my answer is balance exercises should be the same whether you are riding a horse or pony BUT we need to make super sure that we are sitting very central and in balance on a pony. BTW young and green horses are always a bit more wobbly. Ride nice long straight lines and big sweeping bends until you feel she is more balanced. When you change across the diagonal try to come onto the alongside a bit before the corner so she has time to find her balance again before you expect her to turn. I hope that helps 🙂

Hi after looking at your video I feel I have comment on your teaching of not standing in the stirrups. I must point out that this is not wrong. Many instructors will tell you the weight must be on the seat bones and in the heel. If you hold the horse lightly with you lower leg this helps and makes it easier and quicker to apply the aids. Also I feel that the tension from your hips is because you are using your thighs. Please take a look at showjumpers and cross country riders to see them use this principle.

@BasicHorseTraining

2 жыл бұрын

Hi Susan, I think you might need to re-read your answer, it doesn't make sense. I think you have accidentally left the word "not" in front of the word "wrong". Perhaps you edited it and missed that word ... I do that all the time lol. Every classical riding book I've read stated that you "don't" stand in the stirrups, yes there is weight in them but you don't stand in them, your weight is evenly distributed over your seat. Showjumpers and cross-country riders ride in a two-point seat and that is just what it says. - two points of contact so the actual seat bones/ seat is not involved and therefore you have to "stand" in your irons.

I come from a dancing background and putting my knees and toes forward has being such a struggle, as most of my muscle memory goes back to turned out legs 😅

Another great video! Really good analogy too! Poor Spider, the life of an equine KZreadr 😆

@BasicHorseTraining

2 жыл бұрын

This video was his dream job! Just stand around looking gorgeous 🤣

@KingsMom831

2 жыл бұрын

@@BasicHorseTraining Right!!! just before you said that I was thinking how content he looked just standing there looking like the gorgeous specimen of a horse he is. There’s just something about him😊Even though there is a great distance between us being on opposite ends of the world, I can clearly see it. He just exudes charisma and charm. ALL your horses are gorgeous💛

@BasicHorseTraining

2 жыл бұрын

Oh thank you. I am so very lucky that they are in my life 💕. If you ever venture to Oz I would love to catch up and Spider would love to meet you 🤗

@KingsMom831

2 жыл бұрын

@@BasicHorseTraining I would absolutely love to! It’s a dream destination for me. I think I told you that shortly before my grandfather died, winter break of my senior year in high school, he was asked to come & coach the women’s softball team for the Olympics. He stayed for six months and also visited New Zealand and Sweden. He would’ve been there mid to late 1990s I’d love to go and visit some of the places he took pictures of. Thanks for being such a lovely human Josie💛

@BasicHorseTraining

2 жыл бұрын

Make sure you let me know so we can organise something 🥰

I think I am both a knee out and a knee grip rider at this point. 🙄 Lots to work on here! As always, thanks for great descriptions!

@BasicHorseTraining

2 жыл бұрын

Em the work never stops as there is always something to work on 😆

An older instructor I had, 89, used to tell me to roll my thighs on. I guess that's the same thing? Than kid for the video

@BasicHorseTraining

2 жыл бұрын

I guess it could be the same thing 🙂

I really struggle with my knees and especially my feet position. I roll them out so I can almost "hug" the horse from my hip to my heel, thats what it feels like. The Femur- hip joint is quite painful when I try to make them straight and my toes alllllways stick out. It looks ridiculous 😂 But they always go back to that position, I don't know what to do

I’m struggling with my leg swinging forward in front of the girth (more predominantly my right leg, rather than my right). I understand how my leg position should look… but not sure how to solve. My trainer even took my stirrups away & found my leg position was more accurate without them. Any tips & tricks?

When I ride with gaiters or chaps my riding is much better than without because the chaps/gaiters make me focus more on my legs. Don't know if it's only n mental thing or if someone else have the same 🙈

Thank you for this movie! Great example with the towel. I' m a straight knee rider. But my fiance is outside knee and feet rider. That's how he is built and when I'm teaching him ( he is very beginner) he can't seat correctly because it is very uncomfortable for him. Any advice Josie? Truly I don't think there is any hope...

@BasicHorseTraining

2 жыл бұрын

Ann I would get him to do some stretches. It shouldn't "hurt" and as much as we need to stretch our limits to improve and become more flexible we shouldn't cause ourselves pain. Remember that he only needs to do a little every day and tiny improvements add up to big ones over time.

I love your videos! ♥ My issue is I think my legs are not the same length, so one stirrup is a perfect fit, while another one is either too long or too short. If I had my own saddle I could prob fix that easily.

@BasicHorseTraining

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much Laylla’s Locker. I love to make them for you 🙂

@BasicHorseTraining

2 жыл бұрын

The stirrup leathers may be stretched to different lengths. Often the left leather is longer due to getting on that side and if they aren't rotated it will cause a lot of issues.

@LayllasLocker

2 жыл бұрын

@@BasicHorseTraining ye. That makes sense! I will ask in the club where I train. Thank you!

@andrewpoules9109

Жыл бұрын

Lovely horse

@BasicHorseTraining

Жыл бұрын

Thank you 😊

I would love to know what exercises you do to help with flexibility in the hip - as I have gotten older I have started to have the exact same problem of feeling like I need to reach down and pull my thigh "padding" back so that I can lay my leg in the correct position. I know my hip flexors are tight so that causes problems as well. This all creates an interesting issue as I find that I actually end up twisting my knee and ankle inward to compensate for not being able to lay the thigh flat, which obviously causes a fair bit of pain in the hip, knee, and ankle since those joints are not supposed to work that way 😅

@ruthrackham2983

8 ай бұрын

second this post.

I recently saw a video of myself riding and I think I have a knees out and lower leg slightly back. I know, I should ride better but, I cannot help but think it is because my mare is a very thick and heavy Friesian as well. (Don't get me wrong... I love her and have had her for over 14 years). But, her body has been a challenge: Thick and very heavy to ride. So, I think I have developed knees out and leg back riding position. I will work on your suggestions.

@BasicHorseTraining

6 ай бұрын

I received your email and I’m happy to look at your video but there was no video attached. Just a photo.

So excited to try these tips this weekend! Thank you! I started way late in life, took riding lessons at age 50 and am STILL working on a good leg and seat at age 64.

@BasicHorseTraining

Жыл бұрын

I hope they help gilliangirl1. I have been riding for years and I still work on my seat and legs everyday. It is a never ending journey but that is the beauty of it. 💗

Excuse me,dear, I have a problem with my foot position special on canter my foot always lose the stirups

Thanks for breaking it down. I think I turn my knees out when my legs get tired and i'm trotting.

@BasicHorseTraining

2 жыл бұрын

Perhaps when you feel that happening you could have a quick break. That way you can nip a bad habit in the bud?

Where do I find your 3 principles of riding?

I am definitely a gripper....trying very hard not to be though

@BasicHorseTraining

2 жыл бұрын

You got this gaynor! 🙂

How to round horse neck?

Oooooh so thats why my ridding instructors hoggged me about keeping my toes turned slightly inwarrds, that practically forces the knees to straighten out. I only wish that someone had told me the actual reason, such that I wouldnt be annoyed when being told. Up until now it always felt like some stupid english tradition to look good, but without any actual use for the horse or my riding.